2020 Presidential Campaign Blog

Cory Booker 2020 Sees Best One-Day Online Fundraising Haul of Campaign To Date

Rise Together Day 1: Cory 2020 Sees Best One-Day Online Fundraising Haul of Campaign To Date

Cory 2020 is nearly 18% toward $1.7 million goal after Day 1 of critical 10 day period

Raises $300,000+ in one day after warning that if fundraising trajectory doesn’t change by Sept. 30, campaign will not be able to build organization necessary to win

Newark, NJ — Cory 2020 saw its best single-day online fundraising haul after alerting supporters in an urgent memo on Saturday morning that the campaign did not see a legitimate long-term path forward in the presidential race without a fundraising surge before September 30th.

“The stakes couldn’t be higher for the future of our campaign, and we’re absolutely blown away by the response on day one,” said Cory 2020 Campaign Manager Addisu Demissie. “People really stepped up and responded -- clearly there is a desire to keep Cory in this race and help us build our organization in a way that puts us on a path to win the nomination.

“We made significant progress toward our $1.7 million goal yesterday -- it was the best single online fundraising day of our campaign, bigger than even the launch of this campaign on February 1. There's a long way to go but today showed us that, when we come together, we can tackle tough challenges. That's how we'll win this primary, that's how we'll beat Donald Trump, and that's how we'll change this country and change the world”

Totals for Saturday, September 21, 2019:

Percent toward goal: 17.7%
Total Raised: $300,495.79
Total Raised Online: $278,950.00
Total Donations: 8,403
Comparison to yesterday: 31.62 x bigger

Cory Booker Photos, Polk County Steak Fry, Des Moines, Iowa, September 21, 2019 #SteakFry

Cory Booker’s Iowa Steak Fry Speech Transcript

Cory Booker’s Iowa Steak Fry Speech Transcript

Newark, NJ — Cory Booker delivered a rousing speech at the Polk County Iowa Steak Fry this afternoon.

Read Cory’s Iowa Steak Fry speech transcript of his remarks as delivered below.

I cannot tell you what it means to be here in Polk County. I can't tell you what it means to be back here in Des Moines. Now some of you might not know this, but this big bald Black guy from Jersey, my roots are right here in Des Moines. My grandmother was born and raised in this state right here, in Des Moines.

And this is what I know: It was my family in crisis. My grandmother's grandmother, there was a poor woman whose husband was murdered in Alabama. And her and her nine children, around the turn of the century, moved up to this state. And they found a town called Buxton, Iowa. Now, like Iowa has been on LGBTQ rights, on women's rights to vote, on civil rights, this town was ahead of its time. This was a place where you saw black migrants like my great, great, great grandma. And white European immigrants come together in an integrated town. And they went down together in the mines, working side by side to scrape out from the earth their American dream.

That is the story of America. When my grandmother's child, my mother, was joining with my dad moving to the state of New Jersey, every time they try to find a neighborhood -- often with the best public schools -- 50 years ago, they would be met by a real estate agent that would see a black family and say, lies. This house sell is no longer available. Oh, This house was pulled off the market, it's already sold. But what they found in that moment of bigotry and discrimination, they found people from that community, white folks who said, this is not who we are, we are going to stand for you. And they set up a sting operation with some incredible lawyers, I call it a conspiracy of love, where they would send my parents had to look at a house, they would be told it was solved and the volunteer white couple would come right after them and put a bid on the home and find out the house was still for sale.

And the house I grew up in, my parents were told it was sold. The white couple find out it was still for sale, they put a bid on the house, the bid was accepted, papers were drawn up. And on the day of the closing, the white couple did not show up. My father did and a volunteer lawyer, a wise man named Marty Friedman. And they marched into that real estate agent's office. And the real estate agent didn't give up. He literally was so angry. He had been caught in this sting, in this conspiracy of love, that he gets up and punches my dad's lawyer in the face and sticks a dog on my dad. And as I was growing up in this amazing town, every time my dad would tell me this story, the dog would get bigger.

