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'''Cory Booker''', a [[far-leftist]], is the junior [[United States Senator]] from [[New Jersey]], having been elected in a special election on October 16, 2013, to fill the seat vacated by the death of Sen. [[Frank Lautenberg]]. He previously served as [[mayor]] of [[Newark]], New Jersey. Booker announced he would run for president in the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 presidential election]].<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (February 1, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31364-booker-announces-for-president-bathroom-assault-accusation-unresolved Booker Announces for President; Bathroom Assault Accusation Unresolved]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 2, 2019.</ref>
|name=Cory Booker
|image=Cory Booker, official portrait, 114th Congress.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
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|religion=[[Baptist]]
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|state=New Jersey
|terms=October 31, 2013 – present
|preceded=Jeffrey Chiesa
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|city=[[Newark, New Jersey]]
|terms=July 1, 2006 – October 31, 2013
|preceded=Sharpe James
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|succeeded=Lius Quintana
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'''Cory Anthony Booker''', a [[far-leftist]], is the junior [[United States Senator]] from [[New Jersey]], having been elected in a special election on October 16, 2013, to fill the seat vacated by the death of Sen. [[Frank Lautenberg]]. He previously served as [[mayor]] of [[Newark]], New Jersey. Booker announced he would run for president in the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 presidential election]].<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (February 1, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31364-booker-announces-for-president-bathroom-assault-accusation-unresolved Booker Announces for President; Bathroom Assault Accusation Unresolved]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 2, 2019.</ref>
As Newark mayor Booker was noted for refusing to allow any straight marriages until [[gay marriage]] was "legalized;"<ref>http://swampland.time.com/2013/10/18/booker-looking-to-wed-same-sex-couples-before-taking-senate-seat/</ref> Booker adamantly opposed a [[democracy|democratic]] [[referendum]] on the issue.<ref>[https://articles.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/newark_mayor_cory_booker_again.amp]</ref> After a victory in the courts, then Senator-elect Booker presided over New Jersey's first gay wedding.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/cory-booker-presides-weddings-time-article-1.1491284</ref>
As Newark mayor Booker was noted for refusing to allow any straight marriages until [[gay marriage]] was "legalized;"<ref>http://swampland.time.com/2013/10/18/booker-looking-to-wed-same-sex-couples-before-taking-senate-seat/</ref> Booker adamantly opposed a [[democracy|democratic]] [[referendum]] on the issue.<ref>[https://articles.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/newark_mayor_cory_booker_again.amp]</ref> After a victory in the courts, then Senator-elect Booker presided over New Jersey's first gay wedding.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/cory-booker-presides-weddings-time-article-1.1491284</ref>