(Politico)
NATASHA KORECKI 02/01/2019 07:00 AM
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) announced Friday he’s running for president, becoming the second African-American and fourth senator to join the burgeoning Democratic field.
Booker — a Yale Law School graduate and Rhodes scholar who became nationally known as the hands-on mayor of Newark, New Jersey — has made no secret of his White House ambitions. The 49-year-old Democrat has been setting the stage to run for more than a year, courting influential African-American surrogates and hiring campaign personnel in crucial early primary states.
Booker will seek to set himself apart in a crowded field focusing on a message on love and unity, one that urges America to swing back from a bitter, divisive era under President Donald Trump.
He also intends to appeal to the better angels of the Democratic Party — if they’re willing to listen — that it’s possible for a Democrat to work across party lines, three advisers familiar with Booker’s strategy told POLITICO.
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