Eventually, he'd be like, boy, I had to find a pack of wolves to get you in this house. America, Iowa, this is who we are. We are not a nation of hate and discrimination. When I was growing up around this kitchen table, my parents didn't hesitate to tell me about wretchedness and discrimination and bigotry. But they always told me that that has never defined America.

What has defined this country is our ability to respond to hatred with love, for us to respond to people that try to divide us with our ability to come together and stand together and work together. I am proud to be in this election. It's about a many things. And the policy issues are so urgent. But this election is really a referendum of spirit. It's not a referendum on one guy in one office. This election is a referendum on who we are and who we must be to each other. This party, we as Democrats have always told the truth of who we are.

My grandmother, married my Louisiana grandfather, they moved to Detroit. My grandfather got a job on the assembly lines as a union worker for UAW. And at that time, most blacks in America were Republicans, but he went out and was an activist that bragged to the day he died about converting districts after districts to the Democratic Party, because my grandfather said, Democrats we're the party of we not the party of me. Democrats we're the party of inclusion, not the party of exclusion. We're not the party of the wealthy few, we're the party of everyone, everybody, everywhere. We're the party of civil rights, of womens rights, of workers rights, of LGBTQ rights.

Heck, we're the party that believes in science.

So I want you to know, I'm running because my parents taught me the ideals of rugged individualism and self reliance. But the truth of America is that we're not here because of rugged individualism and self reliance. We're here because of each other. We didn't get the moon because of rugged individualism. We didn't build the Underground Railroad because of rugged individualism. We didn't beat the Nazis because of individuals.

Every great gain in this nation was by patriots who brought people together, because patriotism is love of country. And you cannot love your country unless you love your fellow country men and women.

Love is not a sentiment. I'm not talking sentimentality. Love is struggle. Love is sacrifice. Love is service. Love says that if your family doesn't have health care, if your family doesn't have great public schools, then it's an affront to my family and weakens our justice. And so this election, we Democrats have to understand, we cannot define ourselves by what we're against or who were against. We must define ourselves by who we are and what we are for.

There are those who wanted to demean degrade and divide. But we in this horrible moment must be the party of a revival of civic grace, we must be the party of a more courageous empathy. We must be the party of service and sacrifice and love of your neighbor and your countrymen and women.

I am here all my life because of the sacrifices in service of our ancestors. Every election was not an election about me. We are about a team sport.

This election is not just about one office,

We got to beat Mitch McConnell.

This election, it's not just about one office. It's about Supreme Court seats. This election isn't about one office, it's about state legislators. It's about governors. And so I'm going to call to you right now. I need everyone's help with my campaign. Because we're not running an individual campaign. We will win this election, not by dividing Democrats but have people that unite us and bring us together. We will win this election, not by showing the worst of who we are, but the best of who we are. Because we have seen tough times before.

Donald Trump tries to demean and degrade and divide. But I remember the poetry of Maya Angelou. He may try to lie about us. But she said you may write me down in history with your bitter twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, we will rise.

I'm telling you right now, they came after us. They came after us. They came after us. In Valley Forge. They came out to this country in Pearl Harbor. They came after us at 9/11. And we carry the grief and the hurt. But we were always a nation in our worst parts that we pulled together and said to each other, we will rise. They tried to beat us back at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. They tried to beat us down at Stonewall, but we responded in every generation with the words 'we will rise.'

And now we must rise, we will rise for health care for all. We will rise for public schools. We will rise to end the scourge of gun violence. We will rise for union labor. We will rise for one another. Like Kennedy, who pointed to the moon, we will rise. Like King, who pointed to the mountaintop, we will rise. Iowa, America, it's our time to come together, to stand together, to work together. He does not define us. We define our truth. And I'll tell you right now, we will rise. We will rise. We will rise. We will rise. Thank you very much. Thank you.

