Cory Booker asserts it’s more important Democrats win midterm elections than ‘play by the rules’

Published August 4, 2025 1:34pm ET



Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) implied that he would be in favor of gerrymandering out of the Democratic Party’s “need to win” in the 2026 midterm elections.

Booker blasted President Donald Trump for proposing, as Booker characterized it, “gerrymandering” to win more congressional seats. Trump has backed maps to change districts in Texas to win five more seats for the Republican Party.

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