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Special Election

Newark Mayor Cory Booker stands for the presentation of the colors at the Newark City Hall on May 8, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. Booker, who has declared that he will run for New Jersey's open U.S. Senate seat in 2014, was attending a ceremony honoring 90-year-old WWII veteran Willie Wilkins on the 68th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Can Cory Booker live up to all the hype?

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - Despite never running in a statewide election before, he's been embraced by some of America's biggest names, including Oprah Winfrey...
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker steps on a stage during a news conference to discuss his plans to campaign for the Democratic nomination to run for the seat of late U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg on June 8, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has set October 16th as the date for a special election to determine who will fill Lautenberg's seat for a year. (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Getty Images)

Cory Booker announces US Senate run

Angela Selli Santi and Geoff Mulvihill
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Newark Mayor Cory Booker on Saturday formally announced he's in the race to finish the U.S. Senate term of the late Frank Lautenberg...
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker delivers the main address during Class Day for Yale seniors at Yale University in New Haven, Conn (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Booker to enter NJ special election

Geoff Mulvihill and Katie Zezima, Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who has used his social-media and political savvy to gain national prominence, is in the race to finish the U.S. Senate term of Frank Lautenberg, who died Monday...
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker shakes the hand of 90-year-old WWII veteran Willie Wilkins at the Newark City Hall on May 8, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Special election spells trouble for Cory Booker

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theGRIO REPORT - Cory Booker's long-awaited move to the national stage has just gotten a bit harder...
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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) listens to his father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, speak on health care reform during a town hall meeting at the Sheldon Heights Church of Christ August 18, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The congressman addressed various aspects of the plan for about an hour before inviting his father to speak to the standing-room-only crowd. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Candidates file to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - By early Monday evening, 22 candidates made the deadline to file nominating petitions announcing their candidacy for the 2nd Congressional District Seat, formerly held by Jesse Jackson Jr....
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Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., D-IL, speaks to reporters following a Democratic Caucus on August 1, 2011 at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. With time running out before the August 2 deadline to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling, Congress is working to strike a deal that would avoid a potential federal default next week. AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

Who will replace Jesse Jackson Jr?

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - Illinois 2nd Congressional District residents will soon return to the polls to elect a new representative, after Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned last week...
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Jesse Jackson Jr.’s resignation could cost taxpayers $5.1 million

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theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s extended leave of absence and eventual resignation from Congress may have tried his constituents' patience, but now it may be affecting their pocket books as well...
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