11-Term New Hampshire State Rep. Jackie Cali-Pitts Endorses Cory Booker for President

11-Term New Hampshire State Rep. Jackie Cali-Pitts Endorses Cory Booker for President

Following another winning debate performance and electrifying convention speech, Booker earns field-leading 83rd NH endorsement

Manchester, NH — New Hampshire State Representative Jackie Cali-Pitts (Portsmouth), a 21-year legislator serving her 11th term and a leader on gun violence prevention and combating climate change, today announced her endorsement of Cory Booker for president.

“After watching Cory impress on the debate stage once again, I’m proud to endorse him for president,” said State Rep. Jackie Cali-Pitts. “This election is about how we come together, heal our country after years of Trump’s hatred and division, and make progress on the most pressing issues facing our country, such as gun violence and climate change. Cory has a proven record of achieving real results. That’s why he is the best candidate to take on these challenges, heal our country and ensure justice and opportunity for everyone.”

Cali-Pitts, who first took office in 1998, is a leader on gun violence prevention, climate change, education and a number of other issues important to working families in New Hampshire. Pitts has also served as a Portsmouth School Board moderator.

Cali-Pitts is the latest state elected official to back Booker in the 2020 primary. Booker has earned a total of 83 Granite State endorsements -- more than any other 2020 candidate -- including three state senators, 13 state representatives and the state’s longest-serving mayor. On Friday, state Senator Martha Hennessey became the third state senator to endorse Booker, joining state Senators Jon Morgan (Brentwood) and David Watters (Dover).

Cory Booker Returns to Iowa for LGBTQ Presidential Forum, Polk County Steak Fry, and More on September 20-21, 2019

Cory Booker Returns to Iowa for LGBTQ Presidential Forum, Polk County Steak Fry, and More

Des Moines, IA - This week, Cory Booker will return to Iowa for the LGBTQ Presidential Forum, the Polk County Steak Fry, and more on September 20th and 21st. Cory will continue to deliver his message to Iowans that this election is about how we must pull together to defeat Donald Trump and rise a nation that guarantees opportunity and justice for all.

Yesterday, Cory Booker received his 56th endorsement in Iowa from Iowa Democratic Party Stonewall Caucus Chair Kyla Paterson. Read their guest post about why they trust Cory to be a voice for the LGBTQ community here.

CORY 2020 STEAK FRY WEEKEND TRIP
September 20th + 21st

Friday, September 20, 2019

LINN COUNTY
WHO: Senator Cory Booker
WHAT: Cory Booker at the LGBTQ Presidential Forum
WHERE: Sinclair Auditorium, Coe College, 1st Ave E, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
WHEN: 7:00 PM
*Public RSVP: click here. https://hooplatix.com/events/LGBTQ-Presidential-Forum-9-20-2019

Saturday, September 21, 2019

POLK COUNTY
WHO: Senator Cory Booker, Team Cory 2020, and Iowa Supporters
WHAT: We Rise & Rally
WHERE: Shelter House at Water Works Park, 2201 George Flagg Pkwy, Des Moines, IA 50321
WHEN: 9:00 AM; Program begins at approx. 11:30 AM, March at 12:05 PM
*Public RSVP: click here.  https://www.mobilize.us/corybooker/event/120926/
**Attendees are encouraged to bring donations for the Food Bank of Iowa

POLK COUNTY
WHO: Senator Cory Booker, Team Cory 2020, and Iowa Supporters
WHAT: Polk County Democrats’ Annual Steak Fry
WHERE: Shelter House at Water Works Park, 2201 George Flagg Pkwy, Des Moines, IA 50321
WHEN: 1:00 PM
DOORS OPEN: 9:00 AM
*Public RSVP: click here. https://www.mobilize.us/corybooker/event/113754/

