Booker defeats Lonegan in special U.S. Senate election

[cal04]

Source: NJ.com

Newark Mayor Cory Booker is the next senator from New Jersey.

The Associated Press has projected that Booker, a Democrat, will prevail over Republican Steve Lonegan, the former mayor of Bogota.

When the results are certified, Booker, 44, will become the first African-American ever elected to statewide office in New Jersey.

Booker was heavily favored to win the race from the beginning, but Lonegan gained in the polls late in the race. As the polls tightened, Booker became more aggressive and started highlighted Lonegan’s stridently conservative remarks, hoping they’d alienate New Jersey’s traditionally Democratic voters.

Read more: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/10/cory_booker_beats_steve_lonegan_in_us_senate_election.html#incart_river

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Democrat Booker wins US Senate election in NJ

Booker wins Senate race in New Jersey
The Democratic nominee easily bested Republican Steve Lonegan in Wednesday’s special election to succeed the late Frank Lautenberg. With 52 percent of the vote in, Booker led with 55 to 44 percent.
http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/16/20996688-booker-wins-senate-race-in-new-jersey?lite

Just now
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a Democrat, will win a New Jersey special election for a U.S. Senate seat, CNN projects.

9:50 p.m.
Lonegan is delivering his concession speech. He said he will go back into the private sector and work in business. More details to follow.
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/10/live_coverage_booker_lonegan_wait_for_results_in_us_senate_election.html#incart_maj-story-2




U.S. Senate - Special General
October 16, 2013 - 10:41PM ET
New Jersey - 6202 of 6330 Precincts Reporting - 98%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Booker, Cory Dem 706,808 55%
Lonegan, Steven GOP 574,164 44%
Stackhouse, Edward Ind 4,869 0%
Depasquale, Robert Ind 2,994 0%
Meissner, Stuart Ind 1,912 0%
Olivera, Pablo Ind 1,450 0%
Sabas, Antonio Ind 1,258 0%
Lavergne, Eugene Ind 1,022 0%
http://www.nj.com/politics/

[onehandle]

1. Duh. nt

[Laelth]

2. Excellent. k&r for exposure. n/t

-Laelth

[davepc]

3. Yeay. Voted at 6:30AM

[onehandle]

17. Great! Now beat Crisco... I mean Christie.

Yeah, I know...

[davepc]

23. Not gonna happen, unforntunatly.

And we're all going to have to beat him in 2016.

[Politicalboi]

26. Oh please

That idiot will open his mouth too many times to be elected president, and not to eat. If he's the best the GOP has, he already lost. IMO. I'm just surprised even after these past weeks, the GOP got that many votes. This asshole tried to make oral sex illegal, and still got that many votes.

[7962]

49. It wont be hard; the GOP will beat themselves because he's a "RINO"

If, and its a big if, Christie gets the nomination the far right wont vote for him and Hillary still wins.
The GOP has gotten very good at forming circular firing squads.

[Lasher]

4. Yay Booker!

Glad that's settled in our favor.

[Dawson Leery]

5. Leads by 13 points.

Once the urban areas are in it will be more.

[LiberalElite]

6. Seems like a good time to repost this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014619713

[Dopers_Greed]

7. Congrats NJ

And congrats to America.

Today was a bad one for the baggers.

[peoli]

8. yay

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

9. Great,

pour gasoline in that wound for the Baggers.

[Kahuna]

10. Ssssssssssssss...the sound you hear is a can of whoop-ass opening up!

[Gore1FL]

11. This was the race Sarah Palin wanted the country to watch!

In the words of Rick Perry, "Oops."

[munster69]

18. I see a new job in Sarahs future

dog catcher

[Gore1FL]

22. I'm not sure a dog would come near her.

They are good judges of character.

[rpannier]

43. Thought you were gonna say election pundit

The job of being wrong about elections is Dick Morris' and he's not going to give that up anytime soon

[NJCher]

44. couldn't believe

He brought her here to speak. It's almost like he was saying, "I really want to lose! Here's how much!"

There was even room in this victory for a backlash write-in. I heard a lot of people, including some who called in on radio, say they wrote-in Rush Holt.

Rush Holt would have been my choice, had he been on the ballot.


