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Trailblazer: U.S. Senator Cory Booker

January 18, 2021 12:06 amJanuary 16, 2021 11:02 pm

Cory Booker, is the first Black to win statewide office in New Jersey. He was elected to the United States Senate in 2013, winning a special election to replace the late Frank R. Lautenberg. Booker sought the 2020 Democratic nomination...

Clifford Minor, who ran against Cory Booker in 2010, dies

November 25, 2020 9:26 amNovember 25, 2020 9:28 am

Clifford Minor, a former Essex County Prosecutor who challenged Cory Booker in the 2010 Newark mayoral race, died on November 17. He was 78. Minor began his career as a Newark police officer, rising to the rank of detective. He...

Trailblazer: Cory Booker

January 20, 2020 12:50 amJanuary 20, 2020 12:49 am

Cory Booker, 49, is the first African American to win statewide office in New Jersey. He was elected to the United States Senate in 2013, winning a special election to replace the late Frank R. Lautenberg. Booker sought the 2020...

Booker kicks off ‘Justice for All’ tour in Newark

April 13, 2019 12:35 am

New Jersey’s Cory Booker will kickoff his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination this morning with a rally in his hometown of Newark. Booker’s White House bid comes two decades after he began his political career as a candidate for...

Booker for President speculation is 20 years old

February 1, 2019 6:58 amFebruary 1, 2019 2:46 am

Cory Booker’s fledgling presidential campaign comes two decades after New Jersey political insiders first predicted that he would someday run for president of the United States. Booker, 49, is the first African American to win statewide office in New Jersey. ...

Trailblazer: Cory Booker

January 21, 2019 12:01 amJanuary 21, 2019 2:34 am

Cory Booker, 49, is the first African American to win statewide office in New Jersey. He was elected to the United States Senate in 2013, winning a special election to replace the late Frank R. Lautenberg. Booker is expected to...

Baraka has edge in bid for 2nd term

April 25, 2018 2:40 pmApril 26, 2018 1:33 pm

Newark voters will go to the polls on May 8 to decide if they want to give Mayor Ras Baraka a second term. He faces Central Ward Councilwoman Gayle Cheneyfield Jenkins. Baraka was elected in 2014 by a 54%-46% margin...