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This reads as a self-description of public work built around hard problems and unlikely alliances. It points to the idea that the real achievement is not simply leading, but persuading different people to work together when success looks improbable, especially in moments when others have already written something off as impossible.
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About Cory Booker
American politician and lawyer
Cory Booker is an American politician and lawyer. He serves as the senior United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2013. He is also the first African-American U.S. senator from New Jersey. Booker is a member of the Democratic Party. Before entering the Senate, he was the 38th mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013, and served on the Newark Municipal Council for the Central Ward from 1998 to 2002.
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