SPECIAL SENATE ELECTION NOT BEING WATCHED AS MUCH AS GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION

The interest in the U.S. Senate election just isn’t the same as the gubernatorial election, according to a new poll. Rutgers-Eagleton says that 24 percent of registered voters in the state are following the special U.S. Senate election between Newark Mayor Cory Booker and former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan “very closely,” compared to 34 percent who say they are about the gubernatorial election. Interest in the election has climbed over the past few months; a June Rutgers-Eagleton Poll showed only 20 percent of registered voters were following the race very closely.