Wednesday, March 4th, 2015

Cory Booker's file

Booker

Democrat from New Jersey

Cory Booker is the mayor of Newark.

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Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan

"Violent crime is up since the last year of Sharpe James’ administration. This year it’s higher. … The unemployment rate is almost 15 percent. The high school dropout rate is over 50 percent."

— PolitiFact New Jersey

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UPDATE: By any other measure

Cory Booker
Cory Booker

Newark is "now home to one-third of all commercial and multi-family development."

— PolitiFact New Jersey

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Reading between the lines?

BookerFail
BookerFail

Says Cory Booker "supports late-term and partial-birth abortion and opposes safety regulations."

— PolitiFact New Jersey

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An incomplete picture

Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan

Says under Mayor Cory Booker, Newark has seen "violent crime up five years in a row, murder up five years in a row."

— PolitiFact New Jersey

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No answer can mean yes and no

Rush Holt
Rush Holt

"We need to pass a carbon tax to stop climate change. Break up the Wall Street banks. And stop the government spying on innocent Americans. Cory Booker doesn’t support any of these ideas."  

— PolitiFact New Jersey

Recent stories featuring Cory Booker

On Senate election day, the Truth-O-Meter reviews Booker, Lonegan claims

From the financial fate of the national Social Security system to crime in Newark, PolitiFact New Jersey looks back at eight of the more than 20 claims made by Democrat Cory Booker and Republican Steve Lonegan.

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.