Rep. Andy Kim announces he'll run against NJ Sen. Bob Menendez in wake of his indictment | CNN Politics
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New Jersey Democratic Rep. Andy Kim announced Saturday that he’ll run next year against Sen. Bob Menendez in the wake of the senator’s indictment and refusal to step down.

New Jersey Democratic Rep. Andy Kim announced Saturday that he’ll run next year against Sen. Bob Menendez in the wake of the senator’s indictment and refusal to step down.

“After calls to resign, Senator Menendez said ‘I am not going anywhere.’ As a result, I feel compelled to run against him. Not something I expected to do, but NJ deserves better. We cannot jeopardize the Senate or compromise our integrity,” Kim posted on X, the platform previously known as Twitter.

Kim has been representing New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes suburbs east of Trenton, since 2019. He won reelection last November by more than 10 percentage points.

  • Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world
    172·
    1 year ago

    Why do we already know that? The democrats, unlike Republicans, generally crack down on stuff like this pretty quickly. I mean look at Gov Cuomo or Al Franken.

    I wouldn’t be surprised if he steps down in the coming weeks

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      1 year ago

      We already know the Democratic Party will use incumbency as an excuse to prop up an anti-choice candidate if they are challenged by a progressive.

      Why do we already know that?

      Henry Cuellar is how we know.