U.S. Sen. Cory Booker: A Timeline
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker: A Timeline
| Nov. 3 - Up
for re-election to U.S. Senate. |
Jan. 20 - Age on Inauguration Day 51 years, 8.8 months. |
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| May
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Re-elected
Mayor
of Newark, def. Clifford Minor with 59% of the vote. |
Special election for U.S. Senate: Aug. 13 - Wins primary. Oct. 16 - Wins seat, def. Steve Lonegan (R) by 54.9% to 44.0%. |
Nov. 4 - Re-elected
to the
U.S. Senate, def. Jeff Bell (R) by 55.8% to 42.4%. Nov. 4 - Last non-vegan meal (+). |
Feb. 16 - Author of United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good (Random House). | Feb. 1 - Announces
candidacy via video. |
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| Starts as attorney at Trenk
DiPasquale in West Orange. |
Jan.
- Announces campaign for Mayor of Newark. May 14 - Def. by
incumbent Sharpe James by 53% to 47%. June - Finishes tenure on
City Council. |
[documentary film "Street Fight" >] | May 9 - Elected Mayor of Newark,
def. Deputy Mayor Ronald Rice with 72% of the vote. -Resigns as
partner at Trenk DiPasquale. |
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| B.A. in political science from
Stanford University. |
M.A. in sociology from Stanford
University. |
Rhodes
scholar,
degree
in
U.S. history from University of Oxford. |
Moves
into housing project in Newark |
J.D. from Yale Law School. Staff attorney for Urban Justice Center in NY; prog. coord. of Newark Youth Project. |
Wins seat
on the Municipal Council of Newark, def. four-term incumbent George
Branch. |
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| Graduates from Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan. |
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| ...grows up in Harrington Park, NJ... |
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| Born April 27, 1969, second son of Carolyn Rose and Cary Alfred Booker, in Washington, DC. |
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| Copyright
© 2019 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action |
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