Cory Booker

U.S. Senator from New Jersey

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Background

A former mayor of Newark, Booker won a special election to the Senate in 2013. He ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and withdrew before the Iowa caucuses.

Born: April 27, 1969 in Washington, D.C. (age 57)
Home state: New Jersey
Education: Stanford University; University of Oxford (Rhodes Scholar); Yale Law School

Career

U.S. Senator from New Jersey (2013–)
Mayor of Newark (2006–2013)

Notable record

Gave the longest speech in Senate history, about 25 hours, in April 2025
Co-sponsored the bipartisan First Step Act on criminal sentencing (2018)
Ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination

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