Candidate for Senate Cory Booker

Newark Mayor Cory Booker held a round table discussion at the Arena Diner in Hackensack.

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NEWARK — Newark Mayor and U.S. Senate hopeful Cory Booker will take questions on Reddit today from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Locked in a tightening race with Republican Steve Lonegan for Senate, Booker and his campaign are doing what they can to draw focus from today's visit by Texas Gov. Rick Perry who is stumping for Lonegan throughout New Jersey.

Booker will also be laying out a plan today at Fairleigh Dickinson University to make higher education more affordable.

Booker's appearance on Reddit is the third he's done in the past year. It is part of the site's "Ask Me Anything" series.

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