Charles Booker, a Louisvillian and former state representative, has been appointed to lead the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based Initiatives and Community Involvement.
The office Booker will helm was created by former Gov. Ernie Fletcher.
“I am honored to join Gov. Beshear and his administration and inspired to take on this opportunity to continue to serve to the people of Kentucky,” Booker said in a statement.
Booker was in the House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021 and represented the 43rd District. Most recently, he was the Democratic nominee in Kentucky’s 2022 U.S. Senate race and lost to incumbent Republican Sen. Rand Paul.
Booker holds two degrees from the University of Louisville, a bachelor of Science in political science and a juris doctor.
