"You can get on all the political shows as much as you want, but that’s not really only where the audience is," candidate Julián Castro said.
Sen. Cory Booker officially launched his 2020 presidential campaign for president on Friday, joining a fast-growing field of hopefuls who are vying to take on President Donald Trump.
The New Jersey Democrat released a video and sent an email to supporters announcing his decision to run for the White House, invoking a message of economic populism and racial justice along with a veiled swipe at the president's leadership.
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker will soon be headed to Washington as the next New Jersey senator.
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker will not challenge New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in next year's gubernatorial race, political sources familiar with his decision tell NBC 4 New York. Booker will instead seek the U.S. Senate seat currently held by fellow Democrat Frank Lautenberg in 2014, political sources tell NBC 4 New York.
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Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J., said he will live on food stamps for a week starting Tuesday.
Booker told The Associated Press on Thursday that he will honor the challenge he made to a Twitter follower earlier this month and try living on the monetary equivalent of food stamps for at least a week.