Charles Booker

Charles Booker supports Medicare for All to guarantee universal, quality, affordable healthcare for all Americans; he treats healthcare as a human right and has cited his personal experience rationing insulin due to cost.

Charles Booker’s economy plan centers on a workers-first agenda: the 40x40x45 framework guarantees full-time workers at least $45,000 per year and 40 hours of paid sick leave, funded by a wealth tax and closing loopholes. He also advocates universal basic income, universal childcare, affordable housing, stronger unions, debt relief, and strategic public investment in infrastructure, alongside anti-monopoly reforms and protections for workers in the AI era.

Abortion is healthcare and a fundamental right. Charles Booker will be a champion for reproductive freedom, fighting to protect abortion rights and true bodily autonomy, repeal the Hyde Amendment, and ensure abortion and contraception coverage are fully covered by health plans regardless of income.

Charles Booker supports a climate/energy approach that prioritizes environmental safeguards and workers’ protections, including a moratorium on new data centers until regulations are in place to protect the environment, shield communities from rising utility costs, and prevent worker displacement.

Charles Booker supports abolishing ICE and replacing it with a humane immigration enforcement system that prioritizes due process, accountability, and community safety; he would end ICE funding and dismantle the agency. His SALT Plan calls for replacing ICE with humane, rights-respecting enforcement that emphasizes due process, voluntary compliance, and avoids mass detention or blanket deportations.

Charles Booker advocates for a pro-peace, pro-humanitarian approach in U.S. foreign policy. He has framed U.S. policy toward Gaza as requiring a humanitarian-focused solution, supports a free Palestine, calls for an end to funding the violence in Gaza, and emphasizes prioritizing human rights and de-escalation while opposing unconditional arms support to foreign governments. He argues for accountability and a reevaluation of U.S. funding abroad to prioritize civilian protection and human rights.

Charles Booker supports robust federal civil rights protections, including strong LGBTQ equality safeguards, and will advocate for anti-discrimination measures to ensure equal rights and dignity for all people. He also opposes efforts to roll back civil rights protections and will push federal policies that safeguard marginalized communities.

Charles Booker supports fully funded public education with full and equitable investment in Kentucky's education system, ensuring that every Kentucky child has the resources, facilities, and opportunities to pursue their dreams.

No current stance known on firearms on campaign site; need updated data.

Charles Booker supports strong guardrails for AI development and an immediate moratorium on new AI data centers until environmental, community, and worker protections are in place. He also advocates for sharing AI-derived value with workers through a public equity stake, prohibiting AI-only hiring/firing decisions, a federal jobs guarantee with retraining, and establishing a Human Labor Protection Bureau to enforce these protections.

Charles Booker believes democracy should be accessible to all Kentuckians and supports expanding voting rights and reducing barriers to participation. This stance is a core part of his Working People’s Bill of Rights agenda, which aims to make governance more accountable and inclusive.

Charles Booker treats housing as a human right and commits to bringing affordable housing to Kentucky; he will pass a Tenant Bill of Rights to protect renters from unfair practices and ensure renters’ priorities are reflected in housing policy.