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October 31, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The former mayor of Newark, New Jersey, becomes the second African American in the Senate. The other…
October 31, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Booker will officially join the U.S. Senate today at a noon swearing-in ceremony, becoming the second black…
October 27, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Shaquille O'Neal is featured in a new political campaign ad calling on New Jersey residents to vote…
October 22, 2013
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Newark that Cory Booker is leaving behind as the state's newly elected U.S. senator is…
October 21, 2013
LAMBERTVILLE, New Jersey (AP) — Gay couples in a handful of New Jersey communities exchanged marriage vows in the early…
October 18, 2013
VIDEO - This week, Cory Booker became the fourth African-American ever to be elected to the U.S. Senate. The former…
October 16, 2013
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — U.S. senator-elect Cory Booker said Thursday he's ready to go to Washington and is not afraid…
October 16, 2013
ANALYSIS - New Jersey’s Cory Booker, the man who Wednesday became the fourth-ever African-American popularly elected to the U.S. Senate,…
October 16, 2013
TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) — The high-profile mayor of New Jersey's largest city won a special election Wednesday to represent…
October 16, 2013
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Even Republicans had expected Booker, a Democrat in a Democratic-leaning state, to cruise to victory by…
October 16, 2013
TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) — Cory Booker, the high-profile Democratic mayor of New Jersey's largest city, was on the ballot…
October 15, 2013
OPINION - Cory Booker promised to rescue our city when he was elected mayor of Newark in 2006. I believe…
October 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The current discussion inside Newark's distinctive, deep-rooted and often divisive wards is who should follow Booker and…
October 12, 2013
NBC News - Newark Mayor Cory Booker was supposed to stroll to an easy victory in next week’s New Jersey’s…
October 10, 2013
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker is canceling Senate campaign events in the wake of his father's…
October 10, 2013
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - In the first face-to-face showdown of their U.S. Senate campaign, Democrat Cory Booker repeatedly characterized his…
September 30, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says Biden will hit the campaign trail on Oct. 11. That's five days before…
September 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The National Review, the conservative publication, is suing Newark mayor and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cory Booker…
September 6, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - When the season’s crime statistics suddenly shifted, Booker was on the campaign trail, confidently touting his list…
September 5, 2013
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Mayor Cory Booker, with six weeks left in his campaign for a U.S. Senate seat, is…