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WATCH: Sen. Cory Booker speaks after winning reelection in New Jersey
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Democratic incumbent Cory Booker won election Tuesday to the U.S. Senate representing New Jersey, defeating Republican Justin Murphy.
Watch Booker speak in the video player above.
Booker won a third full term over Murphy, a little-known attorney who emerged from a crowded field in his party's June primary. New Jersey has not elected a Republican senator since 1972.
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Booker, the former mayor of Newark and a former presidential candidate, has been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump.
The Associated Press declared Booker the winner at 8:00 p.m. EST.
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