Those favors really did include securing visas for the donor’s girlfriends. Hugin’s attacks have worked, up to a point, because Menendez really did do political favors for an eye doctor who was later convicted of a $73-million Medicare fraud. Hugin has spent $30 million on ads attacking Menendez, but there’s no amount of money that would convince New Jersey Democrats-who outnumber Republicans by 900,000-to abandon their Democratic senator in normal circumstances. But the new poll is still an outlier, and even if it’s not, it’s far too late to be much help-Menendez’s campaign has been a self-inflicted crisis that has cost Democrats dearly. That result is perhaps especially reassuring for Democrats, because it was an earlier Stockton poll, showing Menendez up by just two points, that really sent liberal anxieties into overdrive. In several competitive congressional districts, internal polls show votes for Menendez running far behind support for a generic Democrat, one strategist said.Ī Friday poll from Stockton University put Menendez up 12-the first double-digit lead he’s had all year. Menendez, running in a state that has 900,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans, is now struggling to hold on to areas where he should have massive support, some said.
Hugin’s relentless attacks, which took a dark turn the last three weeks, have chipped away at the scandal-scarred senator’s standing with suburban voters and women, some strategists said. Notice the signs: STOP TRUMP, VOTE MENENDEZ /UMnCLGJvvaīooker is helping out Menendez because Menendez needs the help. (Menendez’s case ended in a mistrial a judge later acquitted him of seven charges and the feds eventually dropped the rest.) So likely 2020 presidential candidate Cory Booker probably had places he’d rather be on Saturday, but duty called:īob Menendez kicking off a canvass in Essex County, after praising Cory Booker as “a man who could be the next president of the United States.” Bob Menendez, who is running for a third term against Republican pharmaceutical executive Bob Hugin after being indicted on federal corruption charges. New Jersey, which went to Hillary Clinton by 14 points in 2016, is a state Democrats should have had locked up months ago instead they’ve been forced to embark on a rescue mission to save embattled incumbent Sen.
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