You should be able to afford health care for your family. You should be able to retire with dignity and respect. And you should be able to give your children the kind of education that allows them to dream even bigger, go even farther and accomplish even more than you could ever imagine.

After his first week in office Booker announced a 100-day plan to implement reforms in Newark. As well as raising over $6 million for the race Booker attacked Rice as a "political crony" of James. In February 2013 responding to a Twitter post Booker helped a nervous constituent propose to his girlfriend.

He was first elected in 2006 and had previously served as a Newark City Councilor from 1998 to 2002. He is a graduate of Stanford University Yale Law School and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.