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Pro-reparations progressive Democrat who wants ICE abolished mounts long shot Senate bid to succeed McConnell
- Charles Booker launches a U.S. Senate bid to replace Mitch McConnell in Kentucky
- Booker promotes Medicare for All, universal childcare, and reparations in his platform
- Booker has previously supported abolishing ICE and universal healthcare
- Booker seeks to shift Kentucky politics with a long-shot bid in a state that has not elected a Democrat to the Senate in the 21st century
- Booker previously ran for Senate in 2020 and 2022 but was defeated
- McConnell has served in the Senate since 1985 and is nearing the end of his term
- Booker had a role in Kentucky politics prior to his Senate bid, including serving under Gov. Beshear
- The campaign frames the race as a fight against poverty and structural racism with a bold reform agenda
- Booker’s bid is described as long-shot but aims to redefine Kentucky’s political future
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