Cory Booker campaigning for HRC Charms WI Democrats [View all]

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"It's rooms like this, my parents told me, that changed this country - where people come together and plot and plan to make a contribution," Booker said, looking around the small county Democratic headquarters in the ground floor of a wood-frame house.

"My family called it a conspiracy of love," he said.

Clinton is locked in a tight race with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders ahead of Tuesday's primary here, and Booker was in the state to campaign for her in Waukesha and Racine and for two stops in African American neighborhoods of Milwaukee.

He posed for a lot of selfies, a trademark of the senator known for his persona on Twitter and his enthusiastic adoption of Snapchat. Booker's star turn as a leading surrogate for Clinton has raised his political profile, even inspiring talk he'd be a good choice for vice president. (He won't go there.)

"He's a rising star in our party, and I'm excited to see where he ends up," said Kristin Hansen, a Clinton volunteer. "I think there's a place for him in a Hillary administration. I don't know what, exactly, but it will be a stepping-stone to something bigger. We haven't seen the last of Cory Booker."

Booker, the former mayor of Newark, humble-bragged that he was a dumb jock who earned a football scholarship to Stanford, but Hillary Clinton? "Of all the geniuses I've encountered, all the smart people I've encountered . . . I'm blown away by her understanding of issues," he said. She's ready to be president, he added.

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