New Jersey Senator Cory Booker

Cory Booker, U.S. Senator for New Jersey

Age 49

Booker, a New Jersey Senator since 2013, was impassioned to turn to law and politics after experiencing the discrimination as an African American when his family was turned away from buying a home. Similar to Amy Klobuchar, Booker has messaging of uniting the country by taking a moderate stance. Booker is a proponent of Charter schools. He has supported Medicare-For-All and the Green New Deal. One of Booker’s central campaign issues has been marijuana legalization. Booker has been criticized for education policies and for taking money from Wall Street.