Booker’s 21-county tour continues with Sunday stops in Middlesex, Somerset

Middlesex and Somerset counties will see U.S. Senator Cory Booker today as he begins the third day of his annual 21-county Jersey Summer Road Trip.

Booker will attend Sunday church services at First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Franklin Township.  Those interested in the services can view it HERE on the church’s livestream.

And as part of the senator’s very New Jersey Sunday, he’ll join Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin to speak with seniors at the Reo Diner in Coughlin’s hometown of Woodbridge.  Coughlin’s Stay NJ plan to provide property tax relief to many New Jerseyans over age 65 became law in June.

Since he became a U.S. Senator in 2013, Booker has crisscrossed the state every summer with stops in every New Jersey county.  On Friday, he began his 2023 tour in Bergen, Union, and Warren counties.  On Saturday, he marched in the Jersey City Pride Parade, visited a farmer’s market in Sparta, and a family-owned ice cream store in Asbury Park.

“It has been a privilege to represent our state’s strong and resilient LGBTQ+ community in the United States Senate,” Booker said.  “ I am committed to fighting for justice and equality for all, no matter one’s sexual orientation or who they love, and will continue my advocacy for LGBTQ+ Americans back in the halls of our nation’s capitol to ensure they are protected from discrimination, harassment, and hate.”

Rep. Rob Menendez, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, and Craig Guy, the Democratic candidate for Hudson County Executive, joined Booker at the parade.

Booker will end the Summer Road Trip in his hometown of Newark, where he served as mayor from 2006 to 2013, on August 31 at a forum on strategies to combat community violence with the New Jersey Urban Mayors Association.

Other American politicians conduct similar tours, with some more grueling than others.

In Iowa, 89-year-old U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley spent part of the last week continuing his 43rd-annual tour of all 99 counties.  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer visits all 62 counties annually, fulfilling his promise in his 1998 campaign.  It was a big deal in 2018 when Beto O’Rourke went to all 254 counties in his Texas Senate run, even though Ted Cruz still won the election.