Marathon of Conviction: Analyzing Cory Booker’s History-Making Senate Speech

How the New Jersey Senator’s 25-Hour Marathon on the Senate Floor Turned Political Passion into History

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) spoke on the Senate floor for over 25 hours in a marathon address that concluded this evening, shattering a decades-old record for the longest continuous Senate speech. By holding the floor overnight and through the day, Booker surpassed the 24-hour, 18-minute solo speaking record set in 1957 by the late Sen. Strom Thurmond – …