CORY BOOKER SEEKS SENATE SEAT

Cory Booker announces Senate candidacy Saturday (and in my opinion, will probably get it)...

I think if you live in NJ this is not a shocker, regardless of party.

Tomorrow he will open the  LGBTQ festival in Maplewood, NJ-showing support; politically a very smart move...

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  Update: June 9, 2013 met Mayor Booker today as he opened " NORTH JERSEY PRIDE FESTIVAL", in Maplewood, NJ--so charming , warm & gave a rousing & inspiring speech (no teleprompter either) he has my vote!

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(CNN) –" Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker on Saturday declared his candidacy for the Senate in this year's special election to fill the seat of the late Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg.

Booker's campaign sent out an email release the day before stating that the mayor would make an announcement regarding his candidacy at the event in Newark, followed by a similar event a few hours later in the southern part of the Garden State.

At Saturday's news conference, Booker cited a track record of compromise as Mayor of Newark as an example of how he can help change gridlock in Washington.

"I am here because I believe that people who care, can find solutions to even the most difficult problems. I am here because when we work together, I know from experience that there is no problem we can't solve," Booker said...