Despite having been over for nearly a year, the Republican race for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2020 is officially done, thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court Feb. 22 rejecting the efforts of Hirsh Singh for a recount.
Thus, Democrat Cory Booker is officially the stateâs U.S. Senate winner â though Booker did defeat the man who topped Singh in the Republican primary, Rik Mehta.
Singh filed a lawsuit three days after the general election alleging that Gov. Phil Murphyâs executive order mandating a mostly-mail primary was unconstitutional.
The New Jersey Supreme Court threw out his suit in October. Â Singh represented himself, according to a New Jersey Globe report.