Rep. Andy Kim will easily win Democratic Senate nod in New Jersey
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Rep. Andy Kim will win the Democratic nomination for Senate in New Jersey, CNN projects, setting him up as the favorite to succeed indicted Sen. Bob Menendez in this deep-blue state.
Rep. Andy Kim will win the Democratic nomination for Senate in New Jersey, CNN projects, setting him up as the favorite to succeed indicted Sen. Bob Menendez in this deep-blue state. Kim, a three-term congressman from South Jersey, entered the race in September, the day after Menendez was indicted on bribery and corruption charges. He quickly emerged as the favorite even with New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy launching her campaign later that fall. But in the face of mounting nepotism charges and a grassroots progressive backlash, Murphy dropped out of the race in March. With Murphy’s exit, Kim appeared to be on a glide path to the Senate in a state that last elected a Republican to the chamber in 1972. Menendez, who is on trial in New York City, announced in March that he would not seek reelection in the Democratic primary. But on Monday, he filed to run as an independent – a move that could make the race more unpredictable, with control of the Senate hanging in the balance. Democrats hold a narrow majority in the chamber but face a difficult landscape this fall. A 41-year-old former diplomat and the son of Korean immigrants, Kim was the first Asian American elected to Congress from New Jersey. His anti-corruption message and the success of his high-profile legal challenge to New Jersey Democrats’ unbalanced ballot design – which favored party machine-backed candidates – quickly made the congressman a hero to progressives.
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