WASHINGTON, DC – On Saturday night, Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker told attendees at the 16th annual Human Rights Campaign (HRC) National Dinner that as Governor of New Jersey, he would sign marriage equality legislation into law.

“I’m going to declare right now that the state of New Jersey—with all of the fiber of my being, with my allies left and right—that we will ensure that marriage equality is signed into law in the state of New Jersey,” said Booker, adding, “And when that bill is signed, I may have a very good seat for it.”

The rising star of the progressive movement reaffirmed remarks he made at this summer’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.—in which he also hinted at a possible gubernatorial run in the Garden State. In February, state lawmakers voted to legalize marriage equality, but the legislation was vetoed by Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican.

“It is the unconquerable spirit that when some of us in our nation were told you aren’t good enough, this spirit stood and said, ‘Yes I am,’” Booker told the 3,000 attendees at the Washington Convention Center.