MARSHALL COUNTY
WHO: Senator Cory Booker and State Representative Mark Smith
WHAT: State Representative Mark Smith’s Annual Marshalltown BBQ
WHERE: Anson Park, 301 East Anson, Marshalltown, IA, 50158
WHEN: 5:30 PM
DOORS OPEN: 5:00 PM
*Public RSVP: click here. https://www.mobilize.us/corybooker/event/113754/

POWESHIEK COUNTY
WHO: Senator Cory Booker
WHAT: Meet and Greet with Cory Booker
WHERE: Saints Rest Coffee, 917 Broad St, Grinnell, IA 50112
WHEN: 7:30 PM
DOORS OPEN: 7:00 PM
*Public RSVP: click here. https://www.mobilize.us/bookerforiowa/event/124434/

Cory Booker to Return to New Hampshire on September 26, 2019

Cory Booker to Return to New Hampshire September 26
Booker will be the featured speaker at the latest installment of “Politics & Eggs”

Manchester, NH — Cory Booker will return to New Hampshire on Thursday, September 26. Booker will be the featured speaker at the latest installment of the “Politics & Eggs” forum at the Bedford Village Inn.

Since Booker launched an urgent push over the weekend to raise $1.7 million by September 30, Granite Staters have responded by making clear they want Booker's unique voice in this race.

The visit marks Booker’s first trip back to the Granite State since he delivered a widely-praised speech at the New Hampshire convention on September 7. Booker leads the field with 83 endorsements from Granite Staters, including three state senators and 13 state representatives.

Booker has visited all ten counties, held 53 events and met nearly 7,000 voters in New Hampshire.

Thursday, September 26, 2019

BEDFORD
WHAT: Cory Booker Addresses “Politics & Eggs”
WHERE: The Bedford Village Inn, 2 Olde Bedford Way, Bedford, NH
WHEN: 8:30am
DOORS OPEN: 7:45am

 

What They’re Saying About Cory Booker’s Debate Performance. Part 2

“Probably His Best Performance So Far”: Cory Booker Showed Viewers Who He Is, How He Has Led The Field, How He Will Unify the Country

Newark, NJ — Last night on the debate stage, Cory Booker showed viewers exactly who he is and how he has led the field of candidates on issues like gun violence prevention and gun licensing, on unifying the party and the country to defeat Trump, and on the way to take on systemic racism in this country.

For the third debate in a row, Cory won the night, and he did so without tearing down other Democrats or dividing the party. Instead he showed Democrats how he will heal our country and make real change for Americans facing injustice and seeking opportunity.

Read excerpts of the coverage below:

[Opinion] Washington Post: Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.): Probably his best performance so far. Booker showed he was knowledgeable on policy and comfortable in the spotlight, yet his campaign is on life support. Booker needed to avoid disaster, and tonight he did much better than that.

NJ.com: Booker keeps turning in strong debate performances and this was probably his strongest. He offered a big vision and was very comfortable on that stage.

The Economist: Mr Booker, who has shed some of his excessive earnestness, and is more appealing for it, also delivered the best gag of the evening. Asked by the debate moderator Jorge Ramos whether more Americans—“here in Texas and in Iowa”—should adopt his vegan diet, the senator deadpanned at the expense of his flashily Spanish-speaking rivals: “I want to say, no. Actually, I want to translate that into Spanish: no.”

CNN: Booker skillfully turned specific policy questions into eloquent arguments about the need to unify America. When the debate turned to the series of mass shootings, for example, Booker argued that America needed to show more "courageous empathy."

"We are never going to solve this crisis if we have to wait for it to personally affect us or our neighborhood or our community before we demand action," Booker said, noting his own experience with gun violence as mayor of Newark.

"I have seen what the carnage creates in communities like mine, because we forget -- national shootings, these mass shootings are tragedies, but the majority of the homicide victims come from neighborhoods like mine," Booker said.

[Opinion] Washington Post: Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) showed passion throughout, assuming the role of preacher in describing “a crisis of empathy in our nation.”

