Booker announced his decision Sunday on Kentucky Educational Television and expressed his deep red point that they can find common ground on important issues.
“The truth is, we have a lot more in common than we do otherwise,” Booker said. “And there are problems I’ve experienced in the west side of Louisville that are not biased – to ration my insulin, to see my lights cut off, to have no place to stay, to see loved ones fighting drug addiction and to leaving our community will never come back. ‘
Amy McGrath nailed Booker in the Senate Democratic primary in 2020 through a massive fundraising campaign, the support of the Senate Democratic campaign, a number of unions and others drawn to her background as a former fighter pilot.
But Booker’s offer from the left, which he supports for the Green New Deal (which he called the ‘Kentucky New Deal’), universal basic income and ‘Medicare for All’, has attracted the support of progressive leaders from around the world. the country. He emerged as a national voice during protests over police brutality and racial injustice following the murders of George Floyd in Minnesota and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky.
Last year, Booker, then the youngest Black Kentucky lawmaker at age 35, coming from one of the state’s poorest zip codes, argued that his message was unique for the moment.
McGrath defeated Booker by just a few points, eventually losing to Republican leader Mitch McConnell by nearly 20 points.
This story was updated on Monday with additional developments.