Senator Cory Booker’s political career keeps him busy, but his personal life has often shared the spotlight. After a high-profile romance with actress Rosario Dawson, the New Jersey lawmaker announced his engagement to girlfriend Alexis Lewis in 2025.
He shared the news on social media on September 2, writing, “Alexis is one of the greatest unearned blessings of my life. She has transformed me, helping me to ground and center my inner life, and discover the joys of building a nurturing home with someone you love. I’m thrilled to share: Alexis and I are engaged!”
With the exciting update, learn whether Booker has ever been married before and more about his relationship history below.
Is Cory Booker Married?
No, Senator Booker is not married yet. He has never been married but announced his engagement to Lewis in September 2025.
He added in his caption, “I am savoring the soul-affirming wonder of everyday life with my partner, best friend, and now my fiancée. We are excited for this journey ahead, having so much fun, and feeling deeply grateful for the love, support, and energy so many of you have shared with us. We are truly blessed to be surrounded by such a beautiful community lifting us in love and commitment.”
Rosario Dawson
Booker was in a relationship with actress, producer and activist Rosario Dawson from 2019 to 2022. The couple even moved in together during Booker’s 2020 presidential run.
While speaking with The Washington Post in 2019, Booker recalled the moment when his and Dawson’s connection became clear. “I mean, gosh, that night we talked for hours and hours,” he told the publication. “I had trouble asking for her phone number … I think I said something really stupid like, ‘Uh, how would I get in touch with you?’ And she mercifully said something like, ‘Oh, you want my phone number?’ And my insides were like, ‘Hell, yeah!’”
That year, Booker also gushed about how “deeply soulful” Dawson is as a person while discussing their relationship with Ellen DeGeneres. “She is just a deeply soulful person and has taught me a lot of lessons about love already,” he said, per Ebony. “Sometimes you show the greatest strength when you make yourself vulnerable. She really has this nurturing spirit that’s made me more courageous, not just in the love I project and want to see in our country, but I think in our own personal relationships to love more fearlessly.”
For her part, Dawson praised Booker in an early 2021 Instagram post after he kept his senate seat. “So proud of and grateful for you my love. I got to vote for you here in New Jersey and am so glad that you overwhelmingly and rightfully won your seat again,” the Dopesick alum wrote at the time. “To know your leadership will continue to guide us with love, brilliance, patience, grace and effectiveness is the kind of representation and hope we need.”
Despite their breakup, Booker and Dawson have remained on good terms, and the actress has even kept photos of them together on her Instagram. After Booker announced his engagement to Lewis, Dawson showed her support by commenting on his post, “Love Love! Congratulations you two! ❤️❤️”
Cleo Wade
Before Booker dated Dawson, he was in a relationship with artist and Instagram poet Cleo Wade, Page Six reported in 2016. The former couple were spotted at various events together at the time.
Wade was a stylist for pop star Katy Perry, per Page Six.