Southern New Jersey developer Curtis Bashaw's Senate nomination over Donald Trump's preferred candidate in Tuesday's GOP primary and the possibility that embattled Sen. Bob Menendez's independent campaign could split Democrats have fueled fresh GOP hopes that they can put a reliably blue New Jersey 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 …TRENTON, N.J. — Southern New Jersey developer Curtis Bashaw’s Senate nomination over Donald Trump’s preferred candidate in Tuesday’s GOP primary and the possibility that embattled Sen.
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.
Bashaw has other upsides for the GOP: He poured nearly $1 million into his own campaign so far, according to Federal Election Commission records, and while he backs Trump, he drew a distinction between Trump’s effort to win back the White House and his Senate campaign in New Jersey. Republicans lost ground there during Trump’s one term in the White House, at one point holding just a single seat in the state’s 12-district congressional delegation.
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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