Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is set to head to New Hampshire next month, stoking speculation he is mulling a 2028 presidential bid. The state’s Democratic Party Chair Raymond Buckley announced on Wednesday that Booker will headline the Eleanor Roosevelt Dinner in Nashua on Nov. 14. “Senator Booker has been a part of leading the charge of elected officials who have been pushing back against the chaos happening down in Washington, DC. He has shown what it means to be a true leader, stand up to MAGA extremists, and work to protect the very same values that you and I hold dear,” Buckley wrote in an emailed invitation.
Booker, who ran in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, has seen his national profile rise in the second Trump administration. He made headlines earlier this year when he deli