Frank Lautenberg's official withdrawal from a re-election bid signals the end of a bizarre proxy feud between the 89-year-old Senator and the Newark mayor, who jumped into the race two months ago — boldly, as usual.
The Newark mayor came under heavy, anonymous fire just hours after he filed paperwork to run in 2014 for New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg's seat — a seat he publicly committed to taking... even though Lautenberg hasn't given it up yet.
Here's a tally of public figures who've called for a change in the wake of the tragedy. Or not.
That makes four U.S. senators to call for an investigation into News Corp.'s practices
John Conyers wants to end the Iraq and Afghan wars; Pakistan aid questioned
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