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Cory Booker
American politician (born 1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from New Jersey. He is a member of the U.S. Democratic Party. He has been in office since 2013. Before being senator, he served as mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013.
Quick Facts United States Senator from New Jersey, Preceded by ...
Cory Booker | |
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United States Senator from New Jersey | |
Assumed office October 31, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Jeffrey Chiesa |
Mayor of Newark, New Jersey | |
In office July 1, 2006 ā October 31, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Sharpe James |
Succeeded by | Luis Quintana |
Member of the Newark City Council from the Central Ward | |
In office July 1, 1998 ā June 30, 2002 | |
Preceded by | George Branch |
Succeeded by | Charles Bell |
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Born | Cory Anthony Booker (1969-04-27) April 27, 1969 (age 55) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Stanford University Queen's College, Oxford Yale Law School |
Website | Senate website Campaign website |
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His first mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey, against incumbent Mayor Sharpe James in 2002, was documented in the 2005 feature movie Street Fight.
From February 2019 to January 2020, Booker unsuccessfully ran for the 2020 Democratic nomination for President of the United States.