After a lengthy, seven-month wait, Gov. Phil Murphy finally endorsed Democrat Andy Kim by name on Saturday, although he had strongly hinted at it during a previous radio appearance.
“Today, I cast my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Waltz for POTUS and VP, Andy Kim for Senate, Frank Pallone for Congress, and Dems down the ballot,” Murphy said on Saturday — the first time Murphy has said he’d vote for Kim. In the past, Murphy has merely just that he would support the entire Democratic ticket.
There has been bad blood between Murphy and Kim since the three-term congressman defeated the governor’s wife for the Democratic nomination for Senate two months before the Democratic primary.
Murphy voted in Middletown on the first of a nine-day early voting period that he helped establish.
After the election is certified, interim U.S. Senator George Helmy has agreed to step down so Murphy can appoint the winner of the November general election.