JERSEY CITY, NJ - JULY 24: Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, NJ (6th-R) attends the funeral for Jersey City Police Detective Marc DiNardo, who was killed in a shootout with a fugitive last week on July 24, 2009 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Hundreds of police from around the state attended the funeral for DiNardo, a father of three, who was critically wounded in a shootout last week and died on July 21, a day before his 38th birthday. Four other officers were shot in the encounter with two armed robbery suspects while three more suffered minor injuries. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

JERSEY CITY, NJ - JULY 24: Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, NJ (6th-R) attends the funeral for Jersey City Police Detective Marc DiNardo, who was killed in a shootout with a fugitive last week on July 24, 2009 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Hundreds of police from around the state attended the funeral for DiNardo, a father of three, who was critically wounded in a shootout last week and died on July 21, a day before his 38th birthday. Four other officers were shot in the encounter with two armed robbery suspects while three more suffered minor injuries.

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  3. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 10: (L - R) Mayor Cory Booker, Katie Couric, Tyler Perry Ashton Kutcher, Bernadette Peters, Tim Daly, Christine Baranski, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Randy Jackson attend the the 'I Participate' launch with EIF and U.S. Mayors, Celebrities and Volunteers in New York City's Times Square to encourage Americans to volunteer at Duffy Square on September 10, 2009 in New York City. EIF, the Entertainment Industry Foundation, launches 'I Participate,' a multi-year campaign mobilizing the entertainment community to boost volunteerism. Centerpiece is a week-long television event, October 19th to 25th, when shows on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC and other broadcast networks will spotlight service.
  4. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 10: (L - R) Mayor Cory Booker, Katie Couric, Tyler Perry, and Ashton Kutcher attends the the 'I Participate' launch with EIF and U.S. Mayors, Celebrities and Volunteers in New York City's Times Square to encourage Americans to volunteer at Duffy Square on September 10, 2009 in New York City. EIF, the Entertainment Industry Foundation, launches 'I Participate,' a multi-year campaign mobilizing the entertainment community to boost volunteerism. Centerpiece is a week-long television event, October 19th to 25th, when shows on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC and other broadcast networks will spotlight service.
  5. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 10: Caroline Kennedy (3rd-L) and Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker attend the Entertainment Industry Foundation's volunteer initiatives kick off in Duffy Square on September 10, 2009 in New York City.
  6. Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, smiles during an interview at the Newseum in Washington October 2, 2009. The interview was part of the First Draft of History event, held by the Atlantic Magazine and the Aspen Institute to bring together newsmakers, historians and journalists.
  7. Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, sits for an interview at the Newseum in Washington, October 2, 2009. The interview was part of the First Draft of History event, held by the Atlantic Magazine and the Aspen Institute to bring together newsmakers, historians and journalists.
  8. Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, speaks after being honored with a John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in this file image from November 24, 2008. Booker, Newark's outspoken mayor, has captured attention for allowing producers of a new television documentary series "Brick City" unusually wide access in his city. Booker has been criticized as a self-promoter, but also has been hailed as a hero.
  9. Outgoing New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, seated, motions for attendees to sit down as they gave him a standing ovation following his speech at the New Jersey League of Municipalities conference in Atlantic City, NJ, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. New Jersey Speaker of the Assembly Joseph Roberts, D-Camden is at left and Mayor Cory Booker of Newark is to the right.
  10. Newark Mayor Cory Booker, left, greets Governor-elect Chris Christie at the Robert Treat Academy charter school, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Newark, N.J., the day after Christie won over incumbent Jon S. Corzine. Christie said with the visit to the highly successful school, he wanted to highlight his plans to improve education.
  11. NEWARK, NJ - NOVEMBER 1: Newark Mayor Cory Booker (L) shakes hands with U.S. President Barack Obama at a campaign rally for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine at the Prudential Center on November 1, 2009 in Newark, New Jersey. Gov. Corzine is in a tight re-election bid against the Republican opponent Christopher Christie.
  12. NEWARK, NJ - NOVEMBER 1: Newark Mayor Cory Booker (L), U.S. Sen Loretta Weinberg (D-NJ) (2L), U.S. President Barack Obama (2R), and New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine wave to the crowd at a campaign rally at the Prudential Center on November 1, 2009 in Newark, New Jersey. Gov. Corzine is in a tight re-election bid against the Republican opponent Christopher Christie.
  13. U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd R) is joined at a campaign rally for New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine (R), Mayor of Newark Cory Booker (L) and Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey Loretta Weinberg at the Prudential Center in Newark, November 1, 2009.
  14. From left: Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker , candidate for the New Jersey Lt Governor spot Loretta Weinberg, Us President Barack Obama and New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine wave at a gubernatorial campaign rally November 1, 2009 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
  15. President Barack Obama, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, right, Lt. Gov. Loretta Weinberg, Newark Maryor Cory Booker, left, after a campaign rally in Newark, N.J., Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine.
  16. President Barack Obama, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, right, Lt. Gov. Loretta Weinberg and Newark Mayor Cory Booker, left, wave after a campaign rally for Corzine in Newark, N.J., Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009.

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