Newark, NJ – Fox’s Geraldo Rivera Weighing US Senate Run In NJ

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    AP File - Reporter and television personality Geraldo RiveraNewark, NJ – Geraldo Rivera, who hosts a weekend show on Fox News Channel, said Thursday he’s seriously thinking about running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey.

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    “Buckle your seat belts!” said Rivera before announcing, on his radio show on WABC-AM in New York, that he is “truly contemplating” a Senate bid.

    He said he has spoken to some people in the New Jersey GOP about a run, but he didn’t say what they told him.

    Rivera got a mixed response when he asked his 30,000 Twitter followers how they feel about him challenging either Sen. Frank Lautenberg or Newark Mayor Cory Booker.

    At 89, Lautenberg is the oldest sitting U.S. senator. The Democrat hasn’t said if he will seek re-election.

    Booker, also a Democrat, has announced he is exploring a run but hasn’t made clear if he would challenge Lautenberg in a primary, should he seek another term.

    No Republican has formally announced an interest in running.

    Rivera, who is 69, said he has commitments to Fox and the radio show, but “I figure at my age if I’m going to do it, I gotta do it.”

    “And there doesn’t seem to be any Republicans ready to work against or run against” Lautenberg or Booker, he said.

    The New Jersey Republican party did not return an email asking for comment.


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    Secular
    Secular
    11 years ago

    I do not know why he wants to run as a Republican. His views are mostly consistent with those of the Democratic party.

    11 years ago

    G-d help us! We can do without his left-leaning ideals, to put it mildly.

    11 years ago

    IIRC, his mother’s Jewish.

    iymbb1
    iymbb1
    11 years ago

    And I’m thinking of becoming head of the UN.

    Please give me a break!

    11 years ago

    I wonder if he will pass some legislation on Al Capone’s Tomb?

    Materetsky
    Materetsky
    11 years ago

    Yep he is Jewish and not so much of a republican… He was also thought to be liberal, but whatever, he won’t win there.