Everything you need to know about Cory Booker ahead of ABC News' DemDebate in Houston: Full coverage begins at 7pm ET on or on all your favorite streaming devices.
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., announced his candidacy in a video published on the first day of February. As mayor of Newark, New Jersey, he vaulted to national attention for his hands-on approach in attempting to turn around the crime and poverty-plagued city.Hometown: Washington D.C., but he grew up in suburban New JerseyEducation After high school, Booker went to Stanford University in California, where he played football.
What he used to do: After law school, he worked as an attorney in the non-profit sector, according to his Senate biography. He was elected to the Newark City Council in 1998 and rose through the ranks to become mayor of Newark in 2006. Booker served over seven years as mayor.As a senator, Booker has attracted notice for his leadership during the bipartisan effort to pass criminal justice reform and for his pointed questioning during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings.
Booker's unexpected victory in 2006, in which he unseated the longest-serving mayor in the city's history, Sharpe James, was the subject of a documentary called"Street Fight."Booker unveiled a gun control plan which would require all gun owners to submit to a comprehensive background check through the FBI in order to obtain a federal firearm license. Another aspect of his plan would put pressure on gun manufacturers to comply with new regulations.
Booker said he believes that it is the job of the president to"enforce antitrust laws" when asked about corporate consolidation in an interview on ABC's"This Week.""I don't care if it's Facebook, the pharma industry, even the agricultural industry. We've had a problem in America with corporate consolidation that is having really ill effects," he said.The senator raised nearly $4.
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