New Jersey’s first lady suspends Senate run: ‘It’s time to unify, not divide’
New Jersey’s first lady Tammy Murphy has announced the suspension of her Senate campaign.
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Tammy Murphy Suspends Senate Campaign To Replace Bob Menendez
WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy has suspended her U.S. Senate campaign to replace Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez as he faces federal corruption charges.
Tammy Murphy drops out of NJ Senate Democratic primary to replace indicted Sen. Bob Menendez
Tammy Murphy, the wife of New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, announced Sunday that she would withdraw from the state's Democratic Senate primary contest. The winner of that June 4 election will become the favorite to replace indicted Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez. "After many busy, invigorating, and yes, challenging months. I am suspending my Senate campaign today," Murphy said in a Sunday post on X. "It is clear to me that continuing in this race will involve waging a very divisive and negative campaign, which I am not willing to do." Murphy's exit widens the path for Democratic Rep. Andy Kim to lock down his frontrunner status ahead of the primary. Menendez confirmed last week that he would not run for a fourth term
New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy suspends her Senate campaign to replace indicted Sen. Menendez
WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy on Sunday suspended her U.S. Senate campaign to replace Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez as he faces federal corruption charges,
Sen. Menendez, who is facing corruption charges, won't seek reelection as a Democrat
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who is fighting federal corruption charges, said Thursday that he will not file to run for reelection in the Democratic primary but added he hopes to be exonerated and run as an independent.
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez says he won’t run in Democratic primary
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey said Thursday he won’t run in the Democratic primary as he faces federal corruption charges, but he left open the possibility that he would reenter the race as an independent later this year if he is exonerated at a trial.
New Jersey’s unique primary ballot design seems to face skepticism from judge in lawsuit
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s one-of-a-kind method of drawing primary ballots prompted some apparent skepticism from a federal judge Monday as he considered a legal challenge claiming the system favors preferred candidates of establishment party leaders.
Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez is considering running for re-election as an independent, sources say
WASHINGTON — Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is considering running for re-election in November as an independent, two sources who spoke with him directly tell NBC News.