Cory Booker is the junior United States Senator from New Jersey. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker served as the 38th Mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013, before being elected to the U.S. Senate in a 2013 special election. After receiving his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Stanford University, studying at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and attending Yale Law School, Senator Booker moved back to his home state of New Jersey to start a legal service non-profit for low-income families. He was elected to the Newark City Council at age 29 and then Mayor of the city where he still lives proudly to this day — fighting for justice, educational opportunity, inclusive economic growth, security, healthcare, affordable housing, green spaces and public safety, as a tireless advocate for those who have been left out, left behind, or left without a voice.
In the U.S. Senate, Senator Booker serves on the Judiciary, Foreign Relations, Environment and Public Works, and Small Business Committees, addressing pressing challenges such as lack of access to affordable health care and economic opportunity, environmental injustice, food insecurity, and a broken criminal justice system. He has introduced many bills aimed at tackling the climate crisis, developing federal policies to lift up low-income communities, indigenous communities, and communities of color, which disproportionately bear the burden of environmental pollution and exploitation, and ensure access to clean water and clean air for all. He is an original cosponsor of the Green New Deal and has introduced other critical legislation focused on improved air quality in schools, sustainable agriculture, endangered species, animal welfare, wetland restoration, renewable energy, farmers and more.
