Newark Mayor Corey Booker poses with New Jersey’s State Librarian Norma Blake in 2006.
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olitical observers speculated years ago — even before Barack Obama made overtures toward becoming a national political figure – that Cory Booker would become America’s first back President. But as Obama rose to national prominence, Booker remained out of the spotlight, serving as the mayor of Newark. Now, Booker is signaling that he might be ready for a bigger political stage, PolitickerNJ reports. He’s weighing a 2013 run for New Jersey governor.
In the lead-up to next month’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, Newark Mayor Cory Booker and his political consultant Mark Matzen are meeting face-to-face with county chairs and making it known that Booker is weighing a run for governor and plans to decide by December, according to party sources.
If he decides to run for president, in 2016 or 2020, it’ll be interesting to see how much of Obama’s playbook he reprises.
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