New Hampshire legislator becomes first to support Booker

Cory Booker does not skyrocket in national polls or in the 2020 fundraising race. Still, the New Jersey senator is quietly cracking the presidential state.

On Monday, Booker became the first candidate in 2020 to get legislative support in New Hampshire, when Senator Jon Morgan officially gave him his support. This is the third time that Booker has obtained the first legislative support in an early presidential state.

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Booker was also the first Democratic actor to win legislative votes in South Carolina and become Iowa's first presidential caucus.

Morgan met with many of the 2020 candidates and witnessed recent campaigns by Senator Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (New York) and former Maryland Representative John Delaney. But he said that Booker's message, which aims to unite a deeply divided nation, is what resonates most at home.

"I had the opportunity at this stage to meet and talk with others and get to know many of them; I respect and admire each and every one of them, "Morgan told POLITICO. "But the fact is that we need a set of specific skills for today's problems. I just believe that we need a leader who is committed to bringing us together, someone who recognizes that we have more in common than we divide and especially a man who is going to be a true leader does not let himself try in these childish games that we see playing so often on different platforms. "

Booker made an early investment in New Hampshire, marked by numerous trips to collect and raise funds for local candidates – including Morgan – in the mid-term elections of 2018. Booker has collected more money for New Hampshire Democrats than any other National Democrat and was recognized by the party in December, which led the party's president, Ray Buckley, to call him "the best friend of the New Hampshire Democrats in 2018".

Morgan noted this, saying that he had met many candidates for 2020 since January, but that his relationship with Booker went back more than a year.

"I've known Cory for a long time, he's really attached to the Granite state like no one has been," Morgan said. "He goes to events where he has hundreds of people and stays until everyone gets an answer to their questions and has a selfie with them. I think New Hampshire voters value this idea and campaign like New Hampshire. "

Booker has already established a head office in New Hampshire and, since February 1, has already made 27 stops or events in its own right. His campaign revealed that Booker had interacted with 3,000 New Hampshire residents since its official launch and had traveled to seven of the state's ten counties. The initial emphasis by the state is part of a broader Booker team strategy that focused on the initial organization of the state, including early and strong staffing in the field. Iowa and South Carolina.

Booker said Sunday he has raised US $ 5 million since the launch of his presidential campaign on February 1, a sum surpassed by at least five of his rivals in 2020. At the beginning of the national poll, Booker was struggling to stand out, exceeding Regularly former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders, Warren, Beto O'Rourke and Kamala Harris.