Cory Booker Biography

Fast Facts

• Became New Jersey's first African-American senator in 2013 when he won a special election fill the position held by the late Senator Frank Lautenberg
• While at Stanford University, he led a crisis hotline for students and worked with disadvantaged youth in East Palo Alto
• Earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Stanford University and attended Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship
• Quote: "I want to be a different kind of senator․ I want to push for real change on substantive issues, advocating for industry and jobs․ But I want to create a record of doing, figuring out, how to replicate the best ideas․"
• Best known as the former Mayor of Newark, N․J․ and as a United States Senator