CNN: Senator Cory Booker had a great night. Clearly he was having the most fun on stage. He was passionate and informed about the issues many voters care about most: health care and justice reform. He was poised, sticking to policy and offering solutions instead of wasting time attacking his fellow Democrats -- take notes Julian Castro.

And in a nice respite, the New Jersey senator gave us much-needed comic relief all night. I mean, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's perfectly-coiffed hair really is a bit “menacing,” as Booker joked.

Booker, more than any Democrat on that stage, was able to make us feel the humanity and urgency of the complex issues before voters. Over and over he brought the talk back around to everyday Americans. Debating the merits of Medicare for All and other health care plans, Booker reminded us that there are children in his community who need affordable insulin, “right now.” They can’t wait years.

[Opinion] CNN: Cory Booker: A-

Senator Booker's answers on criminal justice reform, mass incarceration, corporate factory farming and environmental racism were on-point. Booker's most clever use of language was to say that gun control was not a side issue for him, which demonstrated he's reading the Democratic base well, since at least one recent poll put gun control just ahead of climate change for Democratic voters in advance of Thursday's debate.

What They’re Saying About Cory Booker’s Debate Performance

What They’re Saying About Cory Booker’s Winning Debate Performance: “Great.” “Electrifying.” “How It’s Done.”

Newark, NJ — As the reviews for the third Democratic primary come in, it’s clear that for the third debate in a row, Cory won the night, and he did so without tearing down other Democrats or dividing the party. Instead he was true to himself and his values.

Here’s what people are saying about Cory Booker’s performance in Houston:

@JessLivMo: This is the place where @CoryBooker goes where no one else can go. His message of love, and his willingness to say -- you have to care about an issue that doesn't affect you. Making a call to action, and making clear HE will lead it based on his record. #DemDebate

@mariashriver: .@CoryBooker does a good job of centering the debate, talking about what people need right now... a good reset #DemocraticDebate #DemDebate3

@ZerlinaMaxwell: Cory Booker is doing well amongst all of the chaos. #DemDebate3

@PodSaveAmerica: Booker did a good job on the "everybody get along" message. #DemDebate

@RebeccaBuck: Snap debate analysis
Overperforming their polling: Beto, Booker, Klobuchar
Underperforming: Biden, Harris
Meeting the moment: Warren
YOLO: Yang, Castro

@JohnJHarwood: Booker won

@jfreewright: Hey, Cory Booker’s on the serious come up tonight at this #DemDebate.

@JarrettHill: Cory Booker starting out strong. #DemDebate

@johnbrougher: Cory Booker's charisma is electrifying.

@jess_mc: Booker showing Pete how it’s done.

@jasoncherkis: Booker is good at this.

@GregHale1: Cory is underrated. Big time. #DemocraticDebate

@MoElleithee: My quick take at the halfway mark: (corrected to include all candidates)
Having a great night: Klobuchar, Booker
Having a good night: Biden, Beto, Buttigieg
Having an OK night: Warren, Harris
Having a bad night: Bernie, Castro
Barely getting any airtime: Yang
What do you think?

@NickKristof: I thought Biden was better tonight than in previous debates, but still rambled and was periodically incoherent. Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker came out on top, I thought, and Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar also strong Your thoughts?

@HotlineJosh: Cory Booker with another strong debate.

@JoeNBC: Cory Booker gives a great answer on health care.

@MoElleithee: Cory Booker speaks so passionately and compassionately on issues of racial justice that it’s hard not to be moved.

@PaulBegala: All the candidates should simply repeat what @CoryBooker just said about racism. Powerful. #ABCDemDebate

@driverminnie: #DemDebate Cory Booker’s point- that it’s not just about calling the racists/white supremacist out, it’s about who’s going to change the systemic racism that exists in America -was excellent.

@costareports: Booker strong on issues that have animated not only his Senate work, but his time as Newark's mayor. Criminal justice reform, gun control. Finishes riff by citing MLK.

