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Oprah Winfrey Holding Cory Booker Campaign Fundraiser
Talk show queen to headline a dinner in Jersey City on Thursday.
Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is scheduled to be the headliner of a $1,000-a-plate dinner to support Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s U.S. Senate campaign.
The dinner is scheduled for Thursday at The Liberty House Restaurant in Jersey City. Tickets range from $1,000 to $2,600.
Booker’s campaign has previously said about 200 people are expected.
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Booker has previously appeared on Winfrey’s show and the two are friends.
Booker is the current frontrunner among a field of Democratic hopefuls vying for the U.S. Senate seat of late Sen. Frank Lautenberg. Booker leads U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone (D-6) and Rush Holt (D-12) and state Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-34) in the lead up to the Aug. 13 special primary election.
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