Menendez, during an interview in Union City, pointed out that the jury didn’t “believe the government’s case on any given count.” Asked whether voters might question his judgment, he listed Senate accomplishments including getting federal aid after Superstorm Sandy and helping draft the Affordable Care Act. “This election is about New Jersey, and it’s Bob Hugin versus Bob Menendez, corrupt and ineffective, versus someone who has had a life of service and committed to outcomes and improving the quality of life of all New Jerseyans,” Hugin said. Hugin said in an interview he would not have entered the race had it not been for Menendez’s corruption trial.
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He was also admonished by the Senate Ethics Committee over it in a strongly worded letter, though the full Senate stopped short of a censure vote.
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Salomon Melgen in return for help settling a Medicaid billing dispute.
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Menendez was indicted on charges he accepted lavish gifts from longtime friend Dr.
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One Hugin ad says Menendez thinks voters are stupid because he “thinks he can get away with corruption,” a reference to a federal corruption trial that ended in a mistrial before prosecutors dropped the charges in January. The attacks have been sharp and personal, and New Jersey residents have seen them on television and online for months, with the prospect for months more of negative ads. That’s a tighter gap than a March survey that showed Menendez with a 13-point lead. The poll surveyed 908 registered voters and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 percentage points. The contest is already a multimillion-dollar race for a Democrat-controlled seat in a tightly held Republican-led Senate, and Republican President Donald Trump, whose administration faces the special counsel’s probe, needs party support there to advance nominees and legislation.Ī Quinnipiac University poll out last week showed Menendez with a six-point edge over Hugin, 43 percent to 37 percent. New Jersey has about 900,000 more Democrats than Republicans and hasn’t elected a Republican to the Senate since 1972. “It’s frankly notable that I even have to pay attention to it,” said Jennifer Duffy, a senior editor at the Cook Political Report.
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It’s an old neighborhood brawl, but with national political implications. Both men, 64, grew up in Union City, the roughly square-mile city in Hudson County, just a short ride from New York across the Hudson River.