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Cory Booker
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American politician (born 1969)
Cory Booker is an American politician born in 1969 who has held prominent political offices, including serving as a U.S. Senator. He is notable as a significant figure in contemporary American politics whose career and policy positions have influenced national political discussions.
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Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American politician, attorney, and author who has served as the junior United States senator from New Jersey since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker is the first African-American U.S. senator from New Jersey. He was the 38th mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013, and served on the Municipal Council of Newark for the Central Ward from 1998…
Known for
- Riot: From Rebellion to Redemption — Self2026
- Food, Inc. 2 — Self – US Senator2024
- Atrocity Inc. — Self - U.S. Senator, New Jersey2024
- The First Step — Self2023
- Inside with Jen Psaki — Self - Senator2023
- Why Is We Americans? — Self2022
- Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?2022
- Level Playing Field — Self2021
- The Problem with Jon Stewart — Self (archive footage)2021
- Justice Now: A BET News Special — Self2020
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- Anthony
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- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- jurist
- Position held
- United States senator
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Religion
- Baptists
- Award
- Rhodes Scholarship
- Field of work
- law
- Sport
- American football
- Official website
- www.booker.senate.gov
- Image
- Cory Booker, official portrait (119th Congress).jpg
- Work location
- Newark
- Significant event
- Cory Booker's marathon speech
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- Congressional Black Caucus
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- 153000
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Encyclopedic overview
Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American politician and lawyer serving as a United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker is the first African-American U.S. senator from New Jersey. He was the 38th mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013, and served on the Municipal Council of Newark for the Central Ward from 1998 to 2002.
Booker was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Harrington Park, New Jersey. He attended Stanford University, receiving a BA in 1991 and a master's degree a year later. He attended Queen's College, Oxford, on a Rhodes Scholarship before attending Yale Law School. He won an upset victory for a seat on the Municipal Council of Newark in 1998, staging a 10-day hunger strike and briefly living in a tent to draw attention to urban development issues in the city. He ran for mayor in 2002 but lost to incumbent Sharpe James. He ran again in 2006 and defeated Deputy Mayor Ronald Rice. Booker's first term saw the doubling of affordable housing under development and the reduction of the city budget deficit from $180 million to $73 million. He was reelected in 2010.
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