New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has won reelection, networks report

Sen. Cory Booker appears to be headed back to Washington. The Bergen County native and former Newark mayor secured a third full term on Nov. 3.

The race was called by NBC News and CNN at about 8:01 p.m., though no results had been officially reported yet.

The state’s senior senator was first elected in a special 2013 election and won reelection to full terms in 2014 and 2020.

“We’re going to see a lot of things happen tonight. The results are going to continue to pour in, and if there's anything we're seeing in America right now, it is a wave of change going through our nation,” Booker said. “The results are not in, but this is going to be one of the greatest rebukes of a sitting president in the history of the United States of America. I said at the beginning that this election is not right or left, it is right or wrong.”

The senator went on to speak about the Trump administration’s actions in relation to tariffs, immigration and wars in the Middle East before promising to “do everything in office to fight him, to check and balance him, to hold him accountable.”

Booker, 57, has served in the U.S. Senate since 2013. He serves on the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Committee on Foreign Relations; Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship; and Committee on the Judiciary.

Booker made history last year with a marathon speech on the Senate floor, railing against the Trump administration's actions, policies and plans for more than 25 hours.

He threw his hat into the ring during the 2020 presidential primary before dropping out to endorse then-President Joe Biden. Booker is expected to announce intentions for the 2028 presidential race as well, though when asked about it at a town hall in Paramus last year he was coy.

“I’m running for reelection in New Jersey. This has been the greatest privilege of my life. I’m not taking anything for granted,” he said, adding that 2028 will “take care of itself” and that although he’s no mathematician, “28 comes after 26.”