Booker Joins Race, Preaching Optimism in Contrast With Trump
- New Jersey senator joins Warren, Harris in party primary field
- Booker, former Newark mayor, would be second black president
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Senator Cory Booker announced that he’s running for the Democratic presidential nomination to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020, saying the nation needs to be able to see its leaders and “feel pride, not shame.”
Booker, 49, a senator since 2013 and the former mayor of Newark, New Jersey, joins a growing Democratic primary field including fellow Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Kamala Harris of California, and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York.