Cory Booker

Cory Booker

Cory Anthony Booker is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior 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.

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• Born:  Cory Anthony Booker, April 27, 1969, Washington, D.c, U.s.
• Age:  57 Years
• Political party:  Democratic
• Spouse(s):  Alexis Lewis
• Relatives:  Rupaul (Distant Cousin)
• Education:  Stanford University (Ba, Ma), Queen's College, Oxford (Ma), Yale University (Jd)
• Born:  27 April 1969
• Wikidata description:  American Politician (Born 1969)
• Wikidata label:  Cory Booker
• Wikidata aliases:  Cory Booker, Cory A. Booker, Cory Anthony Booker

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