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Cory Booker

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U.S. Senator

The Resume

    (April 27, 1969- )
    Born in Washington, District of Columbia
    Elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey (2006)
    Elected to the U.S. Senate in a special election to replace the late Frank Lautenberg (October 16, 2013)

Why he might be annoying:

    Critics say he pays too much attention to crime, and not enough attention to unemployment.
    Some also question the salary increases of city employees during his tenure as mayor.
    He was involved in a staged feud with talk show host Conan O'Brien (2009).
    He had celebrity supporters who have nothing to do with Newark, like Oprah Winfrey.
    He lost the first time he ran for mayor of Newark.
    He went on a hunger strike to protest Newark's 'indifference to open air drug markets' (1999).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He earned his law degree from Yale.
    He did his undergrad work at Stanford, where he played on the football team.
    There was a double-digit decline in the amount of crime after he took over as mayor of Newark.
    As a community activist, he lived in troubled housing complexes, where he encouraged tenants to fight for better living conditions.
    He is rather charismatic.
    He was named as one of America's best leaders by 'U.S. News and World Report' (2009).

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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 108 Votes: 43.52% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1408 Votes: 48.30% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7080 Votes: 39.77% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 3730 Votes: 39.38% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1901 Votes: 61.76% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10926 Votes: 54.14% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2286 Votes: 45.36% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1502 Votes: 78.50% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 302 Votes: 63.58% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 888 Votes: 59.23% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 3060 Votes: 64.51% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 2015 Votes: 67.59% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 412 Votes: 58.01% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 32 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 44 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 74 Votes: 56.76% Annoying