Booker Spends Weekend In N.H., But Also Spent Big Here Before Midterm Elections

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker may not yet be ready to commit to a 2020 presidential bid – even after spending the weekend taking selfies, holding meetings, and otherwise testing the waters in the first-in-the-nation primary state.

But at a rally celebrating New Hampshire Democrats’ midterm victories Saturday, state party Chairman Ray Buckley gave Booker the kind of introduction most presidential hopefuls can only dream of.

“He’s an enormously effective member of Congress in the U.S. Senate, a spokesman for so many of our causes, a dynamic speaker at that,” Buckley said. “But to us, he’s the best friend New Hampshire Democrats had in 2018.”

And how, exactly, did Booker get on the state party’s good side?

“He gave more support to our House caucus and Senate caucus and our candidates for Congress and governor, and to the coordinated campaign than any other person,” Buckley said.

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