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Because when people talk, great things happen. congressman frank pallone made it official today. he's running for the senate in new jersey. but if the latest poll is any indication, he's got an uphill climb ahead of him. knowledges mayor, that's newark mayor cory booker has an enormous lead in the race with 353%. 53 in the quinnipiac poll. rush holt second at ten points.
We invest more in the u.s. than anywhere else in the world. over fifty-five billion dollars here in the last five years - making bp america's largest energy investor. our commitment has never been stronger. so corey booker is going to be announcing his senate candidacy in newark, then travel to south jersey and do another announcement there. so, we talked about the republican side. steve lonegan, conservative republican, looks like he's the republican candidate. doesn't have much of a chance in the general election. corey booker will walk into this democratic senate primary, there is a prima...
Bumper sticker "my congressman is a rocket scientist." he was a five-time jeopardy! champion as well. i think he beat watson. >> not a rocket scientist. >> unloading all of my rush holt trivia. frank palloone from the store. 25-year veteran, looks like he's runle sheila oliver speaker of the state assembly and shares a base with corey booker, in the newark area, she might be in the race, too. other democrats looking at this. i say, that's interesting. i'll enjoy wanting it, i'm a new jersey politics yun junkie but y booker's nay different league and should have no problem winning this. what do...
Ballot. so everyone who want to be on the ballot will be out there collecting signatures in the rain. the senate seat is open because earlier this week long time senator frank lautenberg passed away at age 89. rush holt and frank palone announced they intend to run for that seat. newark's popular mayor, corey booker, announced he also plans to run. please bring an umbrella. in terms of what is happening with the senate seat, chris christie picked his long time friend and jeff kiaza to replace senator lautenberg. if you think i don't mind saying, i think christie did a respectful thing here. he...
We've been discussing senator frank lautenberg of new jersey died monday at age of 89, the last remaining member of the senate to have served in world war ii. there are just two world war ii veterans left in the house, congressman john dingell of michigan who away the longest serving member of congress in history, and republican ralph hall of texas. lautenberg's death marks a significant decline in the number of military veterans serving in congress overall. in 1977, 81% of the senate served in the military. now that number, despite a decade of war has fallen to just 16. the house of represent...