Cory Booker marries Alexis Lewis in private ceremonies in NJ, Washington

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Sen. Cory Booker is officially off the market.

The 56-year-old senior senator from New Jersey tied the knot last week with two private ceremonies. Booker and Alexis Lewis married in a courthouse ceremony on Nov. 24 officiated by Judge Julien Xavier Neals of the United State District Court of the District of New Jersey. The couple served pastries from Calandra's Bakery, as well as a vegan chocolate chip cookie dough cake from Papa Ganache Project in Matawan, New Jersey, Booker's office confirmed.

On Saturday, the couple held a private interfaith wedding ceremony in Washington. The wedding, first reported by The New York Times, was attended by family only and officiated by Booker's pastor of 30 years, Rev. Dr. David Jefferson of Newark's Metropolitan Baptist Church, as well as his longtime friend, Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz of Temple B'nai Jeshurun in Short Hills.

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"Our wedding has mirrored our relationship — magical, meaningful, and strengthened by the extraordinary support of our friends and family," said Booker, who serves as chairman of the Senate Democratic Strategic Communications Committee. "Alexis and I feel truly blessed to begin this new chapter surrounded by so much love."

The pair were introduced by a mutual friend in May of 2024 known for his matchmaking prowess. Lewis, a real estate investment professional and native of Washington, was then living in Los Angeles. During a visit to her family in Washington, the friend urged the pair to meet for a blind date. Their meeting lasted over five hours. Booker asked her to see him again the next night but she turned him down — she had a work meeting in Newark and had to fly out the next day. But the former Newark mayor, who is known for his impassioned speeches, convinced her to change her flight so that they could see each other again. "The second date was even more magical," the couple reported.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/cory-booker-marries-alexis-lewis-161034170.html

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Mazel Tov

[Sneederbunk]

1. Another step towards '28.

[PatSeg]

8. Yeah, that occurred to me as well

[Gore1FL]

9. That type of cynicism...

...is exactly what I came to post.

[FalloutShelter]

2. Congrats Senator Booker and Alexis Booker!

[Cha]

3. Cheers to the Lucky Couple..

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Sen. Booker and Alexis Lewis. 💙

That matchmaker hit the jackpot! 💙

[Grins]

4. And she's cute, too!!!! NM

[PatSeg]

10. Oh yes, she is lovely!

[AllaN01Bear]

5. ""

Qapla'

[Totally Tunsie]

6. Damn! LOL

But congratulations to this lovely couple!

[calimary]

7. Awwwwwwwww!!! Love wins again!

[valleyrogue]

11. Eighteen years his junior.

It is not too fondly looked at, especially not these days. Big age gaps DO matter.

This is totally calculated because he thinks he can't get elected president if he never marries.

He can't get elected anyway because he has some baggage when he was mayor of Newark. He completely trashed the teachers there.

Some of us have very long memories.

He needs to stay put.

ETA: I just want to add that before being a US senator, he was a member of the neoliberal Democrats for Education Reform and was a big advocate for charter schools and vouchers. That is disqualifying for the presidency in my book even as he shifted his views when he started getting into the big time of national politics.

[BWdem4life]

12. Oh brother

You think he got married for electability? Must be nice to know the inner workings of another's mind. Also you are giving no agency to his bride. As though she were not a grown woman who made her own decision about whom to marry. Ridiculous. An adult is an adult.

[WarGamer]

13. Why? Why do age gaps matter?

With one caveat... when the woman is over 30 years old... age gaps matter little.

But the Patriots coach dude (Belichik) and his gf is extreme.

56 and 38 is totally bueno...

Women mature much earlier than men... but women age faster, biologically once they hit 40-ish...

[GenThePerservering]

20. but women age faster, biologically once they hit 40-ish...

That must be why men fall apart earlier.

Women age faster!

[WarGamer]

22. I'm not a biologist or anything...

But menopause and thinner skin/low collagen in the 40's don't help...

But of course, women live 5-7 years longer than men.

[LisaL]

25. In some countries,

it's even more than 5-7 years.

[LisaL]

24. How do women age faster if they live longer than men?

[LisaL]

15. She is certainly old enough to figure out

whether she wanted to marry him.

[Polybius]

18. Big deal, she's 38

Good for him, I would have went 28 if I were him. There is nothing wrong with big age gaps as long as both are legal adults.

[GenThePerservering]

21. If the wife doesn't want to end up being a nurse with a purse.

[WarGamer]

23. I have a sliding scale...

For female age 18-25 I think 5 year age gap max...

Once she hits 30, ten years + is AOK.

[JI7]

14. She looks like Rosario Dawson

who I thought he was still with.

[SocialDemocrat61]

16. The happy couple

[Takket]

17. all this time i thought he was married to Rosario Dawson lol

apparently they were never married, broke up in 2022

[SocialDemocrat61]

19. No, but his new wife does look familiar

[MustLoveBeagles]

26. Congratulations 🎉👏

[riversedge]

27. MY best wishes for the happy couple.