senator, Cory Booker, seen as a potential 2020 White House contender, spent Sunday crisscrossing the state alongside Menendez, telling voters that re-electing his colleague would help block Republican President Donald Trump’s agenda.
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He is now locked in a tough and expensive race with former pharmaceutical executive Bob Hugin, a Republican who has hammered Menendez as weak on ethics after the long-serving senator’s federal corruption trial last year. And while Hugin lacks a deep connection to Israel, he recently visited during the inauguration of the new U.S. Phil Murphy has positioned Republicans to win congressional and local elections in November. Senate in 46 years.īut June’s Democratic nominating contest exposed his potential weakness: a virtually unknown challenger who spent zero dollars in the race got almost 40 percent of the vote. In a state with the fourth-highest number of Jewsmore than 500,000a candidate’s positions on Israel portend to be an important issue. With 102 days to go before voters decide key races for federal and local offices in New Jersey, GOP State Chairman Bob Hugin thinks inflation and the very poor performance of President Joe Biden and Gov. taken measures in due form of law to contest the election of John Hugin, and to establish said Rust's claims to a seat. Julio Cortez/Pool via Reutersīob Menendez, 64, has held the seat for more than a decade as a powerful force in Washington, while representing a state that has not sent a Republican to the U.S. These 7 Democrats Endorsed GOP’s Bob Hugin For US Senate Bob Hugin has demonstrated a genuine interest in putting divisive party politics aside to develop a bipartisan consensus to address issues such as improving the health care system and getting Washington to be more responsive to the needs of people in New Jersey, Rutkowski said. Senate race in New Jersey, gestures as New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, the Democrat candidate, looks on during a debate in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., October 24, 2018. FILE PHOTO - Bob Hugin, the Republican candidate for the U.S.
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