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Sen. Bob Menendez , who is federally accused of accepting gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for his influence as a senator, is reportedly mulling an independent reelection bid.He is now making calls to allies about his record and career and is preparing to collect petitions to run in November as an independent, the sources said. If Menendez were to run as a Democrat, he would need to come up with 1,000 signatures by March 25th — so time is not on his side.
Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez is considering running for re-election in November as an independent, sources say.The report comes days after Menendez entered a not-guilty plea to newly added charges in what has grown into an 18-count indictment, as the Associated Press. The fresh obstruction of justice charges to which he and his wife Nadine Menendez pleaded not guilty on Monday “are related to what prosecutors say were efforts to cover up the illegal bribes,” per the outlet.
In a post on X after NBC News’s report surfaced, Kim quickly made his case about why he should be the Democrat nominee, contending that if Menendez runs an independent campaign, Democrats must offer their best candidate in the general election. If Sen Menendez runs as an independent, Dems must put forward the strongest general election candidate. I’m a Dem that won a district Trump won twice and am currently appealing to independent voters by far bigger numbers than my competitors. I can win this Nov no matter what…“I can win this no matter what Menendez decides to do,” added Kim, who is backed by Sen. John Fetterman , one of Menendez’s most ardent critics, who has repeatedly called for his resignation.
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