The Inevitable Is Upon Us: Cory Booker Will Declare Senate Candidacy
Forced to expedite his plans by a year or so by Chris Christie’s special electioneering, Newark Mayor Cory Booker is expected to formally declare his candidacy for U.S. Senate tomorrow. (Weather permitting.) Unsurprisingly, he’s already scooped himself on Twitter.
Thank you! MT @scrambledyegs: excited for your campaign! Signed up for students for Booker at corybooker.com
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) June 7, 2013
If (and when) he wins in the October special, he’ll have to run again in November of 2014, when Frank Lautenberg’s term would have expired. [Yahoo!]