Cory Booker - Mayor of Newark

Cory Booker Mayor of Newark political phenom is trying to give New Jersey's most populous city a shot at redemption Michael Christopher Brown
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The centerpiece of Booker's campaign was a promise to improve public safety in Newark. "You know that if a kid gets shot, every one of the issues you care about gets undermined?" he says.

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