Table of Biography
Cory Booker is a politician who is from the Democratic Political Party and was elected as the Mayor of Newark in the year 2013. Cory Booker is even the 1st African American Senator who is working in the year 2013 from New Jersey.
Early Life
The full name of the politician is Cory Anthony Booker. Cory Booker’s birthdate is April 27, 1969, and his birthplace is Washington, D. C., USA. As of 2022, Cory Booker’s age must be fifty-two years old and his star sign is Taurus. Similarly, Cory Booker is an American native and follows Christianity. The politician also is of multiracial Afro-American ethnicity. His father’s name is Cary Alfred Booker and his mother is Carolyn Rose. His father was the first Afro-American Executive at IBM and her mother was a housewife.
Cory even has a brother and his name is Cory Booker II. The politician grew up in Harrington Park, New Jersey. As for education, the politician went to Northern Valley Regional High School which is in Old Tappan. Later, Cory Booker attended Stanford University which is in Stanford, California, and post-graduated with a Master of Arts degree in the field of sociology. In the year 1991, Cory got a Bachelor of Arts degree in the field of political science.
At the time of his graduation from Stanford, Cory Booker got a Rhodes Scholarship award so that he could study at the University of Oxford. Cory also went to Yale Law School where he got his Juris Doctor and worked in free legal clinics for workless residents of New Haven. Even after having a busy schedule, Cory gave some time to get engaged in the National Black Law Students Association and also work in the Big Brothers Big Sisters firm, working as a Big Brother.
Caption: Cory Booker with his mother when he was young (Source: Instagram)
Career and Professional Life
After serving for the Urban Justice Center which is in New York City, the politician went for a position on the Newark City Council in the year 1998. There, Cory Booker surprised everyone by getting victory from a long-term obligate. After resuming office, the politician looked to fight an epidemic of drug abuse, and Cory adopted an apartment in one of Newark’s most suffering places. In the year 2002, Cory ran for mayor of the city but unfortunately failed.
The competition was the center of the praised documentary Street Fight in the year 2005. A 2nd offer, in the year 2006 got successful. Being a mayor, Cory Booker collected national attention for enterprises on gun control and violence diminishing, among other units. After Frank Lautenberg passed away in the year 2013, an exceptional election to top his U.S. Senate position was carried out, and he effortlessly became the winner of the election. Being a senator, the politician turned out to become popular for his works at bipartisan cooperation, even though Cory frequently took liberal causes.
Cory Booker especially was a vocal promoter of same-sex marriage, and the politician called for growth in the combined minimum wage. Politicians even have been promoting tax growth for the wealthy. Cory cosponsored law-making which amended the criminal justice structure, and the bill also made a deal into law in the year 2018. The next year, the politician declared that he was working for the Democratic presidential nomination in the year 2020. However, Cory Booker worked very hard to promote in a filled field of applicants, and Cory suspended his campaign in January 2020.
Caption: Cory Booker delivering a speech (Source: Instagram)
Cory Booker – Net Worth 2024
Cory Booker’s estimated net worth is around $3.55 million which he has been earning during his political career. The politician is also earning some fortune from investments, business work, and other work. Currently, Cory Booker is living a happy and luxurious life in New Jersey, USA. Apart from this, there is not much information regarding the assets Cory Booker owns.
Relationship Status
Cory Booker is an unmarried personality but has been in several relationships to this day. However, the politician has always been very secretive in his every romantic relationship. But after becoming a public figure and popular personality, some of the information about his relationships eventually comes out.
At the time, Cory Booker was dating an American television personality, Gayle King. Unfortunately, they broke up and Cory began to stay in another romantic relationship with a poet, Cleo Wade. Furthermore, in March 2019, Rosario Dawson (actress) told TMZ that she was also dating Booker once. However, he seems to be single right now.
Caption: Cory Booker with his former girlfriend, Rosario Dawson (Source: Page Six)
Rumors
In the column of the year 1992 in “The Stanford Daily”, the politician said that he had “hated gays” when he was in his teenage days. The politician was also in several rumors regarding being gay and he has always disagreed with the rumors. In the year 2013, she clarified saying, “Because I want to challenge people on their homophobia. I love seeing on Twitter when someone says I’m gay, and I say, ‘So what does it matter if I am? So be it. I hope you are not voting for me because you are making the presumption that I’m straight”.
In the year 1992, the politician again got in his column for The Stanford Daily after people recognized that at the age of fifteen years old, he was kissing a friend on New Year’s Eve and he even took his hands over her breast. After that, his hand pushed away for a time and again “reached [his] ‘mark.'” The column shows that the politician has changed his attitudes regarding sexual relations and how “skewed attitudes” went to rape. In September 2018, “The Daily Caller” and also “Fox News” raised the column at the time of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.
Body Measurements
Regarding the politician’s physical appearance, Cory Booker has a good height of 6 feet 3.5 inches. The politician also has a slim body type with a body weight of around 79 kg or 174 lbs. Similarly, the size of the politician’s biceps is 14.5 inches and he wears a shoe size of 12 (US). The size of Cory Booker’s chest is 44 inches, his waist size is 36 inches, and his hips size is 37 inches. Also, Cory Booker has a pair of brown eyes and is bald however he has dark brown hair previously.
Cory Booker – Social Media
Talking about the politician’s appearance on social media platforms, Cory Booker is highly active there. Cory Booker has an Instagram account, a Twitter account, and also a Facebook page. On Instagram, Cory has 931 thousand followers, and on Twitter, he has 4.9 million followers. Similarly, Cory has more than 1 million followers on his Facebook page. Not only this, but the politician also has his own YouTube channel under his name. As of April 2021, Cory Booker has gained 5.04 thousand subscribers.