When Mr. Booker arrived at his hotel at midnight, he raided the minimart, his 6-foot-3 frame walking unsteadily back to the front desk as he balanced stacks of Oreos, crackers, water bottles and other snacks in both arms. “Rosario might be hungry when she gets in,” he explained to the bemused staffers looking on. “But if you want to give it to me, I’ll take it.”At an event in Davenport, Mr. Booker took a question from someone named Athena, which prompted an aside about Ms. Dawson’s film credits. “My girlfriend is recognized because she was in this movie,” Mr. Booker said, referencing the popular “Percy Jackson” fantasy films. But Ms. Dawson is the lone political partner who is independently famous and a better-known figure than her significant other.

Source: New York Times December 08, 2019 22:06 UTC