Charles Booker

Charles Booker Wears Noose In New Campaign Ad: Lynching Was 'Used To Kill My Ancestors'

The Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate blasted GOP Sen. Rand Paul for initially blocking legislation to make lynching a federal hate crime.
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Progressive Charles Booker Will Run For Senate Against Rand Paul In Kentucky

A close primary loss last year made Booker a rising star. Now he's betting big that a pandemic and racial justice protests have left Kentuckians aching for change.
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Progressive Charles Booker Takes First Step Toward Challenging Rand Paul Next Year

After a close primary loss in the 2020 race to unseat Mitch McConnell, Booker appears set to take on the other Kentucky senator he says is "screwing us."
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Chuck Schumer Faces The Progressive Surge

Both in New York and nationally, the Democratic leader is trying to guide candidates through ideological currents he’ll have to navigate in 2022.
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The Candidate Fighting To Save Coal Country From Mitch McConnell

In Appalachia, Senate candidate Charles Booker pitches voters on an aggressive response to the climate crisis ― and the collapse of Kentucky’s coal industry.
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Kentucky’s Youngest Black State Lawmaker Wants To Challenge Mitch McConnell

State Rep. Charles Booker, who backs Medicare for All and a Green New Deal, would join a busy Democratic primary field.
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