Cory Booker News

Either City Controller Wendy Greuel or Councilman Eric Garcetti will make history as the next mayor of Los Angeles: Greuel would be the city's first female mayor, while Garcetti would be the city's first Jewish mayor.

Newark N.J. Mayor Cory A. Booker gave the 2013 Commencement address at Washington University , Friday, May 17.

Winona Ryder has been acting since she was 12 years old, so finding a role in a movie unlike any... File photo: Democratic gubernatorial candidate and State Senator Barbara Buono, center, speaks at a press conference on reducing gun violence with Newark Mayor Cory Booker, right, at the Good Neighbor Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., Monday May 13, ... (more)

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. welcomed NJ Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher and Newark Mayor Cory Booker to the greenhouse in Essex County Branch Brook Park on May 14.

I don't see a problem here. From Politico, about the moderate-liberal Democratic mayor of Newark, N.J. : "Newark mayor and New Jersey Senate hopeful Cory Booker made $1.3 million from nearly 90 paid speeches over the last five years, according to financial disclosure filings his aides made public Friday.

If last week's mayoral vote in Jersey City convinced The Auditor of anything, it is that endorsements from elected officials matter very little.

New Jersey 2014 Senate Democratic candidate Cory Booker reported he received $497,410 in lecture fees in 2012 in addition to his $174,500 in salary as the mayor of Newark.

Planted question: The attorney whose question prompted IRS official Lois Lerner to reveal last week that the agency singled out conservative groups said Lerner asked her beforehand if she would pose a question on the matter.

Democratic Senate hopeful Cory Booker earned more than $1.3 million by making speeches to various groups for the past five years, according to documents he released Friday.

Newark Police Capt. Ivonne Roman, front left, stands with fellow Newark police officers and Newark Police Explorer cadets outside City Hall today to honor fallen officers.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker has used his Twitter account to connect with his constituents on pertinent issues.

The killing of a Weequahic High School student and the lockdown of a school on Muhammad Ali Avenue led to a chaotic two hours in Newark's schools today.

Christie even presented Harry with a gift: a blue fleece, just like the one the governor wore during the aftermath of Sandy.

Jersey City Councilman Steven Fulop, who quit Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.'s trading desk to run for mayor, ousted incumbent Jerramiah Healy in an election that drew attention to an FBI investigation and a drunken nude photo.

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, pictured in this file photo, fired the first shot in what could become a contentious Democratic primary.

KABC 790a€3s morning show host Doug McIntyre is one of my favorites. For the record, I also enjoy KPCC's Larry Mantle.

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All of the stories and media coverage pointing out that Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti come from the same wing of Los Angeles City Hall politics don't really help voters very much.

Finally, in the form of District Attorney Seth Williams, Philadelphia has its very own vigilante crime-stopping Cory Booker doppelganger: Williams was driving along the 500 block of North 63rd Street in West Philadelphia Sunday evening when a car zoomed past in the wrong lane, according to his office.

The likely Democratic candidate for governor accused incumbent Chris Christie on Monday of supporting "shallow" gun control legislation in order to avoid alienating conservatives elsewhere in the country.