Booker to battle Justin Murphy in New Jersey Senate race after GOP primary win
TL;DR
Incumbent Sen. Cory Booker (D‑N.J.) will face Republican Justin Murphy, who won the four‑way New Jersey GOP primary, in November. Murphy, a former Tabernacle township official, ran on national security, immigration enforcement, and domestic energy; Booker seeks a third term in a state considered safely Democratic by Cook Political Report, with New Jersey not electing a Republican to the Senate since 1972.
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