Booker Huddles With Obama Campaign Strategist

CNBC reports:

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., has started consulting with two top Iowa presidential campaign strategists – one who worked with Hillary Clinton and another who worked with former President Barack Obama – as he contemplates a run for the White House in 2020, CNBC has learned.

These early conversations with top-tier consultants in Iowa, where the major parties hold their first contests of the presidential election season, are the latest signs Booker could be preparing to launch a campaign. He has said publicly that he is thinking about running for president.

It appears that Booker is looking to get a head start on the rest of the potential Democratic 2020 field in the crucial state. He has held discussions with Matt Paul, who led Clinton’s Iowa Caucus operation in 2016, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter.

Earlier this month New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill that would allow Booker to run simultaneous bids for the White House and the Senate.