NEWARK, N.J. (1010 WINS) — Sen. Cory Booker has ruled out a run for governor in the Garden State in 2025.
In an interview with NJ Spotlight News, Booker said he wouldn't throw his hat in the ring to try and succeed Gov. Phil Murphy, who is ineligible to run for reelection since the state constitution only allows for two consecutive terms.
Murphy, who won a closer-than-expected election against former Republican state Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli last year, was hailed by Booker for "showing that you can advance sound fiscal policy and still protect the freedom and the diversity of America."
The 53-year-old also compared the job to his past role as Newark mayor.
"I loved being an executive as mayor," he said. "God, I could walk around this city and feel so proud of the parks we built, schools we built, and what an executive can do to really help move a city, a state, a nation forward by getting people back to this idea that we have common cause."
While Booker told the outlet that the title is "very attractive" to him, he said that he "loves" being a senator for New Jersey.
"I have to say, this has been an incredibly productive nine years I've had. ... I'm gonna stay where I am," he added.
"I've been flattered as I've run up and down the state this election, hearing people ask me about if I'll run," Booker said. "But I have no intention of doing that.
Booker is up for a third Senate term in 2026. It's speculated that he, like Murphy, might run for president in 2024 if President Joe Biden decides not to.
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