Cory Booker: First Black Senator From New Jersey
643 views · Published 26 November 2013 · 4:25 · Indexed 24 October 2026
Channel: SaharaTV · 2013 · News & Politics
Former Newark Mayor Cory Booker, made history by being elected the first black senator from New Jersey. Booker also becomes the 2nd serving Senator currently in office. Booker won the special election following the death of Frank Lautenberg who died this year in June. SaharaTV met with a number of African campaign election volunteers and also Cory Booker supporters, who lauded their candidate as one who allowed the African voice into the domestic politics. Some of the many people we spoke to had been part of a commission appointed by Booker and helped bring the African issues and concerns to the City Hall in Newark.
