31 DECEMBER 2019 - ANKENY, IOWA: US Senator CORY BOOKER (D-NJ) blows a noise maker following the "Happy Noon Year" countdown after he made a speech at a campaign house party in Ankeny, a suburb of Des Moines. The family that hosted Sen. Booker does a "Noon Year" countdown with their children every year. Sen Booker is campaigning in Iowa over New Years to support his candidacy for the US Presidency. Iowa traditionally holds the first event of the presidential election cycle. The Iowa caucuses are Feb. 3, 2020. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