U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez said he's the victim of a smear campaign, but Gov. Phil Murphy and other top Democrats say the charges cannot be ignored.
— in the state. If Menendez doesn’t leave, those leaders could deny him the line and field a candidate to challenge him for the party’s nomination.Murphy could appoint to temporarily replace Menendez should he step down. Some of them could also be in play if top Democrats want to force a primary fight.“Democrats don’t want to do that,” the Rowan professor said. “Strategically, that’s something Democrats really want to avoid.”“I don’t think we have any choice,” she said.
This is also also unfolding less than two months before all 120 seats in the Democratic-controlled state Legislature are on the ballot, and Democrats are likely looking to avoid added controversy two years after Republicans surprisinglyBooker, a fellow Democrat and the state’s junior senator in Washington, did not issue a statement when the calls for resignation stacked up like cord wood late Friday.
Who knows what he’s saying in private. One Democratic operative, who declined to be identified to be able to reveal what party leaders are thinking, said Friday it’s unclear “what the House or Senate will do” and Schumer could tell Menendez “it’s over.”
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