Booker chases breakout moment by going after Biden [View all]

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After struggling to gain momentum in the 2020 presidential race, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has been given a chance for a breakout moment at next week's debate: a faceoff with former Vice President Joe Biden, with whom he has already tussled for weeks.

Booker has already been one of Biden’s sharpest and most vocal critics among the 2020 contenders, notably going after Biden's comments about working with segregationist senators decades ago. Booker has also gone hard after Biden on criminal justice reform, eliciting a stark defense from the former vice president's camp on Wednesday, signaling a feud that's becoming intensely personal.

Booker, a junior senator from New Jersey and former mayor of Newark, has struggled to stand out in a crowded field of more than two dozen candidates. Booker has yet to break into the top tier of candidates and has yet to qualify for the fall debates, which will have much tougher criteria.

Entry will require candidates to register at least 2 percent support in four or more national polls or statewide polls in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina as well as donations from at least 130,000 individual donors.

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