Menendez and Booker form historic duo as first Latino and black senators from the same state

By David Giambusso, The Star-Ledger

NEWARK — When Newark Mayor Cory Booker joins U.S Sen. Robert Menendez in Washington, New Jersey will become the only state with two minority lawmakers in the nation’s upper house.

It also becomes the first state to have an African-American and Hispanic senator sit simultaneously.

What that means for New Jersey depends on whom you ask. Some say it won’t make a difference. Others say their ethnicities can’t help but inform their policies.

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