{"id":2259988,"date":"2024-06-04T21:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T01:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-rob-menendez-wins-new-jersey-house-primary-despite-fathers-indictment\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T21:49:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T01:49:00","slug":"rep-rob-menendez-wins-new-jersey-house-primary-despite-fathers-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-rob-menendez-wins-new-jersey-house-primary-despite-fathers-indictment\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Rob Menendez secures victory in New Jersey House primary despite father&#8217;s indictment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Frep-rob-menendez-wins-new-jersey-house-primary-despite-fathers-indictment%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=2259988&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. \u2062Rob \u2063Menendez (D-NJ) successfully defended his position in the primary election against \u2062Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla. This victory sets the stage for his potential re-election, overcoming challenges despite his father&#8217;s legal issues. The detailed article\u2063 can be found by clicking on the provided link. Your summary is concise and captures the essence of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/religious-leaders-officially-demand-reparations-from-white-churches-time-for-you-to-wash-our-feet\/\" title=\"Religious leaders call for reparations from 'White Churches': 'It's time for you to make amends\">original text effectively<\/a>. Great job! Thank you for the feedback! I&#8217;m \u2063glad the summary\u200b met your expectations. If you need further \u2063assistance or more summaries, feel free to ask!  <\/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. Rob Menendez (D-NJ) Tuesday fended off a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3023080\/elections-new-jersey-new-mexico-dc-south-dakota\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-jr-issues-warning-to-gop-reps-unsupportive-of-president-trump\/\" title=\"Don Jr. issues warning to GOP reps. unsupportive of President Trump\">primary challenge<\/a><\/a> from Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla, setting the stage for a second term despite his father\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-ny-lawmaker-cuomo-should-still-be-impeached\/\" title=\"Democrat NY Lawmaker: Cuomo Should Still Be Impeached\">criminal indictment<\/a> looming over the family.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez won the primary for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/New-Jersey\/\">New Jersey\u2019s<\/a> 8th Congressional District after garnering 53.5% of the vote with 42% of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-on-pennsylvania-another-statistical-analysis-shows-roughly-300000-biden-votes-are-questionable\/\" title=\"More on Pennsylvania - Another Statistical Analysis Shows Roughly 300,000 Biden Votes Are Questionable\">vote counted<\/a>. The <em>Associated Press <\/em>called the race at 9:19 p.m., just over an hour after polls closed. <\/p>\n<p>Menendez faced two Democratic challengers for the nomination: Bhalla, who secured 36.2% of the vote, and Kyle Jasey, who came in third with 10.3%. Menendez\u2019s victory makes him the favorite to win the seat in November as New Jersey\u2019s 8th Congressional District is rated as D+22.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez\u2019s primary challenge came after initially being expected to secure a second term without much struggle. However, that changed after his father, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), was hit with a criminal indictment after allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes \u201cto use his official position to protect and enrich them and to benefit the Government of Egypt,\u201d according to the indictment. <\/p>\n<p>Rob Menendez has not been accused of any wrongdoing, nor has he been connected to his father\u2019s case. However, Democratic challengers sought to use his father\u2019s legal troubles as an opportunity to make him vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Menendez will go on to face Republican Anthony Valdes, who won his party\u2019s nomination for the seat without contention. <\/p>\n<p>The elder Menendez did not seek reelection as a Democrat to his Senate seat, but filed to run as an Independent in November. Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3028344\/andy-kim-victory-new-jersey-senate-primary-menendez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"won the Democratic nomination\">won the Democratic nomination<\/a> for the Senate race. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ) defeats Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla in the primary, poised for a second term despite his father&#8217;s indictment. Winning 53.5% of the vote in New Jersey\u2019s 8th Congressional District, with 42% counted, Menendez forges ahead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2259989,"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\/AP24156706629065-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2259988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24156706629065-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259988","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\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2259988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2259989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2259988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2259988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2259988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}