@rolandsmartin: This answer on guns was @CoryBooker’s best of the debate cycle. #DemDebate

@cenkuygur: .@CoryBooker should receive tremendous credit for getting criminal justice reform passed. And doing it while Republicans were in charge. That’s not just talk, that’s taking action! #DemocraticDebate

@amberkgoodwin: .@CoryBooker on point about addressing gun violence in communities of color at the debate. Everyday gun violence. We need courage from all policy makers to end gun violence not just when it’s in the news and when it impacts us personally #DemDebate #EndGunViolence

@igorvolsky: .@CoryBooker and @ewarren both mention the importance of firearm licensing to prevent gun deaths. Our research shows that if we raised the standard for gun ownership across the nation, we can save lives. #DemDebate

@Everytown: "This is not a side issue to me; this is a central issue to me." -@CoryBooker on gun violence prevention at the #DemDebate
This is what a Gun Sense Candidate looks like.

@fred_guttenberg: @CoryBooker is showing he is worthy of additional support. He was first to offer a plan to increase firearms responsibility with a plan for licensing and I believe he is serious about wanting to take on the NRA.

@ThePlumLineGS: Important reminder from Cory Booker that the carnage of gun violence is a daily catastrophe in inner cities.

@AMarch4OurLives: Glad to see @CoryBooker call it like it is – shootings are a day to day reality in far too many communities. We need to end ALL types of gun violence – not just the mass shootings that dominate the news cycle. #DemDebate

@KristineFrazao: Both in Detroit and now in Houston @CoryBooker has seemed prepared, articulate and well-versed on every issue. #DemDebate

@laurenduca: Cory Booker is right on prison reform: "Every day we wait is too long." #DemDebate

@sallykohn: "Our criminal justice system is so savagely broken..." and then @CoryBooker quotes @eji_org's

Bryan Stevenson. I disagree with Cory on some issues, but on criminal justice reform, I think he has the clearest vision and more transformative plan.
#DemocraticDebate #DemDebate

@NFUDC: Yes - corporate consolidation in the food and farm sectors isn't just pushing family farmers and ranchers out of business, but it's contributing to other problems, including climate change. That's why we support @CoryBooker's agribusiness merger moratorium bill. #DemDebate

@MaeveReston: Very strong moment for @CoryBooker shifting to urgent need to improve the care veterans receive when they come home — from failures in health care and mental health to the high number who end up homeless.

@fawfulfan: Am I the only one who thinks Cory Booker is on fire tonight?

@brianros1: Booker is killing every answer. What a debate.

@NFUDC: .@CoryBooker: "The problem is that Trump's "America First" policy is actually "America alone." He's trying to go up against China alone. Our strength is amplified when we work w/our allies." We absolutely agree - the way to deal with China is to work w/other countries. #DemDebate

@MarcACaputo: Good night for Booker, funny and positive

@StuPolitics: Booker is having another good debate.

@LisaDNews: BOOKER also had a smart pivot, raising veterans for the first time in the debate and pointing out how the face disproportionate homelessness and other problems.

@rmc031: cory booker seems to just have a lot of fun running for president

@DomenicoNPR: All those dad jokes finally paid off for Booker...
Answer: No. Let me translate that into Spanish. No.
Well done, sir.

@rtraister: Cory Booker is the king of the Dad Jokes and my husband is pretending to work on a summation for tomorrow but quietly chuckling because game recognize game.

@PaulBegala: Genuine wit, not a canned one-liner, from @CoryBooker. “No,” he says, “and let me translate that into Spanish: No.” #ABCDemDebate

@jennifernvictor: Booker just won the debate. I laughed out loud.
Univision Moderator: “You’re a vegan. Should everyone be?”
Booker: “No. I want to translate that into Spanish: No.”
#DemDebate

@LarrySabato: Give @CoryBooker credit for cracking a joke. It wakes the audience up!

