WASHINGTON – Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, raised a record amount of money in the second quarter of the year on the heels of his marathon 25-hour floor speech in April, his campaign announced.
Booker raised $10 million in April, May and June, according to his Senate campaign committee, the most he has ever raised in a quarter. The haul includes funds for his Senate campaign account and the Booker Victory Fund, his joint fundraising committee.
Booker’s campaign manager, Adam Silverstein, said in a statement that the funding “reflects the energy and hunger” for Booker’s style of leadership and said that he “will continue building the campaign infrastructure needed to win in 2026 and support Democrats running up and down the ticket.”
On April 1, Booker delivered the longest recorded floor speech in Senate history, breaking the record set by segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1957. Booker was protesting President Donald Trump’s policies.
Booker said that he decided to undertake the marathon speech because Democrats had a “responsibility” to “do something different” in the face of the unprecedented changes taking place in the first few months of Trump’s second term as president.
Booker ran for president in 2019. His name has been floated as a potential contender for the Democratic nomination for president in 2028.
Other potential Democratic presidential candidates, such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, have reported raising similar amounts, according to NBC News, which first reported Booker’s cash haul. Fundraising reports for the second quarter are due July 15.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Cory Booker reports record campaign haul after marathon speech
