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Poll: Cory Booker's runaway lead
Poll: Cory Booker's runaway lead
Newark Mayor Cory Booker has a 43-point lead over his closest competitor in a 2014 Democratic primary for New Jersey’s Senate seat, a new poll shows.
Half of all Democratic voters in New Jersey said they would back Booker in a primary, compared to just 7 percent for Rep. Frank Pallone and 4 percent for Rep. Rush Holt. About a third of Democratic primary voters are undecided, according to the Fairleigh Dickinson University poll.
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a Democrat, announced his retirement last month, after Booker said he was exploring a run for the seat. Booker’s early announcement led to harsh sparring between the 43-year-old mayor and the 89-year-old World War II veteran.
Fox News host Geraldo Rivera has said he’s looking at a Senate run as a Republican. Booker also handily bests him, 52 percent to 21 percent, in a general election matchup.
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http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/poll-bookers-runaway-lead-88806.html?hp=r16