Oliver Is 4th Democrat in Primary for Lautenberg’s Seat
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New Jersey Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver became the fourth Democrat to announce plans to run in the special election to determine who will finish the term of the late U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg.
Oliver joins U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone and Rush Holt and Newark Mayor Cory Booker in seeking to run in the Oct. 16 election that Governor Chris Christie called after Lautenberg, a five-term Democrat, died on June 3. Today is the deadline to qualify for the Aug. 13 primary ballot.