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It’s a done deal.

According to the AP, rising Democratic star Cory Booker has won a special election to represent New Jersey in the U.S. Senate.

The Newark mayor defeated Republican Steve Lonegan in an abbreviated campaign of stark policy and style differences.

Booker will become the first black senator from New Jersey. He is filling the seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg.

Booker has built a national following for his consensus-building and his personal story. He was a suburbanite who went to Stanford and Yale Law before moving into a tough Newark neighborhood promising to do good before he ran for office. He’s also been a pioneering politician on Twitter.

Lonegan is a conservative former mayor of the town of Bogota. He dismissed Booker as more connected to Hollywood and the Silicon Valley than New Jersey.

via EURWeb

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Cory Booker Wins New Jersey Special Election to the U.S. Senate  was originally published on wzakcleveland.com