@mayawiley: So glad “achievement gap” is reframed as “opportunity gap” & #Booker goes back to #Newark track record. #DemocraticDebate

@votevets: Thank you, @CoryBooker, for being the first to make veterans issues part of tonight’s #DemDebate! #VoteVets2020

@JessLivMo: That's the second time that @CoryBooker has brought up intersectional climate change Don't think anyone else has really done it so clearly. #DemDebate

Cory Booker 2020 Campaign Manager Addisu Demissie Statement on the Third Democratic Debate in Houston

Cory 2020 Campaign Manager Addisu Demissie: Cory Won Debate by Showing His Vision for Uniting Our Country to Make Real Change

Newark, NJ — Cory 2020 Campaign Manager Addisu Demissie issued the following statement on Cory Booker’s performance in the third Democratic debate:

“For the third debate in a row, Cory won the night.

“And he didn’t do it by tearing down other Democrats, but by bringing to the stage his longstanding, authentic vision of uniting our country to make real change.

“He showed viewers who he is and how he has challenged the field to join him in support of bold policies like gun licensing and taking on systemic racism in this country. He also threw a Dad joke in. But hey, that’s Cory.”

After an extended, contentious debate on health care, Cory brought the stage’s focus back to the people who are hurting because of our broken health care system -- and fellow candidates nod along.

Cory Booker Will Bring People Together and Help America Rise

Cory Booker Will Bring People Together and Help America Rise

Cory Booker can repair the damage Trump has done, heal our country, and make justice and opportunity real for every American
Newark, NJ — Tonight on the debate stage, Cory Booker highlighted his record of running at the toughest challenges and bringing people together to accomplish things others said were impossible.

Pulling people together to do uncommon things has been Cory Booker’s mission for as long as he’s been in politics — from his time as Newark mayor, to his 2016 DNC convention speech, to the launch of this campaign back in February.

In 1996, Cory moved to Newark, NJ, and founded a nonprofit organization to provide legal services for low-income families. At age 29, Cory was elected to the Newark City Council; and in 2006, he began serving as Newark’s mayor for more than seven years.

As mayor, Cory took on some of the city’s biggest challenges and brought together a diverse coalition of people to deliver real change for residents: new and better schools, new supermarkets, safer neighborhoods, and economic growth.

The first African American elected to the US Senate from New Jersey and only the fourth popularly elected Black Senator, Cory has helped pass landmark laws that turn the tide against mass incarceration and direct investment into vulnerable communities and has fought on the front line of efforts to reform the broken criminal justice system, increase wages and ensure hard work is fairly rewarded, expand economic opportunity and protect the rights of all Americans to breathe clean air and drink clean water.

While running for president, Cory Booker has advanced a bold agenda that will expand opportunity and extend justice to every American:
Unveiling the most sweeping gun violence prevention proposal ever put forth by a presidential candidate

Unveiling a plan to confront hate crimes and white supremacy in America.

Unveiling that on day one, he will begin a historic clemency process for an estimated 17,000-plus nonviolent drug offenders serving unjust and excessive sentences.

Unveiling that on day one, he will virtually end the crisis at the border and in detention centers across the country with executive action

Proposing a $3 trillion plan to combat climate change and create a 100% carbon neutral economy, millions of good-paying jobs, and a guaranteed right to clean air, water, and soil for all Americans

Unveiling a series of executive actions he will take as president to stop the attacks and roll back the Trump administration’s attacks on women

Unveiling Baby Bonds, Booker’s proposal to give every American child a savings account at birth that can be used for opportunity-building expenses like college tuition or a down payment on a house

Proposing the Rise Credit, the most dramatic reimagining and expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit in history

Proposing the basis of a new Voting Rights Act that would accomplish three major goals: protect the right to vote, make it easier to vote, and expand voting access to those to whom it has been denied

Unveiling a plan to provide safe, affordable housing for all Americans

Unveiling a plan to expand access to high-quality, affordable, long-term services and supports