Cory A. Booker
Public records show Cory Booker's household holds primarily Fidelity mutual funds and a New Jersey state pension rather than an actively traded individual-stock portfolio; the only individual-stock transactions on record date to a single 2014 filing (Netflix, American Tower), with no disclosed trading since. His reported net worth (commonly estimated near $1-1.5M, with some outlets citing up to $3-5M) is largely attributable to pre-Senate income: roughly $1.7M in speaking fees earned 2009-2013 as Newark mayor and over $1M in royalties from his 2016 book "United" — earnings that predate or fall outside Senate honoraria rules; a viral claim that he illegally took speaking fees as a senator conflates this pre-office income with banned in-office honoraria. On money-in-politics, Booker historically drew heavy securities-industry ($2.2M in 2013-14) and pharmaceutical (roughly $327K-$468K career) money, but he paused pharma money in 2017 and swore off corporate PAC donations in 2018, and he co-sponsored drug-pricing legislation opposed by the industry — a correlation, not proof of quid pro quo. No FEC enforcement action or credible reporting of campaign-funds personal use was found, and no evidence of family lobbying tied to his office surfaced. The clearest accountability flags are an above-median missed-vote rate (about 9.2% lifetime versus a 2.8% Senate median, driven largely by his 2019-20 presidential run) and a 2025 FACT watchdog complaint alleging his 25-hour floor speech was linked to campaign fundraising solicitations, which remains an unadjudicated allegation.
Public record
- In Congress since
- 2013
- Committees
- Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Foreign Relations
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Judiciary - Missed votes, 119th Congress
- 4.4% (40 of 915; median member 1.9%)
- Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
- $19M raised · 3% from PACs & committees · $23M cash on hand FEC ↗
The stock-trading ban
H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →
Disclosed stock trades
Most-traded: NVDA ×1 · NFLX ×1 · MCD ×1 · AMZN ×1 · ALNY ×1 · JD ×1
| Traded | Filed | Owner | Asset | Type | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | Spouse | webAI, Inc. | Sell | $50,001 - $100,000 | filing ↗ |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | Spouse | NVDA NVIDIA Corporation - Common Stock | Sell | $15,001 - $50,000 | filing ↗ |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | Spouse | NFLX Netflix, Inc. - Common Stock | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | Spouse | MCD McDonald's Corporation Common Stock | Sell | $15,001 - $50,000 | filing ↗ |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | Spouse | AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. - Common Stock | Sell | $100,001 - $250,000 | filing ↗ |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | Spouse | ALNY Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Common Stock | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | Spouse | JD JD.com, Inc. - American Depositary Shares | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.
How the score breaks down
Sources behind this score: 3 data aggregator · 5 reference database · 6 news reporting · 1 official record. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 1 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →
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