Charles Booker
Democratic Party · KY
Charles Booker is a Kentucky Democrat and 2026 U.S. Senate candidate whose campaign is centered on representing working people across the commonwealth.
Campaign Finance Information — United States Senator
Campaign Finance Information · United States Senator · November 3, 2026
Data last updated July 24, 2026
- Raised
- $1,099,509
- Spent
- $789,887
- Cash on hand
- $309,623
- Debts
- $89,868
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- RETIRED$37,350
- NOT EMPLOYED$23,207
- ATTORNEY$10,250
- BUSINESS OWNER$8,130
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- PRESIDENT$7,285
Source: FEC · 2026 cycle · fec.gov
Track record
Environment and Public Health
· 1 record
Booker called for a moratorium on new data centers until environmental, affordability, community, and labor protections are established.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Reduce Wealth Gap
· 5 records
Booker supports expanding unionization and collective-bargaining rights for workers and tenants.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports canceling student debt and making public colleges and universities tuition-free.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports a public equity stake in AI development that would distribute dividends to working people.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports a $45,000 annual minimum wage equivalent for full-time workers and at least 40 hours of paid sick leave.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports a wealth tax, equal tax rates for capital gains and labor income, and closing corporate and billionaire tax loopholes.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Government Efficiency
· 1 record
Booker supports creating a Human Labor Protection Bureau to enforce worker protections in the AI economy.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Healthcare Affordability
· 3 records
Booker supports Medicare for All.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports restoring federal abortion rights, repealing the Hyde Amendment, and covering abortion and contraception as health care.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
As a Kentucky legislator, Booker advocated gun-safety reform, lower prescription-drug prices, expanded voting rights, stronger unions, and racial justice.
December 31, 2020For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Social Programs and Welfare
· 9 records
Booker supports canceling student debt and making public colleges and universities tuition-free.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports universal basic income.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports Medicare for All.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports a $45,000 annual minimum wage equivalent for full-time workers and at least 40 hours of paid sick leave.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports building more affordable housing and adopting a Tenant Bill of Rights.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports federal rent stabilization, just-cause eviction protections, and a right to counsel for renters.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports universal childcare.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports a federal jobs guarantee, paid retraining, relocation support, and income protection for workers displaced by AI.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear appointed Booker to lead the Governor's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives and Community Involvement, a role connecting state government with community and faith-based organizations.
January 13, 2023For
Source: apnews.com · researched July 6, 2026
Gun Control
· 1 record
As a Kentucky legislator, Booker advocated gun-safety reform, lower prescription-drug prices, expanded voting rights, stronger unions, and racial justice.
December 31, 2020For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Women's Reproductive Rights
· 1 record
Booker supports restoring federal abortion rights, repealing the Hyde Amendment, and covering abortion and contraception as health care.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Personal Income Tax Reduction
· 1 record
Booker supports exempting the first $45,000 of annual worker income from federal tax.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Civil Rights
· 6 records
Booker supports expanding unionization and collective-bargaining rights for workers and tenants.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports federal protections against discrimination and harassment for LGBTQ people and families.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports prohibiting employers from relying solely on AI for hiring, firing, or disciplinary decisions.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker's campaign biography describes his public advocacy as standing with Harlan County miners and social justice organizers across Kentucky, including Pike, Jefferson, and McCracken counties.
May 21, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 6, 2026
Booker founded Hood to the Holler to organize Kentuckians and reduce barriers between residents and government.
December 31, 2020For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
As a Kentucky legislator, Booker advocated gun-safety reform, lower prescription-drug prices, expanded voting rights, stronger unions, and racial justice.
December 31, 2020For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Corporate Accountability
· 7 records
Booker supports creating a Human Labor Protection Bureau to enforce worker protections in the AI economy.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports surcharges on companies that lay off workers because of AI automation to fund worker protection and retraining.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports a public equity stake in AI development that would distribute dividends to working people.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker called for a moratorium on new data centers until environmental, affordability, community, and labor protections are established.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports a wealth tax, equal tax rates for capital gains and labor income, and closing corporate and billionaire tax loopholes.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports federal rent stabilization, just-cause eviction protections, and a right to counsel for renters.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports prohibiting employers from relying solely on AI for hiring, firing, or disciplinary decisions.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Public Infrastructure
· 2 records
Booker supports investment in high-speed rail and public transit.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker supports building more affordable housing and adopting a Tenant Bill of Rights.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Peaceful Foreign Policy
· 1 record
Booker supports a lasting end to violence in Gaza, a free Palestine, and release of all hostages.
July 13, 2026For
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
General
· 2 records
Booker founded Hood to the Holler to organize Kentuckians and reduce barriers between residents and government.
December 31, 2020
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Booker served as Director of Administrative Services for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.
December 31, 2015
Source: charlesbooker.org · researched July 13, 2026
Elections
- United States Senator · November 3, 2026 · Kentucky
Profile last researched July 13, 2026.