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Charles Booker

Charles Booker

D · Kentucky · 2026

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U.S. SenateKentucky · 2026Us SenateKentucky · 2026United States SenateKentucky · 2026

Top priorities

  • Raise wages and support working families
  • Expand health-care access and economic dignity
  • Build a rural-urban coalition around accountability and justice

Per the campaign site.

Biography

Charles Booker is a Democratic candidate for Kentucky's open U.S. Senate seat, a former state representative from Louisville, and the 2022 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. His campaign emphasizes economic dignity, working families, health care, racial justice, rural-urban coalition building, and a populist message aimed at Kentucky voters across party lines.

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