Cory Booker
DemocraticIncumbent
U.S. Senator from New Jersey since 2013; Mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013
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U.S. Senate · Nov 3, 2026
Incumbent: Cory Booker, running for re-election.
U.S. Senator from New Jersey since 2013; Mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013
Attorney, Navy veteran and former Tabernacle Township committeeman
Former property and casualty insurance underwriter who co-owns an electrical contracting business
Former refinery operator, meatpacker and union activist; member of the Socialist Workers Party since 1977
What each candidate says they support or would do, on the issues they campaign on. Summaries use the same neutral words for everyone and link to the candidate’s own words.
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DemocraticCory Booker
Supports repealing the Helms Amendment so U.S. foreign assistance can be used for abortion care abroad; reintroduced the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act.
RepublicanJustin Murphy
Says he is pro-life, with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother; opposes taxpayer funding of abortion; supports parental notification and the ban on partial-birth abortion.
End the Corruption!Veronica Fernandez
Supports abortion rights and restoring Roe v. Wade; supports adding justices to the Supreme Court and ending the filibuster.
Socialist Workers PartyJoanne Kuniansky
Supports decriminalizing abortion and access to reproductive and maternal health care, contraception and safe, legal abortion.
DemocraticCory Booker
Calls for removing ICE officers hired during the agency's 2025 hiring surge and for retraining and re-vetting all current officers, citing incomplete background checks and fatal shootings during enforcement operations.
RepublicanJustin Murphy
Supports finishing the southern border wall, securing the northern border, tracking visa holders, withholding federal aid from sanctuary jurisdictions and letting state and local police take part in federal immigration enforcement under section 287(g).
End the Corruption!Veronica Fernandez
Supports abolishing ICE and replacing it with a fast-tracked path to citizenship as part of comprehensive immigration reform.
Socialist Workers PartyJoanne Kuniansky
Supports a union-led fight for amnesty for all workers in the United States without papers; opposes immigration raids and deportations.
DemocraticCory Booker
Says access to health care is a fundamental human right; reintroduced the John Lewis EMMT Act, which would require new Medicare and Medicaid payment models to be developed with experts on health disparities.
RepublicanJustin Murphy
Opposes government-run health care; supports a health savings account for every American, letting people buy insurance from any company in the country and a special unit to pursue Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
End the Corruption!Veronica Fernandez
Supports Medicare for All and says she would co-sponsor Sen. Bernie Sanders' bill S.1506.
Socialist Workers PartyJoanne Kuniansky
Says health care under capitalism is organized to maximize profits; supports strikes by nurses and health care workers for more hiring so patients are properly treated.
DemocraticCory Booker
Supports his Environmental Justice Act to strengthen legal protections against environmental harm for communities of color, low-income communities and Indigenous communities, and says he is committed to addressing climate change.
RepublicanJustin Murphy
No published position found.
End the Corruption!Veronica Fernandez
Supports rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, staying in the UN climate treaty, expanding renewable energy, restoring FEMA and strengthening environmental regulations; urges New Jersey's governor to pause new data centers.
Socialist Workers PartyJoanne Kuniansky
No published position found.
DemocraticCory Booker
Introduced the Presidential Pardon Integrity Act, which would codify the Office of the Pardon Attorney, require clemency recipients to disclose benefits given to the president or officials, and require paid pardon brokers to register and report their contacts.
RepublicanJustin Murphy
No published position found.
End the Corruption!Veronica Fernandez
Supports a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision and says she would sign on to the Senate resolution proposing it on her first day.
Socialist Workers PartyJoanne Kuniansky
No published position found.
DemocraticCory Booker
No published position found.
RepublicanJustin Murphy
Opposes efforts to restrict the right to bear arms and supports constitutional carry.
End the Corruption!Veronica Fernandez
Supports passing gun control laws, which she says the gun lobby has blocked.
Socialist Workers PartyJoanne Kuniansky
No published position found.
DemocraticCory Booker
No published position found.
RepublicanJustin Murphy
Supports expanding domestic oil production and nuclear power; says he would not support energy projects that cannot be developed in an environmentally responsible way; opposes wind turbines off the Jersey Shore.
End the Corruption!Veronica Fernandez
No published position found.
Socialist Workers PartyJoanne Kuniansky
Supports nuclear power, provided it is run under workers' control.
DemocraticCory Booker
No published position found.
RepublicanJustin Murphy
No published position found.
End the Corruption!Veronica Fernandez
Condemns Hamas's attacks on Israelis and says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be tried for war crimes; says she would not vote to continue arming his government and will not accept support from AIPAC.
Socialist Workers PartyJoanne Kuniansky
Calls for withdrawing U.S. troops from the Middle East and opposes the U.S. oil blockade and threats against Cuba; supports Israel's right to exist as a refuge for Jews.
DemocraticCory Booker
No published position found.
RepublicanJustin Murphy
No published position found.
End the Corruption!Veronica Fernandez
Supports open primaries for all registered voters without declaring a party and independent commissions to draw state and congressional district lines.
Socialist Workers PartyJoanne Kuniansky
Supports restoring voting rights to people with felony convictions; opposes higher petition requirements that she says keep working-class parties off the ballot.
DemocraticCory Booker
Supports his American Opportunity Accounts Act, known as baby bonds, which would fund a federally backed savings account for every child born in the United States.
RepublicanJustin Murphy
No published position found.
End the Corruption!Veronica Fernandez
No published position found.
Socialist Workers PartyJoanne Kuniansky
No published position found.
DemocraticCory Booker
Says he helped write and pass the First Step Act on sentencing and prisons; supports legalizing marijuana at the federal level and addressing past marijuana convictions through his Marijuana Justice Act.
RepublicanJustin Murphy
No published position found.
End the Corruption!Veronica Fernandez
No published position found.
Socialist Workers PartyJoanne Kuniansky
No published position found.
DemocraticCory Booker
Is an original co-sponsor of the Equality Act, which would add legal protections for LGBTQ Americans.
RepublicanJustin Murphy
No published position found.
End the Corruption!Veronica Fernandez
No published position found.
Socialist Workers PartyJoanne Kuniansky
No published position found.
DemocraticCory Booker
No published position found.
RepublicanJustin Murphy
Supports abolishing the IRS and the Internal Revenue Code and replacing them with a flat income tax of 10% to 12%; supports eliminating the capital gains tax and estate taxes.
End the Corruption!Veronica Fernandez
No published position found.
Socialist Workers PartyJoanne Kuniansky
No published position found.
DemocraticCory Booker
No published position found.
RepublicanJustin Murphy
Supports school choice and parental control over children's education, and supports abolishing the federal Department of Education.
End the Corruption!Veronica Fernandez
No published position found.
Socialist Workers PartyJoanne Kuniansky
No published position found.
DemocraticCory Booker
No published position found.
RepublicanJustin Murphy
Supports making the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) a permanent federal effort and adding a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution.
End the Corruption!Veronica Fernandez
No published position found.
Socialist Workers PartyJoanne Kuniansky
No published position found.
DemocraticCory Booker
No published position found.
RepublicanJustin Murphy
No published position found.
End the Corruption!Veronica Fernandez
No published position found.
Socialist Workers PartyJoanne Kuniansky
Calls for a public works program with jobs at union-scale wages to build hospitals, child care centers and other infrastructure, a shorter workweek with no cut in pay, and automatic cost-of-living increases in union contracts, pensions and Social Security.