In mid-2025, Booker openly discussed his long-held hopes to marry and have children. “I have very big ambitions to get married,” he said.
“I thought happiness was a byproduct of being in your purpose,” he said. “Now I realize — be happy now.”
Married at a federal courthouse
After signing the paperwork, they celebrated with Italian pastries and a vegan chocolate-chip cookie-dough cake, a nod to Booker’s plant-based lifestyle.
Five days later, they exchanged vows again in Lewis’ hometown of Washington, D.C., during an interfaith ceremony officiated by both a rabbi and a pastor. They stood under a huppah adorned with photos of late family members — a symbolic tribute to those they wished could join them.
Photos posted to social media on November 30 captured the warmth of the day: Booker and Lewis embracing beneath golden fall light; standing before a glowing cathedral-style doorway; smiling beneath a floral arch; and kissing on a balcony overlooking the city.
Others joked that she resembled Booker’s ex, actress Rosario Dawson. Dawson herself chimed in with a gracious “Love Love! Congratulations you two!”
Booker, 56, has represented New Jersey in the U.S. Senate since 2013 and previously served as Newark’s mayor.
His friends have long described him as a potential future leader of the Democratic Party, and his marriage has only amplified public interest in his political future.
Booker, who ran for president in 2020, hasn’t officially said whether he’s interested in taking another shot at the Oval Office. But many took notice again when the New Jersey Democrat delivered a 25-hour filibuster on the Senate floor in April 2025, lambasting President Donald Trump’s administration. He ultimately broke the record for the longest Senate filibuster in history.
