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Democrat from New Jersey
Cory Booker is the mayor of Newark.
Recent statements involving Cory Booker
"More than 30 percent of all commercial and multifamily development in the entire state is happening in Newark."
Says 2012 was the "first year in American history that more minorities are being born than people in the majority."
Says "right now, we have more military spending than the next 10, 11, 12 countries combined."
"You see 34 people (are) murdered every single day" by gunfire in America.
Says the Republican Party platform says "pull back even more of the rules on campaign finance reform, get rid of McCain-Feingold" while the Democratic Party platform says "we want to find a way to put more fair rules on campaign finance reform."
Recent stories featuring Cory Booker
Booker latest Democrat to exaggerate gun violence statistic:
First Rep. Charlie Rangel, and now Newark Mayor Cory Booker, have gone on national television recently and vastly overestimated the number of Americans killed by gun violence.
Frank Lautenberg versus the Truth-O-Meter: A look back:
New Jersey's senior senator announced Thursday that he would not seek re-election to a sixth term in 2014
Truth-O-Meter has checked gun claims by NJ Democrats:
PolitiFact New Jersey looks back at fact-checks on claims related to gun laws and violence
Cory Booker files paperwork for U.S. Senate; how's he done against the Truth-O-Meter?:
Cory Booker has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission that marks a first step toward his running for Frank Lautenberg's Senate seat in 2014.
We look back at how Newark's mayor has done on claims ranging from crime to health care.
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