Cory Booker
Candidate Status: Running
The former super-mayor of Newark, 49, still lives there when he’s not in Washington. Booker is running on a values-heavy message of love and unity and calling for “a revival of civic grace.” Booker has one of the most liberal voting records in the Senate, and he’s distinguished himself by centering his agenda on federal marijuana legalization and criminal justice reform. But Booker’s outward liberalism has been undercut at times by problematic connections to Wall Street, a vote that boosted Big Pharma, and his support of charter schools. He vowed to not accept corporate PAC or lobbyist donations and announced raising more than $5 million in the opening months of his campaign.
Signature Policy: Baby bonds. Booker would target the wealth gap in America by seeding “American Opportunity Accounts” for children that would allow kids from the poorest families to enter adulthood with a nest egg of up to $46,000 to invest in education, home ownership or retirement.
The former super-mayor of Newark, 49, still lives there when he’s not in Washington. Booker is running on a values-heavy message of love and unity and calling for “a revival of civic grace.” Booker has one of the most liberal voting records in the Senate, and he’s distinguished himself by centering his agenda on federal marijuana legalization and criminal justice reform. But Booker’s outward liberalism has been undercut at times by problematic connections to Wall Street, a vote that boosted Big Pharma, and his support of charter schools. He vowed to not accept corporate PAC or lobbyist donations and announced raising more than $5 million in the opening months of his campaign.
Signature Policy: Baby bonds. Booker would target the wealth gap in America by seeding “American Opportunity Accounts” for children that would allow kids from the poorest families to enter adulthood with a nest egg of up to $46,000 to invest in education, home ownership or retirement.
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