New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy is being encouraged to run for embattled Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-NJ) seat next year, a source familiar with the matter told the Washington Examiner.
Murphy’s husband, Gov. Phil Murphy , called on the Garden State’s senior senator to resign on Friday, hours after Menendez and his wife were federally indicted by a grand jury on bribery charges. Similar calls have trickled in from dozens of Democratic voices in the four days since, while politicos on both sides of the aisle have begun angling for Menendez’s coveted Senate seat.
Gottheimer, who chairs the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus, is supporting Rep. Rob Menendez , the senator’s son, in his reelection bid. The junior Menendez was the sole Democratic member of New Jersey’s House delegation who did not call for his father’s resignation. On the GOP side, Rep. Jeff Van Drew , who left the Democratic Party for the GOP in late 2019, said over the weekend that he is considering entering the race.
Sen. Cory Booker called on Menendez to step aside on Tuesday. The move was an extraordinary one for New Jersey’s junior senator, who has long described his home state colleague as a mentor and friend. Booker stood by Menendez during his first federal criminal trial, attending nearly every day of the proceedings and testifying as a character witness for the senior senator.
Menendez was defiant at a Monday press conference, predicting he would be exonerated and accusing prosecutors of framing the allegations against him to appear"as salacious as possible."
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