Bob Menendez Files For Reelection As Independent

The New Jersey Globe reports:

The New Jersey Globe has learned that Bob Menendez will enter the race for the United States Senate today, filing nominating petitions in Trenton to seek re-election to a fourth term as an independent.

Menendez will not deliver the petitions himself; he is in Lower Manhattan for the twelfth day of his federal corruption trial. He will have a friend deliver them to the state Division of Elections.

NBC News reported last week that Menendez had obtained the 800 signatures he needed. The New Jersey Globe has confirmed that Menendez has no campaign staff and is managing his own race.

Read the full article. Rep. Andy Kim is expected to easily win tomorrow’s Democratic primary.

Scoop: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez will file today as an Independent Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.
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— David Wildstein (@wildstein) June 3, 2024

New: Rep. Andy Kim, the likely Democratic nominee for Senate in NJ, responds to Sen. Bob Menendez expected move to file for re-election as an independent: pic.twitter.com/Nd9AN0wR4j

— Greg Krieg (@GregJKrieg) June 3, 2024