Cher

[munster69]

12. Good job, just on MSNBC also

Concrats Senator Booker.

[Cha]

13. More WINS for DEMS..

thanks cal! Congratulations Senator Booker

[No Vested Interest]

14. Good news, NJ! Get Booker down to DC and

sworn in as soon as possible!

[Berlum]

15. Wake up and smell the FAIL, Republicons

America wins. You lose. Justice is done.

[TheMastersNemesis]

16. 48% Of The Crapheads Still Voted GOP. God Damn Those Racist Bigoted Bastards.

[grantcart]

19. kick

[Tx4obama]

20. Bravo! Congratulations Senator Booker :)

[Beacool]

21. Both major elections in NJ won't have surprises.

Booker won the Senate seat as predicted and in November Christie will get reelected governor.

[alfredo]

24. kicking it

[Tx4obama]

25. There have been only 9 black U.S. Senators. Only FOUR elected by popular vote...

Cory Booker to become 9th black Senator in history (4th to win Senate seat by popular vote - Brooke, Moseley-Braun, Obama)

https://twitter.com/greggiroux/status/390654359085670400

[ffr]

27. More BLUE!

Awesome!

[freshwest]

28. Good! Lonegan was a looney! Booker has a good heart, heard him at the DNC last year.

[regnaD kciN]

29. You know, Lonegan was right…

…when he predicted that Obama would cave to the Tea-liban as soon as he won the N.J. election. He just didn't explain that it was a euphemism for "when Hell freezes over."

[47of74]

30. Yay! And on a related note, Up Yours, Steve Lonegan!

[ZRT2209]

31. Christie tried to screw Booker by making this a stand-alone election

thought only the RW crazies would turn out to vote

[former9thward]

48. Exact opposite.

He scheduled the October election to help himself. Didn't want Booker on the November ballot. He didn't care about the Senate seat.

[kestrel91316]

32. I like Corey Booker's style. His right-leaning

DINO tendencies, not so much.

[SoapBox]

33. Cool.

[sheshe2]

34. Kick!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

35. I'm from Joisey!

Grew up there!

This is great news!

[RoccoR5955]

36. Another teabagger bites the dust

Good for all of us!

[DeSwiss]

37. K&R

Sarah Palin: 'The rest of America is watching New Jersey'

“So New Jersey, just know that the eyes of America are on you right now, truly,” Palin told the crowd. She said that Wednesday’s election was an opportunity to stop the United States from being fundamentally transformed under a socialist agenda. “You have the momentum with Steve’s campaign. The rest of the country knows it, the media even knows it, and that’s why they’re getting all wee, wee’d up against Steve!”

[center]
[font color=darkblue]''Hey Sarah! I'd like to place an order for one of those Wasilla Turkeys
you're so famous for!!! Send it to my Senate office in Washington DC!!![/center][/font]

- It's Schadenfreudelicious!!!

[Tx4obama]

38. Kick n/t

[DallasNE]

39. What This Margain Shows

Is that the Tea Party really didn't pay for the government shutdown. Granted, special elections are not the best yardstick for measuring that but the polls barely budged from the start of the race.

[workinclasszero]

40. I'm drunk on teabagger tears!

Its a great night to be a dem! Congrats NJ!

[mia]

41. Such good news! n/t

[rpannier]

42. Impossible

Sarah Palin told us the wind was with Lonegan and New Jersey was gonna shake the political landscape

[bucolic_frolic]

45. Democratic Senate seat retained - CHECK!

Good to see a former mayor make Senator. Inner city issues and experience sorely lacking in the country club Senate, which most caters to big business, family business, estates, corporations. Perhaps because mayors have to be wheeler-dealers to get things done in their cities, I'm not sure he has my total trust, as if that means anything, but he's earned the right to make it happen for NJ. Growing and rehabbing inner cities should be a national priority instead of gobbling up scarce farmland for McMansions and Condoms. He has experience that is accretive to the Senate panoply.

[livingwagenow]

46. Great news! knr nt

[IronLionZion]

47. I wonder if the vegan stripper helped, it is New Jersey after all

either way, Excellent news! We always need good Democrats.

[Proles]

50. Had the pleasure of voting for him yesterday. nt