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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 64.2%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 9.7%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White alone, not Hispanic or Latino: 54.6%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population (2024): 9,500,000
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income (2024): $103,556
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: New Jersey Public Question — Environmental Rights Amendment (2021) (2021) — passed, margin majority yes
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: New Jersey Public Question 2 — Property Tax Deduction for Veterans (Constitutional Amendment, 2021) (2021) — passed, margin 72.8% yes to 27.2% no
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: New Jersey Public Question 1 — Legalize Recreational Marijuana (Constitutional Amendment, 2020) (2020) — passed, margin 67.1% yes to 32.9% no
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 54 (share 0.11)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 52 (share 0.12)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.17)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Hackensack Meridian Health (36000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Wakefern Food Corporation (ShopRite) (40200 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: RWJBarnabas Health (41000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Amazon (New Jersey facilities) (46000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] District summary: New Jersey is a Northeastern state with a population of approximately 9.5 million (2024), making it the 11th most populous state. It is the most densely populated state in the U.S. with a median household income of $103,556 — one of the highest in the nation. The state is highly diverse: approximately 55% White non-Hispanic, 21% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 10% Asian. New Jersey's economy is anchored by pharmaceuticals and life sciences (Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Novartis, Bristol-Myers Squibb), financial services, healthcare, transportation and logistics (Port Newark-Elizabeth), and technology. The state has a Cook PVI of D+10 and is reliably Democratic in federal elections. Booker has represented New Jersey in the Senate since 2013. The state has a poverty rate of 9.7% and a homeownership rate of approximately 64%. Key challenges include high cost of living, property taxes that are the highest in the nation, and aging infrastructure including the Hudson River rail tunnels.
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Voted yea on H.R. 815 / National Security Supplemental (National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan aid)) on 2024-02-13: Voted for $95 billion in foreign aid including $60 billion for Ukraine. As a Foreign Relations Committee member, stated he was 'appalled' that Republicans abandoned the border-security deal that would have accompanied the aid. Said he 'fought hard' to include $10 billion in humanitarian aid.
Date: 2024-02-13
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Voted yea on H.R. 8404 (Respect for Marriage Act) on 2022-11-29: Voted to codify federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages, stating: 'No one in a same-sex or interracial marriage should ever worry about whether or not their marriage will be invalidated in the future.' The bill passed 61-36 with 12 Republican votes.
Date: 2022-11-29
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Voted nay on H.R. 1 / One Big Beautiful Bill Act (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) on 2025-07-01: Voted with all Senate Democrats against Trump's signature reconciliation bill, calling it a 'moral obscenity.' The bill passed 51-50 with Vice President Vance breaking the tie. Booker warned it would cause millions to lose health coverage through Medicaid cuts, affecting New Jersey's most vulnerable residents.
Date: 2025-07-01
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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Voted nay on H.R. 29 / S. 5 (Laken Riley Act) on 2025-01-09: One of only 9 senators to vote against mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of theft offenses. Booker stood with the most progressive wing of his party on this immigration enforcement bill. The bill passed 84-9, with 46 Democrats voting in favor.
Date: 2025-01-09
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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Voted yea on PN 1243 / Charles Kushner Nomination (Confirmation of Charles Kushner as U.S. Ambassador to France) on 2025-05-19: Sole Democratic vote to confirm a convicted felon and Trump family member as Ambassador to France. Booker defended the vote citing their collaboration on the First Step Act, but critics noted Kushner had previously pleaded guilty to tax evasion, illegal campaign contributions, and witness tampering involving a retaliatory prostitution scheme. The vote drew national criticism as contradicting Booker's anti-Trump resistance posture.
Date: 2025-05-19
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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[disclosure] Pro-Israel donors and AIPAC continued to be among Booker's most significant sources of campaign funding after his Iran deal vote, with NorPAC ranking among his top career donors and pro-Israel contributions totaling approximately $800,000.
