Sheila Oliver

Three New Jersey Democrats running in a special U.S. Senate election got their first crack Monday night at the front runner, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, in the first debate among all four candidates in the abbreviated campaign.

All four Democrats running in New Jersey's special Senate election are scheduled to debate for the first time tonight in Montclair that can be watched live on this website.

A bill that would penalize towns that refuse to share services passed the full State Senate in late November of 2012, but it's been gathering dust in the Assembly ever since. Sen. President Steve Sweeney sponsors the measure.

The Democratic nomination race to fill the late Frank Lautenberg's U.S. Senate seat isn't much of a race at all, according to the latest poll from Monmouth University.

Last week, Governor Chris Christie scheduled a special election for Oct. 16, three weeks before the general election to fill a U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg.

Four New Jersey Democrats are seeking their party's nomination to run for the U.S Senate seat that's up for grabs after the passing of longtime Senator Frank Lautenberg.

Republican Steve Lonegan & Dr. Alieta Eck along with Democrats Sheila Oliver and Frank Pallone turned in their petitions in Trenton, meeting today's deadline to be on the ballot for the special Senate election primary ballot in August.

The first three bills in the New Jersey legislature's gun control package are now on Governor Chris Christie's desk.

The gun control debate continues to rage on in Trenton as the State Senate House keeps incrementally advancing bills.

Despite staunch opposition from gun rights advocates, the State Senate plans to vote on 14 gun control bills May 13.