"The race to unseat Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) next year is pitting a third-term congressman against the governor’s wife, who has secured the backing of much of New Jersey’s unusually powerful Democratic machine since she announced last week," the Washington Post reports.Why it matters: "In Ne
"In a closed-door lunch with current and future Democratic legislators, county chairs, and party insiders from South Jersey on Wednesday, Democratic powerbroker George E. Norcross II indicated that he is likely to support First Lady Tammy Murphy for U.S. Senate," the New Jersey Globe reports."No
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