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• Cory Booker is the Democratic mayor of Newark, NJ.City of Newark: Mayor Booker During the 2008 elections, he campaigned for President Barack Obama. He has appeared on several television shows as a political commentator, including The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.

• Fast Facts

  1. Elected: May 9, 2006
  2. Party affiliation: Democratic Party
  3. Marital status: single
  4. Born: April 27, 1969H.W. Wilson: Cory Booker (February 2007)
  5. Played varsity football and was class president at Stanford UniversityHuffington Post: Cory Booker
  6. Subject of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Street FightStanford StoryBank: Cory Booker recalls 'gut checks' on road... (October 1, 2008)
  7. Has no plans to run for higher officeStanford StoryBank: Cory Booker recalls 'gut checks' on road... (October 1, 2008)

• Quotes

  • "“We have to have a mayor and a council who will take City Hall and fight that fight.”Think Exist: Cory Booker

  • "We, who wave the flag of other people's glory, we, who drink deeply from a well of freedom that we did not dig, should consider it a small measure of sacrifice to continue the campaign for change well past Obama's election." — Cory Booker article about Obama's electionHuffington Post: Barack Obama is Elected President - Now What? (November 9, 2008)

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