Cory Booker

Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American politician and the senior United States Senator from New Jersey. He is a member of the U.S. Democratic Party. He has been in office since 2013. Before being senator, he served as mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013.

His first mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey, against incumbent Mayor Sharpe James in 2002, was documented in the 2005 feature movie Street Fight.

From February 2019 to January 2020, Booker unsuccessfully ran for the 2020 Democratic nomination for President of the United States.

2020 presidential campaign

Many news articles believe that Booker would be a popular Democratic candidate for the 2020 presidential election against Donald Trump.

On February 1, 2019, Booker launched his presidential campaign for the Democratic nomination. He ended his campaign on January 13, 2020.

2025 marathon speech
On March 31, 2025, Booker began a marathon speech, vowing to speak "for as long as I am physically able". His speech began at 7 p.m. EDT and it was a critical speech against the second Donald Trump administration. Booker gave the longest speech in U.S. Senate history, beating Strom Thurmond's 24-hour-and-18 minute-long filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. His speech ended the next day and it was 25 hours and five minutes long.

Personal life

His brother is Cary Booker II, named after their father Cary Booker. In 1969, his parents fought hard against racism by insisting to buy a house in an area where black people were not welcome.Joanne Palmer. A love story - Cory Booker talks about growing up in Harrington Park, falling in love with Judaism. Jewish Standard. October 12, 2014

He dated actress Rosario Dawson from 2019 until 2022.

In 2020, he learned that he and entertainer RuPaul are cousins; they discovered it by appearing on the TV show Finding Your Roots.

In September 2025, Booker announced his engagement to investor Alexis Lewis. They were married in November 2025.

Related pages
Political positions of Cory Booker

References

Other websites

 Senator Cory Booker official U.S. Senate site
 Presidential campaign website

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