WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Travel with Sen. Cory Booker and it will quickly become apparent that he has family in nearly every politically important state for a presidential candidate. His mother lives in Nevada. There's the uncle from North Carolina, and a cousin in Florida.In Iowa, the most important
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Travel with Sen. Cory Booker and it will quickly become apparent that he has family in nearly every politically important state for a presidential candidate. His mother lives in Nevada. There’s the uncle from North Carolina, and a cousin in Florida.
His many Iowan relatives, who span the political spectrum but have all pledged to support him, give Booker a unique network of organizational support in the essential early state. So, as his candidacy hinges on a top showing in Iowa, Booker’s relatives have doubled as super supporters. They have hit phone banks and lobbied their friends for donations, shown up in great numbers at state Democratic Party events and frequented the Urbandale field office.
Aunt Alma died this summer, at age 100, but Sharpe and the rest of the cousins have continued the effort. “They were just stunned,” Sharpe said. “And I remember I ran back to the bedroom, got my purse, and I grabbed $50. And I came back and I said, ‘I want to be the first one to donate to your campaign.’ And just as soon as I said that, the grandparents and everybody just came alive. And they were like, ‘Oh yes, we’ll donate too!’”
In June, she attended the Iowa Democratic Party’s Hall of Fame dinner. “Kamala came up to me in Cedar Rapids, face to face, and smiled and said, ‘How are you?’” Frazier-Baggett said, referring to another candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California. “I said, ‘I’m Cory’s cousin!’ And then she just left.”
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