Why Cory Booker Will Be New Jersey's Next US Senator

by: Matthew Jordan

Sun Jan 25, 2009 at 10:57:10 AM EST

     1.  Lautenberg retires and the Governor appoints his replacement;  
     2.  Lautenberg serves his 6 year term in its entirety and there is a primary    
          for the Democratic nomination in 2014.  

There is a long list of powerful New Jersey politicians who covet Lautenberg's seat.  Congressmen Rothman, Pallone, and Andrews would surely throw their hats in the ring.  Whoever the Lt. Gov is (assuming Corzine wins reelection) will most likely consider a run, and in my opinion the best positioned potential candidate, Mayor Cory Booker, is widely known to have ambitions to higher office.

Booker has obtained national acclimation because of his status as a rising African American politician and will be able to raise large sums of money from national contacts.  Another important fact worth noting is in Booker's last election he employed Message & Media, Democratic consultants who have crafted the message for every Democrat elected to statewide office in the 21st century in New Jersey.      

Six years is an eternity in politics, especially in New Jersey, but as the landscape appears now, Booker would be well positioned to become the next US Senator from New Jersey.