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Payne reaffirms decision not to call for Menendez to resign

September 29, 2023 3:52 pmSeptember 29, 2023 5:27 pm

Asked today about the federal charges against Senator Bob Menendez, Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-Newark) once again declined to call on the senator to resign, making him one of the few top New Jersey Democrats to do so. “I think...

Norcross won’t rule out Senate bid

September 26, 2023 7:47 pmSeptember 26, 2023 7:49 pm

Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) is not ruling out running for the U.S. Senate in 2024, leaving the door open to a potential Democratic primary challenge against indicted Senator Bob Menendez. “The idea of representing the working men and women from...

Booker calls on Menendez to resign

September 26, 2023 11:18 amSeptember 26, 2023 9:46 pm

U.S. Senator Cory Booker has broken his silence on fellow Senator Bob Menendez’s indictment on federal corruption charges, releasing a statement this morning saying that Menendez should resign. “Stepping down is not an admission of guilt but an acknowledgment that...

A resolute Menendez says he isn’t going anywhere

September 25, 2023 12:12 pmSeptember 25, 2023 12:39 pm

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, facing federal corruption charges and widespread calls for his resignation, was defiant at an event in Union City today, saying that he has no intentions of stepping down. “The allegations leveled against me are just that...

Kim says he wants to end the county line

September 25, 2023 9:00 amSeptember 25, 2023 3:16 pm

In a wide-ranging interview with the New Jersey Globe last week, Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) said that he’d support ending the county organizational line system, which gives county political parties in New Jersey tremendous power through the design of primary...

Six members of N.J.’s congressional delegation have called for Menendez’s resignation so far

September 23, 2023 12:33 amSeptember 23, 2023 7:14 pm

Seven members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation have thus far called for the resignation of Senator Bob Menendez following Menendez’s indictment on federal corruption charges: Reps. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown), Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair), Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson), Frank Pallone (D-Long Branch), Donald...

With Menendez under indictment, what’s going to happen to his Senate seat?

September 22, 2023 11:52 amSeptember 23, 2023 12:35 am

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was indicted today on federal bribery charges, sending shockwaves through the political worlds of both New Jersey and Washington D.C. The ensuing legal proceedings to determine Menendez’s guilt or innocence could, of course, take years to...