Cory Booker

Senator from New Jersey since 2013, after serving as Mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013. He sought the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and is seeking a third Senate term in 2026. He is named among the possible contenders for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.

Career

Booker studied at Stanford University (BA 1991, MA 1992), Queen's College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar (1994) and Yale Law School (JD 1997). He sat on the Newark Municipal Council from 1998 to 2002, was the city's 38th mayor from 2006 to 2013 and has been a senator since 2013. He announced a presidential run in February 2019, suspended it in January 2020 and endorsed Joe Biden. In March and April 2025 he delivered a Senate speech of 25 hours and 5 minutes, the longest in Senate history according to Wikipedia. In 2026 he is running for a third term and faces Republican Justin Murphy.

Positions

Wikipedia describes a liberal voting record. He supports single-payer healthcare, cannabis legalisation, criminal justice reform and LGBTQ rights, and is a strong supporter of Israel. He played a leading role in the First Step Act on criminal justice. Critics have pointed to his ties to the pharmaceutical industry.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia

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