That’s how many U.S. senators have been appointed since the 17th Amendment in 1913 granted governors the power to fill vacancies. Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey will soon appoint a senator who will serve through at least Oct....
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question on June 4, 2013 in Trenton, N.J. Christie will set an October special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat made vacant by Frank Lautenberg's death, a decision that gets voters the quickest possible say on who will represents them.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 192
Senate Aging: Will You Still Re-Elect Us When We’re 64?
Frank Lautenberg’s passing spotlights some obvious generational changes that have been occurring in the Senate for several years. Yet dig a little deeper, and something counter-intuitive emerges. As Bloomberg’s Greg Giroux noted yesterday upon word of Lautenberg’s death at age 89, the New Jersey Democrat...
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie outlines plans for a special election to be held to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat of Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), who died yesterday, on June 4, 2013 at the Statehouse in Trenton, New Jersey.
Chris Christie Punts Senate Seat
Gov. Chris Christie could have appointed a Republican to succeed the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg for the next year and a half, positioning his Republican Party to defend that seat in 2014. Instead, he is calling a special election on...
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Sen. Frank Lautenberg attends a rally in support of the planned "Access to the Region's Core" (ARC) rail tunnel between New Jersey and New York City in this 2010 file photo in North Bergen, New Jersey.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 31
That’s how many years it has been since a Republican represented New Jersey in the U.S. Senate. Democrat Frank Lautenberg’s death yesterday created a Senate vacancy that Republican Gov. Chris Christie will fill, probably with a member of his party....
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Mitch Behm, assistant inspector general of the U.S. Transportation Department, left, and Senator Frank Lautenberg, center, a Democrat from New Jersey, speak before the start of a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., in this 2011 file photo.
Lautenberg: Senate’s Last World War II Veteran
The death of Frank Lautenberg deprives the Senate of its last World War II veteran and its oldest member. Lautenberg, who died at 89 today from complications from viral pneumonia, was the Senate’s only octogenarian. The Senate is now without...
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President Barack Obama talks with Supercommittee Co-Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., second from left, and Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., center, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, on Nov., 21, 2011.
Obama’s Baucus Farewell: No Levin, Lautenberg or Harkin Homages Here
If you’re planning on retiring from the U.S. Senate, and you want a nice send-off from the White House, you might want to consider supporting the president’s agenda — or more recently, voting for the gun bill. “I want to...
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Sen. Mike Johanns speaks with reporters after announcing that he will not seek re-election in 2014, explaining he wants a "quieter time" to focus on his family following a busy political career.
Johanns Joins List of Rare One-Term-And-Out Senators
Nebraska Republican Mike Johanns is a rare breed: an elected senator who’s voluntarily leaving after one term or less in a position of political strength and without seeking some other political office. Johanns, who announced his retirement Feb. 18, is...
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Sen. Frank Lautenberg, the oldest member of the U.S. Senate, stands with his wife Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, as he waves to a gathering on Feb. 15, 2013, in his hometown of Paterson, N.J., where he announced plans to retire at the end of his current term.
Retiring Lautenberg is Senate’s Only Remaining World War II Veteran
New Jersey Democrat Frank Lautenberg’s decision not to seek re-election in 2014 almost assuredly will close an era in the U.S. Senate. With Lautenberg’s departure, the chamber won’t have any World War II veterans, barring the election in next year’s races of someone else...
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Sen. Frank Lautenberg, right, and Sen. Max Baucus arrive at the weekly Senate Democratic Policy Luncheon at the Capitol on Jan. 29, 2013.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 13
That’s how many consecutive U.S. Senate elections Democrats have won in New Jersey. The Democratic winning streak began in 1976, when Harrison Williams was elected for the fourth and final time, and was extended in 2012, when Democrat Robert Menendez...
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Sen. Frank Lautenberg walks to the Senate floor from a Democratic caucus meeting on Capitol Hill on Feb. 14, 2013. Lautenberg, 89, has decided not to seek re-election on order to clear the way for Democratic Newark Mayor Cory Booker to assume the spot.
Lautenberg Goes — Maybe Not Gently — But He Goes
Octogenarian Frank Lautenberg – close to being a nonagenarian — seemed to delight in sending mixed signals on whether he would run for Senate re-election next year in New Jersey. So much so that the front page of yesterday’s New York Times...
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