The New Jersey politician revealed how he prepped for the record-breaking 25-hour, 5-minute-long speech as he rushed off the floor Tuesday.

To physically prepare for the feat, Booker used “a lot of tactics,” he said, including fasting and curbing water intake in the days before to make sure he could stand for so long and wouldn’t have to take a bathroom break.

Senator Cory Booker's record-breaking speech has stirred presidential speculation, but experts told Newsweek it's too early to know how viable of a candidate he may be in 2028.Newsweek reached out to Booker for comment via his office and political team.

After Sen. Cory Booker made history for the longest individual Senate speech delivered in the chamber, he told reporters he was sore and battling dehydration but grateful that he’d lasted as long as he did.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of his mentor, the late congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis.

Sen. Cory Booker shattered a nearly 70-year record Tuesday with the longest Senate speech in history, and went viral while doing it.

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted 25 hours and 5 minutes, setting the record for the longest continuous Senate floor speech in the chamber’s history on Tuesday night.

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has positioned himself as a leading contender in the 2028 presidential election following the Democrat's record-breaking Senate speech, according to a Republican pollster.

After creating history by smashing the record for the longest Senate speech in history, Sen. Cory Booker told reporters as he walked off the floor that he was achy and tired, but grateful for his time.