Politics & Government

Booker, Holt and Pallone Rally for Same-Sex Equality in Montclair

NJ.com reported three of the four candidates running for the late Frank Lautenberg's vacated Senate seat attended the Equality Walk on Saturday.

Three Democrats running for the late Frank Lautenberg's Senate seat joined more than 300 people on Saturday at Montclair's Erie Park to advocate for same-sex equality, according to NJ.com.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th Dist.) and Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6th Dist.) joined hundreds of supporters at Garden State Equality's fourth annual Equality Walk yesterday — a 2.5-mile walk in support of same-sex marriage and equal rights. 

"Now a majority of Americans favor marriage equality," said Pallone, according to the article. "That’s because all of you have been working."

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Booker, Holt and Pallone are three of the four Democrats running in August's special primary to fill Lautenberg's vacated seat. Lautenberg died earlier this month at the age of 89. 

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