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Charles Booker

U.S. Senate, Kentucky

  • 2026
  • Kentucky
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U.S. Senate, Kentucky

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    In the news

    1. The Root

      EXCLUSIVE: Charles Booker On Whether Dems Have Earned the Black Vote

      Booker says Democrats must lift up leaders who 'live the struggle' to earn working-class Black voters' trust.

    2. WKYT

      Closer look at Senate race between Andy Barr & Charles Booker

      WKYT takes a closer look at the Senate race between Booker and Rep. Andy Barr.

    3. The Messenger (Madisonville)

      U.S. senate candidate Charles Booker speaks in Madisonville

      Booker campaigned in Madisonville alongside 1st District candidate Drew Williams.

    4. The Breakfast Club (iHeart)

      INTERVIEW: Charles Booker on Mitch McConnell, Kentucky’s Future & The Fight For Affordable Health Care - The Breakfast Club

      On The Breakfast Club, Booker talked Mitch McConnell, Kentucky's future and affordable health care.

    5. Spectrum News 1

      Charles Booker campaigns for U.S. Senate across Kentucky

      Booker says affordability, public safety and ending generational poverty drive his campaign in every Kentucky county.

    Checked Oct 17, 2026

    Candidate briefing

    Charles Booker is the 2026 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky, running for the open seat McConnell is giving up after seven terms. He won the May 19 primary with 46.8% of the vote, ahead of Amy McGrath at 35.9% and state House minority leader Pamela Stevenson.

    A Louisville native with a law degree from the University of Louisville, Booker served in the Kentucky House from 2019 to 2021. He was the party’s Senate nominee in 2022 and ran in the 2020 primary.

    He faces Republican Rep. Andy Barr on November 3 and is campaigning statewide on affordability. Our Revolution, the Working Families Party and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee have endorsed him. Why Political Revolution supports him: he is running a working-class campaign that ties racial justice to the cost of living, in a state Democrats usually concede.