Date: 2025-10-15
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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[vote] Booker voted for the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) in 2015, supporting Barack Obama against intense opposition from AIPAC and Prime Minister Netanyahu. AIPAC-affiliated groups ran ads against Booker urging him to vote no.
Date: 2015-09-03
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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[vote] On January 11, 2017, Booker voted with 12 other Democratic senators against a Sanders-Klobuchar amendment to allow cheaper prescription drug importation from Canada. Booker had received the third-highest amount of pharmaceutical industry donations among senators at the time: $267,338.
Date: 2017-01-11
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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[statement] Booker stated: 'I support the importation of prescription drugs as a key part of a strategy to help control the skyrocketing cost of medications.'
Date: 2017-01-18
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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[disclosure] Booker accepted approximately $800,000 in AIPAC-affiliated contributions over his Senate career — including bundled donations as late as December 2025 — and took a photo with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. When confronted on a podcast about this by a host who saw his photo with Netanyahu, Booker was met with: 'What in the actual f*ck?'
Date: 2025-10-15
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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[statement] Booker stated in the first 2020 Democratic debate: 'I have pledged to stop taking money from Corporate PACs and pharmaceutical groups.' This claim was verified as true by multiple fact-checkers.
Date: 2019-06-26
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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[vote] On May 19, 2025, Booker was the sole Democratic senator to vote to confirm Charles Kushner — a convicted felon (tax evasion, illegal campaign contributions, witness tampering) and father of Jared Kushner — as U.S. Ambassador to France. Booker defended his vote by citing a 2004 character letter he wrote for Kushner and their collaboration on the First Step Act.
Date: 2025-05-19
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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[statement] Booker delivered a record-breaking 25-hour Senate floor speech in March-April 2025, positioning himself as a leader of the anti-Trump resistance, declaring: 'This is a moral moment' and condemning Trump's policies as 'gravely harmful' to democracy.
Date: 2025-04-01
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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During the 2020 presidential election cycle, individuals contributed over $20 million to Booker, while PACs provided about $2.6 million. The securities and investment industry contributed $1,183,748 and real estate $1,102,070 in that cycle alone.
Date: 2021-03-22
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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Quiver Quantitative estimates Booker's net worth at approximately $1.1 million as of September 2025, ranking 322nd in Congress. He has approximately $76,400 invested in publicly traded assets and has disclosed up to $385,000 in stock trades.
Date: 2025-09-18
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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In 2013, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner hosted a fundraiser for Booker's Senate campaign, bundling $41,000 in contributions. Booker stated he does not regret the fundraiser.
Date: 2013-07-16
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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Booker pledged in 2019 to stop accepting corporate PAC money. In March 2026, he expanded the pledge to reject contributions from 'single-issue ideological PACs,' a category that includes AIPAC. He told JNS: 'I believe that there's a problem of money in our politics.'
Date: 2026-03-26
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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Booker received approximately $800,000 in AIPAC-affiliated contributions over his career. During the 2020 cycle, he ranked 9th among U.S. senators in pro-Israel contributions, receiving roughly $288,000. Pro-Palestinian protesters confronted him over this: 'You took $800,000 from AIPAC.'
Date: 2025-10-15
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP was Booker's single largest career contributor at $352,332, all from individuals. NorPAC, a pro-Israel PAC, contributed $227,544 ($222,544 individual + $5,000 PAC).
Date: 2024-09-22
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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Lawyers and law firms were the top contributing industry to Booker's Senate career at $6,506,264, followed by Securities & Investment at $6,193,832 and Real Estate at $3,458,280.
Date: 2024-09-22
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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Booker's campaign committee raised $45,530,835 across his career (2013-2024), with $11,484,829 cash on hand as of June 30, 2024. In Q4 2025, he disclosed $1.2M of new fundraising with 96.3% from individual donors.
Date: 2026-01-30
Added: 27 Apr 2026
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