Via NJ.com:

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Cory Booker has missed more congressional votes than any other lawmaker running for president in 2020.

The New Jersey Democrat missed 45 percent of the votes brought before the Senate in the 116th Congress, which began Jan. 3, according to an analysis by NJ Advance Media of data from govtrack.us.

Fellow Sen. Kamala Harris of California was second with an absentee rate of 44 percent, missing one fewer vote than Booker. She entered the presidential race more than a week before he did.

Both U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Bernie Sanders of Vermont missed 40 percent of their votes. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts missed 28 percent of her votes.

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