Cory Booker Wins Democratic Endorsements In Senate Campaign

[Tx4obama]

Cory Booker Wins Democratic Endorsements In Senate Campaign

Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) has united more than 160 Democratic elected officials, including some of New Jersey's most powerful, in his bid for a U.S. Senate seat.

Booker, who is locked in a four-way race in the state's special Senate election, made the announcement while surrounded by the group at a hotel in downtown Newark Friday. The officials hail from Essex, Hudson, Passaic and Bergen Counties, some of the most Democratic in the state. Bergen County is considered a must-win in general elections for statewide candidates. Booker has already received backing from powerful South Jersey Democratic boss George Norcross.

Booker faces Rep. Frank Pallone, Rep. Rush Holt and Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-East Orange) in the Aug. 13 Democratic primary for the seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D) earlier this month. The Democratic nominee will oppose the winner of a Republican primary, either former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan or physician Alieta Eck, in the Oct. 16 special election.

Endorsements for Booker include several of the most powerful Democrats in New Jersey, including Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo and state Sen. Brian Stack (D-Union City), who has announced his support for Booker earlier. Among the new backers are state Democratic Party Chairman John Currie, Jersey City Mayor-elect Steve Fulop, state Sen. Nick Sacco (D-North Bergen) and state Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck). DiVincenzo was joined by most Democrats from Essex County, while Fulop delivered Booker his allies in Jersey City, the state's second largest city.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/28/cory-booker-democratic-endorsements_n_3518914.html

[MannyGoldstein]

1. And especially from bankers

We're pretty fucked, aren't we?