U.S. Senate · New Jersey

Sen. Cory A. Booker

Democrat Serving since Oct. 31, 2013Term ends Jan. 3, 2027

Where they sit

Seated by voting record in the Senate. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).

How this is measured →
Booker
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Cory A. Booker's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured

All of Congress2ndpercentile
More liberal than 97% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
13th most liberal of 531
Democrats in Congress5thpercentile
More liberal than 95% of Democrats in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
13th most liberal of 259
The Senate1stpercentile
More liberal than 98% of Senate members.
Most liberalMost conservative
2nd most liberal of 100

This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.

With their party and with the President

How this is measured →
Votes with own party
97%
Q1 2025: 93% → Q3 2026: 98%

Higher than 26 of 47 Senate Democrats.

Actual97%
Expected94%
Difference+3 pts

Expected is the typical score for senators of the same party whose states voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 65%100%

Each line is one Senate member, grouped by party. The dot is Cory A. Booker. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this state voted for president in 2024.

On 804 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 97%See the 804 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
6%all votes
Q1 2025: 15% → Q3 2026: 8%

Lower than 28 of 47 Senate Democrats.

Actual6%
Expected12%
Difference−6 pts

Expected is the typical score for senators of the same party whose states voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one Senate member, grouped by party. The dot is Cory A. Booker. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this state voted for president in 2024.

Based on 295 votes13% on legislation onlySee the 295 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where Cory A. Booker went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.

Every vote

Every roll call in the Senate this Congress, with how Cory A. Booker voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

DateVoteTheir voteMost of their partyPresident wantedResult
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.

Votes most like

Cory A. Booker and Andy Kim voted the same way on 95% of votes.

How New Jersey voted for president in 2024

Harris 52.0%Trump 46.1%

Contact

Phone
202-224-3224
Office
306 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Contact form
www.booker.senate.gov

Issue by issue

How often Cory A. Booker votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.

Cory A. Booker sides with their party least often on Taxation (43%) and Finance and Financial Sector (63%).

Cory A. BookerAverage for Senate Democrats
  1. Taxation 43%Average 77% · 7 votes on Taxation
  2. Finance and Financial Sector 63%Average 87% · 19 votes on Finance and Financial Sector
  3. International Affairs 93%Average 93% · 29 votes on International Affairs
  4. Nominations 98%Average 94% · 423 votes on Nominations
  5. Economics and Public Finance 100%Average 98% · 181 votes on Economics and Public Finance
  6. Immigration 100%Average 95% · 32 votes on Immigration
  7. Environmental Protection 100%Average 99% · 18 votes on Environmental Protection
  8. Public Lands and Natural Resources 100%Average 99% · 13 votes on Public Lands and Natural Resources
  9. Energy 100%Average 98% · 12 votes on Energy
  10. Government Operations and Politics 100%Average 99% · 13 votes on Government Operations and Politics
  11. Congress 100%Average 100% · 13 votes on Congress
  12. Transportation and Public Works 100%Average 100% · 12 votes on Transportation and Public Works
  13. Foreign Trade and International Finance 100%Average 100% · 6 votes on Foreign Trade and International Finance
  14. Armed Forces and National Security 100%Average 97% · 10 votes on Armed Forces and National Security

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Sports and Recreation (4 votes), Health (4 votes), Emergency Management (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (2 votes), Education (2 votes), Crime and Law Enforcement (1 vote), Families (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

3 passed their chamber · 0 became law

How this is measured →
How far each bill got:IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law

Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections

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