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CANDIDATES

CORY BOOKER

By Clayton NeumanFriday, Apr. 20, 2007

dek — Richard Perry / The New York Times / Redux
Cory Booker

AGE: 37
OCCUPATION: Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: Implemented a 100-day plan to reorganize Newark by reducing crime, expanding the police force and improving city services.

CON: Shootings and homicides in the city of 277,000 actually rose in 2006 compared with the previous summer, and overtime costs for the police force have increased to $20 million.

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