Cory Booker is an American politician and the senior United States Senator from New Jersey since 2013. He is the first African-American U.S. Senator from New Jersey and a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his senate career, Booker served as the 38th mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013. Before becoming mayor he served on the Municipal Council of Newark for the Central Ward from 1998 to 2002. Booker's career has been dedicated to public service in New Jersey.
In 1936, Cary Alfred Booker, Cory Booker's father, was born. He later became one of the first black IBM executives.
On April 27, 1969, Cory Anthony Booker was born. He is an American politician who serves as the senior United States senator from New Jersey.
In 1986, Cory Booker was named to the USA Today All-USA high school football team while at Northern Valley Regional High School.
In 1991, Cory Booker graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts in political science.
In 1991, Cory Booker received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University.
Cory Booker became a vegetarian in 1992 while a student at Oxford University.
In 1992, Cory Booker admitted in a column in The Stanford Daily that he had "hated gays" as a teenager.
In 1992, Cory Booker graduated from Stanford University with a Master of Arts in sociology.
In 1992, Cory Booker wrote a column for The Stanford Daily recounting a sexual encounter and discussing attitudes toward sex and rape.
In 1994, Cory Booker earned a degree in United States history from The Queen's College, Oxford.
In 1997, Cory Booker obtained his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School and operated free legal clinics for low-income residents of New Haven, Connecticut.
From 1998 to 2006, Cory Booker lived in Brick Towers, a troubled housing complex in Newark's Central Ward.
In 1998, Cory Booker won an upset victory for a seat on the Municipal Council of Newark, defeating four-term incumbent George Branch. To draw attention to the problems of open-air drug dealing, he went on a 10-day hunger strike.
In 1999 Sharpe James elected as a state senator, a position he decided to focus on in 2006
On January 9, 2002, Cory Booker announced his campaign for mayor of Newark against incumbent Sharpe James.
In 2002, Cory Booker ran for mayor but lost to incumbent Sharpe James.
In 2002, Cory Booker's mayoral campaign was chronicled in the documentary Street Fight.
In 2005, the documentary "Street Fight", chronicling Cory Booker's 2002 mayoral campaign, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
On February 11, 2006, Cory Booker announced that he would run for mayor of Newark again.
In late June 2006, before Cory Booker took office as mayor, New Jersey investigators foiled a plot to assassinate him led by Bloods gang leaders inside four New Jersey state prisons.
On June 20, 2006, Superior Court Judge Patricia Costello ruled in Cory Booker's favor, concerning the lawsuit against the James administration to terminate cut-rate land deals.
On July 1, 2006, Cory Booker took office as mayor of Newark. He announced a 100-day plan to implement reforms after his first week in office.
In November 2006, Cory Booker moved out of his apartment in Brick Towers, a troubled housing complex in Newark.
Cory Booker started as mayor in 2006 and lead the nation in violent crime reduction from 2006 to 2008. During his mayoralty, crime dropped significantly in Newark.
In 2006, Cory Booker ran again for mayor and defeated Deputy Mayor Ronald Rice.
Cory Booker started as mayor in 2006 and lead the nation in violent crime reduction from 2006 to 2008. During his mayoralty, crime dropped significantly in Newark.
In 2008, the City of Newark received the Government Finance Officers Association's Distinguished Budget Presentation Award.
In May 2009, Cory Booker received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and an honorary doctorate from Brandeis University, where he was also a commencement speaker.
In October 2009, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence gave Cory Booker the Sarah Brady Visionary Award for his work in reducing gun violence.
In 2009, after Barack Obama became President, Cory Booker declined the leadership of the new White House Office of Urban Affairs, citing his commitment to Newark.
In 2009, the City of Newark received the Government Finance Officers Association's Distinguished Budget Presentation Award.
In the fall of 2009, Cory Booker engaged in a satirical on-air and YouTube feud with Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien, resulting in charitable donations to Newark.
Since 2009, Cory Booker has starred in the documentary series Brick City, which focuses on his efforts to improve Newark. In 2009, Brick City won a Peabody Award.
In March 2010, Cory Booker won a Shorty Award in the government category for having the best microblog.
March 2010 marked Newark's first murder-free month in over 44 years during Cory Booker's mayoralty.
On April 3, 2010, Cory Booker announced his candidacy for reelection as mayor of Newark.
In July 2010, Cory Booker attended a dinner at a conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, where he was seated with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
In September 2010, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced he was donating $100 million to the Newark school system, following conversations with Cory Booker.
On October 10, 2010, Cory Booker established Let's Move! Newark as part of First Lady Michelle Obama's national Let's Move! initiative against childhood obesity.
From July through December 2010, Cory Booker's administration imposed one-day-a-month furloughs for all non-uniformed employees, as well as 2% pay cuts for managers and directors earning more than $100,000 a year.
In December 2010, Cory Booker received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Yeshiva University.
On December 28, 2010, Cory Booker gained national attention when he responded to a constituent's request on Twitter to shovel her elderly father's driveway.
In 2010, Cory Booker received the U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official.
In 2010, Cory Booker was reelected as mayor of Newark.
In 2010, a new mixed-income development was built at the site of the demolished Brick Towers, where Cory Booker lived from 1998 to 2006.
