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My Take
Cory Booker interests me because his resume could have excused him from ever doing hard things, and he chose them anyway. Stanford and a Rhodes Scholarship usually lead to a corner office, not to the Newark city council and the mayor's office of a struggling city. Whatever you make of his politics, the through-line is consistent: he bets on proximity, living where the problems are rather than theorizing about them from a distance. As New Jersey's first African-American senator he carries symbolic weight, but I find those street-level instincts more telling than the symbolism. American politics rewards performers; Booker, at his best, is a practitioner.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cory Booker
- Name (Japanese)
- コリー・ブッカー
- Reading
- こりー・ぶっかー
- Born
- April 27, 1969 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rooster
- Origin
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Occupation
- politician / lawyer / jurist
2. Background
- High school
- Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan
- University
- Stanford University
Awards & achievements
- 1992 Rhodes Scholarship
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Cory Booker born?
Born April 27, 1969 (age 57).
Where is Cory Booker from?
Cory Booker is from Washington, D.C., United States.
What does Cory Booker do?
Cory Booker works as politician, lawyer, jurist.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.