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2025-04-01
2024-06-03

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) “will enter the race for the United States Senate today, filing nominating petitions with over 2,000 signatures in Trenton to seek re-election to a fourth term as an independent,” the New Jersey Globe reports.

https://politicalwire.com/2024/06/03/menendez-will-file-independent-bid/

2024-05-30

Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has collected the necessary signatures to run for re-election to the Senate as an independent, NBC News reports.

https://politicalwire.com/2024/05/30/menendez-has-the-signatures-to-run-as-an-independent/

2024-05-25

“Sen. Bob Menendez, who is currently standing trial on federal corruption charges, is personally collecting signatures on a nominating petition to get on the ballot as an independent,” the New Jersey Globe reports.

“Menendez needs 800 registered voters to sign his petition before the June 4 filing deadline.”

https://politicalwire.com/2024/05/24/menendez-to-mount-independent-senate-bid/

2024-04-02

A new Emerson/PIX11/The Hill poll finds indicted Sen. Bob Menendez (R-NJ) pulling 9% in November and reducing a generic Democrat’s lead over a generic Republican to just 7 points.

https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/02/menendez-independent-bid-could-make-senate-race-close/

2024-03-26

“A few months ago, Phil and Tammy Murphy appeared poised to become a powerful New Jersey political dynasty — the popular two-term Democratic governor with political connections on the national stage married to the front-runner to become the state’s first female senator,” Politico reports.

“The first lady’s spectacular flameout in […]

https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/26/did-tammy-murphy-just-make-phil-murphy-a-lame-duck/

2024-03-24

Tammy Murphy (D) is dropping out of the U.S. Senate race in New Jersey, the New Jersey Globe reports.
“That clears the way for insurgent Rep. Andy Kim (D) to likely win the Democratic nomination and become the strong favorite to replace indicted Senator Bob Menendez.”
“Murphy made the decision on Saturday evening after a […]

https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/24/tammy-murphy-ends-senate-bid-in-new-jersey/

2024-03-23

Rep. Andy Kim’s (D-NJ) U.S. Senate campaign is upsetting what most thought would be the coronation of Tammy Murphy (D), the spouse of the Gov. Phil Murphy (D), the Washington Post reports.
“Kim has taken on the mantle of the unlikely insurgent candidate trying to take down the vaunted machine of the New Jersey Democratic Party, where for […]

https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/23/an-insurgent-upends-new-jerseys-political-machine/

2024-03-20

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) said he’s planning to announce his decision on whether or not to seek reelection this week, Politico reports.
Said Menendez: “When you hear the announcement, you’ll understand it.”

https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/20/bob-menendez-to-announce-re-election-decision/

2024-03-18

Saying he made a mistake, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop has rescinded his endorsement of Tammy Murphy, urging her to drop out of the race, and will instead back Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) for U.S. Senate, the New Jersey Globe reports.
Said Fulop: “After watching the county conventions, I believe that Andy Kim has proven that he’s the better […]

https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/18/mayor-rescinds-endorsement-of-tammy-murphy/

2024-03-16

“Plagued by legal trouble and abandoned by his allies, Senator Robert Menendez has made clear what he will not do: quit before his term is over in January,” the New York Times reports.
“He has taken to the Senate floor to profess that he is innocent of what he insists are trumped-up bribery charges pursued by overzealous federal […]

https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/16/menendez-leaves-re-election-plans-murky/

2024-03-14

Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) is now mulling running for re-election as an independent, NBC News reports.
This would allow him to continue to raise money which he could use to pay his legal bills.

https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/14/menenedez-eyes-re-election-as-an-independent/

2024-03-08

Embattled Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) “will not run for re-election in November, although he still refuses to hand in his resignation,” the New York Post reports.

https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/08/bob-menendez-will-not-seek-re-election/

2024-03-07

A new Monmouth poll in New Jersey finds Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-NJ) approval has plummeted since he was charged in a second corruption case in less than ten years.
A clear majority of New Jersey residents (63%) want him to resign now – including most of his fellow Democrats – which is a reversal of opinion from the last time he was under federal […]

https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/07/most-want-bob-menendez-to-resign/

2024-02-27

“Tammy Murphy has been talking like a campaign finance reformer, calling the amount of money in politics ‘disgusting,’” Politico reports.

“But as New Jersey’s first lady, Murphy spent a year and a half leading a dark-money group without disclosing donors. Now she has a super PAC supporting her bid to replace Bob Menendez in the U.S. Senate.”

https://politicalwire.com/2024/02/27/tammy-murphy-is-suddenly-opposed-to-dark-money/

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