Curtis Bashaw’s Senate nomination over Donald Trump’s preferred candidate in the New Jersey Republican Senate primary and the chance that Sen. Bob Menendez’s independent campaign could split Democrats is fueling GOP hopes they can put a reliably Democratic Senate seat in play this fall.
The photo shows Republican Senate candidate Curtis Bashaw at a lectern speaking Tuesday June 4, 2024, at the Congress Hall hotel in Cape May, N.J. Bashaw defeated Mendham Borough Mayor Christine Serrano Glassner in Tuesday’s primary despite her endorsement by Donald Trump . FILE - Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves the Manhattan federal court after the second day of jury selection in his trial, Tuesday, May, 14, 2024, in New York.
Kim, who has shown a knack for holding his own in the rough-and-tumble world of New Jersey politics, easily won the Democratic nomination in Tuesday’s primaries. Menendez, a longtime Democrat, filed to run as an independent in the fall but is currently in New York federal court on corruption charges. He’s pleaded not guilty.
Kim’s campaign met resistance when first lady Tammy Murphy entered the race and locked up party establishment support. That sparked a lawsuit from Kim and others aiming to topple the state’s unique primary ballot, which gave preferential positioning to candidates with party boss support. “I don’t think that any other Democrat in New Jersey would be able to be stronger than we are in terms of being able to step up against Republicans,” Kim said. “Our message right now — standing up against corruption, standing up against broken politics — it’s going to work very strong against Senator Menendez as well as a Senate candidate that backs a convicted felon.”
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