Newark Mayor Cory Booker ready to run for Senate seat, but behind on fundraising
Friday, June 7, 2013 Last updated: Friday June 7, 2013, 11:21 PM
BY MELISSA HAYES, HERB JACKSON AND CHARLES STILE
STAFF WRITERS
The Record
Once considered the presumptive front-runner to replace Frank Lautenberg, Cory Booker is racing to compete with two well-funded veteran congressmen in a primary nearly a year earlier than he expected — something he told supporters Friday that puts him at a financial disadvantage.
A celebrity among Democrats, known nationally for his social media presence and exploits as Newark’s mayor, Booker is expected to announce his U.S. Senate bid today. But he kicked off his campaign Friday with a conference call urging supporters to donate.
“I cannot get around the country like I planned,” Booker said, according to a person in on the conference call.
In a Democratic primary, Booker will likely face Rep. Rush Holt, who already declared he is running, and Rep. Frank Pallone, who has been gathering signatures and is expected to announce his candidacy this weekend.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/essex/Newark_mayor_Cory_Booker_to_hold_conference_call_with_supporters.html
