{"id":2259959,"date":"2024-06-04T20:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T00:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andy-kim-wins-new-jersey-senate-primary-in-bid-to-replace-menendez\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T20:47:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T00:47:41","slug":"andy-kim-wins-new-jersey-senate-primary-in-bid-to-replace-menendez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andy-kim-wins-new-jersey-senate-primary-in-bid-to-replace-menendez\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Kim emerges victorious in New Jersey Senate primary, aiming to succeed Menendez"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fandy-kim-wins-new-jersey-senate-primary-in-bid-to-replace-menendez%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2259959&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Andy \u200bKim from New Jersey triumphs in the Democratic primary for New Jersey&#8217;s Senate seat, outshining two opponents. The \u200cAssociated Press proclaimed his victory shortly\u200b after the polls closed, with Kim leading by almost \u206480% of the vote from 8% of the counted ballots.\u200d Sen. Bob Menendez, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tunisian-parliament-to-defy-president-with-full-session\/\" title=\"Tunisian parliament to defy president with full session\">facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-lawyer-investigating-corrupt-chicago-democrats-will-remain-on-despite-getting-fired-by-biden\/\" title=\"US Lawyer Investigating Corrupt Chicago Democrats WILL REMAIN On Despite Getting Fired By Biden\">corruption charges<\/a><\/a>,\u200c did not contest in the primary,\u200d paving the way for Kim&#8217;s success. Rep. Andy Kim from New Jersey \u2064secures victory \u200din the Democratic\u200b primary \u200cfor New Jersey&#8217;s\u2064 Senate seat, besting two opponents. The Associated Press\u2064 declared his win \u2063soon after polls closed, \u2062with \u200dKim commanding nearly \u206280% of the vote from just 8% of counted ballots. Sen. Bob Menendez&#8217;s absence in \u2064the primary race facilitated\u2062 Kim&#8217;s path to success amidst Menendez&#8217;s corruption charges.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andy-kim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Andy Kim\">Andy Kim<\/a> (D-NJ) won the Democratic primary Tuesday evening for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New Jersey\u2019s\">New Jersey\u2019s<\/a> Senate seat, beating two opponents in a bid to replace embattled Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bob-menendez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Bob Menendez\">Bob Menendez<\/a> (D-NJ).<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Associated Press<\/em> called the race for Kim at 8:14 p.m., shortly after the polls closed in the Garden State. With only 8% of the ballots counted, Kim led with nearly 80% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez, currently on trial in New York for federal public corruption charges that include bribery and acting as a foreign agent for Egypt and Qatar, did not file to run in the Democratic primary. Facing almost certain defeat against Kim, the third-term senator instead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3026198\/bob-menendez-independent-bid-new-jersey-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"filed to run\">filed to run<\/a> on Monday as an independent in the general election by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/impostor-purporting-to-be-cousin-of-teen-who-died-at-florida-amusement-park-is-actually-a-stripper-with-a-criminal-past-reports\/\" title=\"Impostor Purporting To Be Cousin Of Teen Who Died At Florida Amusement Park Is Actually A Stripper With A Criminal Past: Reports\">collecting petition signatures<\/a> to appear on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt displeases me to have to go this route, thanks to overzealous prosecutors, but I will do what must be done to continue to uphold my oath of office for my constituents,\u201d Menendez posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Kim glided to victory against progressive activist Lawrence Hamm, who unsuccessfully ran against Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) in 2020, and labor leader Patricia Campos Medina. The contest marked the first step toward Senate Democrats, most of whom have called on Menendez to resign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3019248\/new-jersey-democrats-ditch-bob-menendez-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ditching him from their ranks\">ditching him from their ranks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>FILE \u2014 Rep. Andy Kim greets supporters outside the Bergen County Democratic convention in Paramus, N.J., March 4, 2024. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kim faced little resistance thanks to Tammy Murphy, the wife of Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ), dropping out early in the race in what was expected to be a hotly contested battle.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-democrats-to-take-first-step-to-ditch-embattled-bob-menendez\/\" title=\"New Jersey Democrats to initiate moves to replace embattled Bob Menendez\">longshot independent bid<\/a> has prompted concerns from some Senate Democrats, who worry the incumbent could siphon support from Kim and put the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-11-reasons-democrats-are-in-real-trouble\/\" title=\"Nolte: 11 Reasons Democrats Are In Real Trouble\">deep blue seat<\/a> in play for Republicans.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the lone leadership member to not call for Menendez\u2019s resignation but who has said the New Jersey Democrat\u2019s conduct is unbecoming of the chamber, dodged a question Tuesday about whether he would support Menendez\u2019s independent run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe primary is today. I\u2019m not even going to comment,\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Kim, a Rep. from NJ, secures the Democratic primary win on Tuesday to fill NJ&#8217;s Senate seat, surpassing two opponents. The Associated Press declared Kim&#8217;s victory at 8:14 p.m. as the polls closed, with only 8% of the votes counted. Kim aspires to succeed Sen. Menendez in the upcoming term<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2259960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24156716705734-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2259959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24156716705734-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2259959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2259960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2259959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2259959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2259959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}