U.S. Senator Cory Booker
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(Newark, NJ) — New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, a longtime bachelor and former Newark mayor, is getting married.
The 56-year-old Democrat made the announcement on Instagram Tuesday (September 2nd) afternoon posting a photo of himself on a Hawaiian beach, down on one knee and popping the question to his girlfriend Alexis Lewis. I n another photo, his now fiancee was flashing her engagement ring.
The two were set up on a blind date and have been together for 16-months. Booker and his fiancee, who works at a real estate investment office, have been living together in Washington, DC.
