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The 2020 NJ Senate election, a contest between incumbent senator Cory Booker and former FDA Consumer Safety officer Rik Mehta resulted in a comfortable 16% win for the incumbent Senator amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic.
A sleepy election amidst some barnburner contests in which Booker, who had run in the 2020 presidential primaries led Mehta comfortably in the polling Booker's reelection was never in doubt.
The Dense and suburban nature of the state prompted extreme caution over the COVID-19 Pandemic, something that did not meche with Mehta's Laissez-Faire attitude over the pandemic
In fact, the challenger protested the State's COVID restrictions, refusing to Follow Governor Phil Murphy's health mandates, prompting the governor to comment that such refusal "Should disqualify him from seeking public office"
However, in the end, Biden's win in the state and Booker's popularity allowed the incumbent to win a second term. Easily beating the former FDA Consumer Safety officer
In his win, Booker won 9/12 Congresional Districts to Mehta's 3/12, 14/21 counties to Mehta's 7/21, and 30/40 State legislative Districts to Mehta's 10/30.
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