Booker to battle Justin Murphy in New Jersey Senate race after GOP primary win
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.