Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) “plans to drive his Chevrolet Impala to the State Board of Elections building in Trenton to deliver petitions to get on the Aug. 16 Democratic primary ballot for the Senate seat vacated by the death last week of Sen. Frank Lautenberg,” the New York Times reports.
“The gesture has a clear intent: to draw a sharp contrast between Mr. Pallone’s working-Joe persona and the presumed front-runner in the Democratic primary contest, Cory Booker, the celebrity mayor of Newark, who declared his candidacy on Saturday.”
Meanwhile, New Jersey Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D) tonight became the fourth major Democrat to throw herself into the race for U.S. Senate, according to the Newark Star Ledger.
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