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He stated that '98% of our dollars are from grassroots small donors', and asserted his campaign is therefore funded by everyday people. In his first fundraising quarter (Q3 2021), he raised $1.7 million from 55,000 individual donations. On July 1, 2021, Booker announced he would run in the Democratic primary for Kentucky's other Senate seat. Main article: 2022 United States Senate election in Kentucky Thank you for giving me this opportunity. Yes, I would love to be your nominee, but know I’m still by your side.

Let’s dedicate to the work of beating Mitch, so that we can get him out of the way. From this moment on, let’s take the frustration we feel and commit to fighting for change like never before. You deserve a government that accounts for your humanity.

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No matter where you are from, what color your skin is, how much money you have, who you love, what pronoun you use, whether you walk or use a wheelchair, or what you believe-you matter.

Don’t ever give up on your dreams for a brighter future. Upon conceding, Booker released a statement, reading in part: ĭon’t ever let someone tell you what’s impossible. However, Booker ultimately lost to Amy McGrath, receiving 42.7% of the vote compared to McGrath’s 45.4%. His surge came after his participation in protests over the death of Breonna Taylor. The campaign drew national attention in its closing weeks, as Booker swiftly closed a polling gap with McGrath, and because the winner would challenge the Republican leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell. The editorial boards of the Lexington Herald-Leader and The Courier Journal, Kentucky's two largest newspapers, also endorsed Booker. secretary of housing and urban development, Julian Castro Kentucky state senator Gerald Neal former Kentucky secretary of state Alison Lundergan Grimes actress Susan Sarandon the Working Families Party and the Sunrise Movement. representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley Tom Steyer former U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders U.S. īooker received endorsements from nearly half of the Democrats in the Kentucky House of Representatives, celebrities, unions and organizations. During an interview with CNN on June 6, 2020, Booker stated, 'we're building a grassroots campaign that has folks working from every part of a commonwealth,” and “we've raised over a million dollars from regular folks because they know how important this moment is.' As a progressive Democrat, Booker supported the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign. Booker's platform included universal health care, a Green New Deal to tackle climate change, systemic criminal justice reform and universal basic income. On January 5, 2020, Booker formally entered the 2020 U.S. Main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Kentucky § Democratic primary Īs part of the Kentucky House of Representatives, Booker served on the economic development and workforce, judiciary, and natural resources and energy committees. In a field of seven candidates, Booker won the Democratic nomination with 29.5 percent of the vote, and defeated Republican Everett Corley in the general election by 56 percent. įollowing Darryl Owens' retirement from representing the 43rd district in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 2018, Booker ran to succeed him. Booker finished in third place with 20 percent of the vote, behind Neal, who received 48 percent, and Joan Stringer, who received 32 percent. In 2016, he ran against Gerald Neal in the Democratic Party primary election for the 33rd district of the Kentucky Senate. He then worked for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and West Louisville FoodPort. Career īooker worked for the Legislative Research Commission until 2014, when he was fired for violating a staff policy against partisan political activity after appearing in a campaign video of Alison Lundergan Grimes, a candidate in the 2014 United States Senate election in Kentucky. He earned a Bachelor of Science in political science and Juris Doctor from the University of Louisville. Booker graduated from Louisville Male High School. Booker was born in Louisville, Kentucky on October 20, 1984, to parents who both dropped out of high school to tend to siblings.

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