In 2010, the documentary series Brick City, starring Cory Booker, was nominated for a Primetime Emmy.
On May 13, 2011, Cory Booker received an honorary doctor of laws degree and gave the commencement address to New York Law School graduates.
In May 2011, Cory Booker received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of Rhode Island and delivered a commencement address there.
In June 2011, Cory Booker received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Williams College and served as that year's commencement speaker.
In October 2011, Cory Booker expanded the Let's Move! Newark program to include Let's Move! Newark: Our Power, a fitness challenge for Newark public school students.
In 2011, Cory Booker contributed to the documentary Miss Representation, commenting on the representations of women in politics in mass media.
On May 12, 2012, Cory Booker appeared on Meet the Press and criticized Obama's reelection campaign attacks on Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital, causing controversy.
In May 2012, Cory Booker received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Bard College and gave the commencement speech. He also received an honorary degree at Fairleigh Dickinson's 69th commencement ceremony.
On June 17, 2012, Cory Booker delivered the commencement address to Stanford University graduates and received an honorary degree.
In 2012, Cory Booker was an unsuccessful candidate for the world Mayor prize.
In 2012, Cory Booker, Sarah Ross, and Nathan Richardson formed Waywire, a video sharing technology company.
In May 2013, Cory Booker delivered the commencement address at Washington University in St. Louis and received an honorary doctorate of law.
In a July 2013 Salon interview, Cory Booker stated that he aligns with progressive politics in every aspect.
In August 2013, Cory Booker announced his intention to resign from the Waywire board if elected to the Senate.
In a September 2013 interview with The Grio, when asked whether he considered himself a progressive, Cory Booker said he was a Democrat and an American.
From 2013 to 2024, Cory Booker declared receiving $871,563 in funding from pro-Israel donors.
In 2013, Cary Alfred Booker, Cory Booker's father, passed away.
In 2013, Cory Booker generally refused to address rumors about being gay, explaining his principle for not commenting on such matters.
In 2013, Cory Booker was elected to the U.S. Senate in New Jersey's special election.
In 2013, Cory Booker was named one of Town & Country's "Top 40 Bachelors".
Since 2013, Cory Booker has resided in a townhouse he owns in the Lincoln Park section of Newark's Central Ward.
On May 16, 2014, Cory Booker gave the commencement speech at Ramapo College of New Jersey at the IZOD Center.
In 2014, Cory Booker began practicing a vegan diet, emphasizing his ethical philosophy and advocacy for animals.
In 2014, Cory Booker was reelected to the U.S. Senate.
In 2015, Cory Booker appeared in a scene in the Parks and Recreation episode "Ms. Ludgate-Dwyer Goes to Washington" alongside Orrin Hatch.
As of June 2016, Cory Booker was worshiping at the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Newark.
During the 2016 presidential election, Donna Brazile considered Cory Booker as a potential replacement ticket alongside Joe Biden for Hillary Clinton when she fell ill, but the idea was not pursued.
In 2016, Cory Booker wrote his autobiography, United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good.
In April 2017, following the US strike on Syria, Cory Booker criticized the military action for lacking a clear plan and congressional authorization.
In September 2017, Cory Booker joined Bernie Sanders and others in submitting the "Medicare for All" bill to Congress, advocating for a single-payer health care plan.
In 2017, Cory Booker became the first senator to ever testify against another senator during attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions's confirmation hearing.
In 2017, Cory Booker faced criticism from progressives for voting against a proposal to lower prescription drug prices, leading to accusations of being too reliant on corporate support.
In September 2018, during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, The Daily Caller and Fox News referenced a 1992 column by Cory Booker recounting a sexual encounter.
In March 2019, actress Rosario Dawson confirmed to TMZ that she was in a relationship with Cory Booker.
In December 2019, Cory Booker failed to meet the polling thresholds required to participate in the sixth Democratic Party presidential debate, impacting his campaign trajectory.
On January 13, 2020, Cory Booker suspended his campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
In March 2020, Cory Booker endorsed former vice president Joe Biden for president, following the suspension of his own campaign.
In 2020, Cory Booker discovered that he and entertainer RuPaul are cousins, after both appeared on the TV show Finding Your Roots.
In 2020, Cory Booker was reelected to the U.S. Senate.
In 2021, The American Prospect criticized Cory Booker and Bob Menendez for recommending Christine O'Hearne to a federal judgeship, citing her history of defending employers against discrimination claims.
In February 2022, Cory Booker's relationship with actress Rosario Dawson ended.
In November 2022, Cory Booker wrote a letter of support and leniency for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes before her sentencing hearing.
In 2022, Cory Booker demonstrated his support for LGBTQ+ rights by voting for the Respect for Marriage Act.
On August 20, 2024, Cory Booker became New Jersey's senior senator following Bob Menendez's resignation.
From 2013 to 2024, Cory Booker declared receiving $871,563 in funding from pro-Israel donors.
In 2024, Cory Booker appeared in the Netflix documentary You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment.
From March 31 to April 1, 2025, Cory Booker delivered the longest speech in U.S. Senate history, lasting 25 hours and five minutes, in protest of the second presidency of Donald Trump.
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