Lautenberg's Widow Pushed Back Against Boxer on Chemical Safet...

Star-Ledger Staff By Star-Ledger Staff The Star-Ledger View/Post Comments The late Sen. Frank Lautenberg is shown in this file photo. Even in death, the feisty Lautenberg has made trouble, up-ending New Jersey's political landscape.Noah ...

Senator Frank Lautenberg was a practical progressive who based action on facts, figures, and hard-won experience. He knew first-hand, for example, the connection between a college education and a life of achievement. An enlisted soldier in World War ...

Jeff Chiesa became the newest member of the U.S. Senate Monday afternoon as he replaced the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.). Vice President Biden administered the oath of office to Chiesa with eight of his new colleagues watching from the ...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie appointed state Attorney General Jeff Chiesa to the late Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg's now vacant

Gov. Chris Christie's decision to schedule a special election for Senator Frank R. Lautenberg's seat on Oct. 16 suggests that he evaluated the potential Republican challengers and did not like what

Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) is collecting signatures to run in the special election to replace Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.). Booker hasn't formally entered the race, but spokesman Kevin Griffis told The Hill the mayor's team is collecting ...

NEW YORK - In a moving ceremony that was also filled with laughter, Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg's family and colleagues recalled him Wednesday as a feisty and determined man whose life story shaped his work - and also described a personal side rarely ...

It's too early to discuss who will replace deceased Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) said Tuesday. Smith's comments come a day after Lautenberg, 89, died. Within hours speculation began on who New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ...

The casket of U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg is transferred to an Amtrak train en route to Washington D.C. during a Color Guard ceremony at the Frank R. Lautenberg Rail Station Wednesday, June 5, 2013, in Secaucus, N.J. Lautenberg, a Democrat from New ...