The outcome of Wednesday’s dramatic Senate vote on expanding background checks simultaneously demonstrated the difficult geography confronting gun-c...

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey has returned to the Senate after being absent for more than six weeks. The nation's oldest senator,...

Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) said Thursday he is seriously considering running for the U.S. Senate in 2014, making him a possible challenger to Newark ...

Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) put talk of his likely U.S. Senate campaign and love of Twitter aside Tuesday night to engage in a "Star Trek" trivia con...

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Frank Lautenberg, the nation's oldest senator at 89, has been sidelined in New Jersey with pain and weakness in his legs. Lautenbe...

Spitzer & Matalin discuss SOTU: Not bold (Nat'l Journal)? Liberal boilerplate (McConnell)? Or an historic bid to shrink inequality and leave a progressive legacy? Then: Given Rubio's flop sweat and cliches, is he old whine in a new bottle?

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) will not seek reelection in 2014, the Star-Ledger reports. “While I may not be seeking re-election, there is plent...

What's already shaping up to be a hyped up battle for the New Jersey Senate -- with Newark Mayor Cory Booker prepping to take on Democratic incumbent ...

WASHINGTON –- Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) may have been joking last week when he suggested Newark Mayor Cory Booker deserved "a spanking" for tal...

While Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker (D) and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) are already talking 2014, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) sees no need to en...

Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) is exploring a Senate run for 2014, and not all of his fellow Democrats are on board with it. New Jersey Assembly Spea...

NEWARK, N.J. -- Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, at age 88 the oldest sitting U.S. senator, said Tuesday that the mayor of the state's largest cit...

NEW YORK, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Three-quarters of New Jersey voters approve of Governor Chris Christie's job performance and nearly seven in 10 say he ...

Speaking publicly for the first time since Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker signaled interest in running for his Senate seat, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-...

WASHINGTON -- New Jersey's Assembly speaker has a warning for Cory Booker as the Newark mayor begins exploring a race for the U.S. Senate: Focus on Ne...

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) introduced legislation on Tuesday designed to ban the sale of high-capacity magazines capable of carrying more than 10 ...

The speaker of the New Jersey state Assembly has signaled her interest in a U.S. Senate bid next year, setting up another hurdle in front of Newark Ma...

Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker (D) has established himself as one of the earliest names to enter the 2014 Elections conversation. For now, Booker is l...

-- Newark Mayor Cory Booker has taken an initial step toward running for U.S. Senate in 2014, adding intrigue to his political future and that of 88-...

Sen. Frank Lautenberg's (D-N.J.) spokesman released a one-sentence statement Friday saying that a report on a New York City television station about L...

A relatively unknown county freeholder who is a top aide to U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) is being pushed by a colleague as a potential challeng...

BY GEOFF MULVIHILL, ASSOCIATED PRESS Newark Mayor Cory Booker has filed paperwork allowing him to raise money to run for the U.S. Senate in 2014, s...

Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker has filed papers to create a campaign committee to the Federal Election Commission, further signaling that the mayor is...

New Jersey Democrats would prefer Newark Mayor Cory Booker for senator by a more than 2-to-1 margin over current Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), accor...