Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker married his fiancée Alexis Lewis in a private ceremony Saturday evening, just months after the he made headlines for his record-breaking 25-hour Senate floor speech.
The couple legally wed Nov. 24 at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in Newark. Judge Julien Xavier Neals officiated the courthouse ceremony with only their parents present as witnesses, The New York Times reported.
Saturday’s celebration in Washington, D.C., brought together elements of both faiths. Booker is Christian and Lewis is Jewish. A rabbi and pastor blessed the couple beneath a huppah decorated with photos of deceased relatives. The family-only reception took place at an undisclosed location. (RELATED: Cory Booker Cashes In On His 25-Hour Anti-Trump Filibuster With New Book Deal)
Sen. Cory Booker ties knot after whirlwind romance with 20 years younger fiancée Alexis Lewis https://t.co/xM8aV1F8O8 pic.twitter.com/0YAk8QkPPo
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Booker, 56, and Lewis, 38, met on a blind date in May 2024 after a mutual friend set them up. Their first date ran more than five hours. By the end, Booker asked her out again for the following night.
Lewis, a director of investments at Los Angeles-based Brasa Capital Management, previously worked in the office of then-Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on economic policy initiatives.
The couple announced their engagement in September after Booker proposed in Kauai, Hawaii. They moved in together in April and now live in Newark’s Central Ward.
“After so many years on my own, I’m not entirely sure I believed I would get married,” Lewis told The New York Times. “But now, we’ve found each other at this stage of our lives, after epic personal journeys. And that deserves celebration.”
Booker, a longtime bachelor, last dated actress Rosario Dawson. That relationship ended in 2022 after more than two years together.
