By The Related Press
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, whose record-setting Senate speech this 12 months denouncing the Trump administration fueled discuss of a possible future nationwide marketing campaign, has introduced his engagement to girlfriend Alexis Lewis.
Booker, a former Democratic candidate for president, introduced the engagement on Instagram Sept. 2, posting 5 images of the couple who had been carrying leis, smiling broadly and posing on a seaside in a single picture. Booker, 56, has by no means been married.
“I’m savoring the soul-affirming surprise of on a regular basis life with my accomplice, finest pal and now my fiancée,” Booker wrote. “We’re excited for this journey forward, having a lot enjoyable and feeling deeply grateful for the love, assist and power so a lot of you’ve got shared with us.”
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Booker’s private life was within the information a number of years in the past when he dated actress Rosario Dawson. Booker informed the Washington Examiner earlier this 12 months he and Lewis have been dwelling collectively in Washington.
Booker was first elected to the Senate in 2013 in a particular election. He was reelected in 2014 and once more in 2020. He beforehand served because the mayor of Newark, New Jersey’s largest metropolis.
Booker’s April speech on the Senate flooring criticizing President Donald Trump’s agenda since starting his second time period lasted greater than 25 hours and put Booker again within the nationwide highlight.
Throughout a city corridor after the speech in Paramus, New Jersey, Booker addressed a doable 2028 presidential run, saying he was targeted on working for reelection to the Senate in 2026 and that the presidential race would “handle itself.”
This text was initially printed by The Related Press.
