Politics · United States · 1 hr ago
Cory Booker projected to win third full term in New Jersey Senate race
Cory Booker is projected to win New Jersey’s U.S. Senate race, defeating Republican Justin Murphy.
The result would give Booker, a Democrat, a third full term in the Senate.
Murphy is an attorney who emerged from a crowded Republican primary in June.
Booker previously served as Newark’s mayor and ran for president.
New Jersey has not elected a Republican senator since 1972, a long-running pattern in the state’s Senate races.
Booker has also been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump.
Cory Booker is projected to win a third full term in the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican Justin Murphy.
ABC News projected Booker as the winner in New Jersey.
Murphy, an attorney, emerged from a crowded Republican field in the party’s June primary.
Booker is a former mayor of Newark and a former presidential candidate.
New Jersey has not elected a Republican senator since 1972.
- Who
- Cory Booker and Republican Justin Murphy.
- What
- Booker is projected to win a third full term in the U.S. Senate, defeating Murphy.
- When
- November 4, 2026.
- Where
- New Jersey.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Justin Murphy emerged from a crowded field in the Republican primary.
Booker was projected to defeat Murphy in the New Jersey Senate race.
- Projected winner
- Cory Booker
- Opponent
- Justin Murphy, Republican
- Term
- Third full term
- State
- New Jersey
- Last Republican senator elected
- 1972