Cory Booker

City Life

Booker’s Opponent Says “Dead Bodies” Floating In Newark Waters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9c5kkwgdZY Cory Booker’s Senate opponent Steve Lonegan, who is somehow only down by around 15 points, delivered one of the most offensive–and least coherent–lines in […]

City Life

Sarah Palin Is in our Midst

Sarah Palin, whose precise purpose in life has become increasingly unclear, has endorsed Cory Booker’s Senate opponent Steve Lonegan. (Add this to the list of dubiously […]

City Life

The Tale of Cory Booker and the Vegan Stripper

At a rate of 20 tweets a day–and golly, who knows how many direct messages!–it was only a matter of time before Cory Booker got […]

City Life

Cory Booker, Slumlord?

Between running his city and running for Senate, Newark Mayor Cory Booker has been a little preoccupied recently. Enough, apparently to forget that he owned […]

City Life

Conservative Magazine Sues Cory Booker Over Murder Anecdote

National Review, the conservative magazine founded by lockjaw patrician William F. Buckley, is suing Newark Mayor (and Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate) Cory Booker. At […]

City Life

Watch Chris Hayes Try *Really Hard* to Make Cory Booker Come Out

As a single guy who supports marriage equality unabashedly, Cory Booker has faced a lot of speculation about his sexual orientation. Earlier this week, Steve […]

City Life

Is Cory Booker Gay?

Campaign seasons are long, and they’re even longer when the outcome seems more or less pre-ordained. That’s the only reason we can figure out why […]

City Life

Cory Booker Is a Fan of Ben Affleck Batman. Maybe…Because Affleck Gave Him Money?

Gasp! Sorry I’m pro-Ben RT @tylerkingkade if elected, will you stop Ben Affleck from playing Batman? — Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) August 23, 2013 BuzzFeed has […]

City Life

Cory Booker Wins Senate Primary (Duh)

Cory Booker ran away with it last night. In a four-way Democratic primary, he netted 60% of the vote to U.S. Rep Frank Pallone’s 20%. […]

City Life

The List: Cory Booker’s 6 Weirdest Tweets [Updated]

Barring a fatal meteorite shower, Cory Booker will win New Jersey’s Democratic Senate primary tonight, and then will hang out at an after party DJ’d […]

City Life

Cory Booker Expected to Win Today’s N.J. Senate Primary

Today, in all likelihood, Cory Booker will with the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, then go on to win the seat itself—transforming himself from a […]

City Life

Christie Has Until 2 p.m. to Respond to Suit Challenging Special Election Date

Remember how Chris Christie scheduled a special election to replace Sen. Frank Lautenberg in October? Just three weeks before the general election already taking place? […]

City Life

The Jersey Woman Who’s a Cory Booker Threat

Conventional wisdom gives the telegenic Newark Mayor Cory Booker the edge, the most recent poll looking much like a rabbit-and-turtle race where Booker nabs more […]

City Life

The Inevitable Is Upon Us: Cory Booker Will Declare Senate Candidacy

Forced to expedite his plans by a year or so by Chris Christie’s special electioneering, Newark Mayor Cory Booker is expected to formally declare his […]

City Life

U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg Has Died at 89

89-year-old Democratic U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg, the oldest member of the upper chamber, has died of pneumonia. Lautenberg was not seeking re-election in 2014. Governor […]