Christine Blasey Ford is not only to be believed, but as my friend said, she is a hero.” I am more confident than ever that Brett Kavanaugh is not fit to serve on the Supreme Court. Mendendez tweeted in September, “Two takeaways from today’s hearings: 1. Menendez said Kavanaugh should not serve on the Supreme Court and that he believes California psychology Professor Christine Blasey Ford, who accuses Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were both in high school in the 1980s. Menendez has attacked Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh despite corroborated evidence from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that suggested he engaged in sexual misconduct. Melgen, Menendez’s co-defendant in the public corruption case, was convicted on 67 felony counts of Medicare fraud in April 2017. In January, the DOJ dropped the charges against Menendez.ĭr.
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Menendez’s first trial ended in a mistrial in November when the jury could not reach a unanimous decision. Salmon Melgen, was indicted on public corruption charges in April 2015 by the Department of Justice (DOJ). Menendez, along with his friend and political donor, Dr. Trump won New Jersey by 13 points during the presidential election, although the Real Clear Politics poll average has Menendez’s lead at 8.3 points and trending downwards.īreitbart News has documented Sen. New Jersey has traditionally served as a deep blue state the last time New Jersey elected a Republican to the Senate was when they chose Clifford Case in 1972, 46 years ago.
Independents support Hugin over Menendez by a four-to-three margin. Eighty-eight percent of Republicans support Hugin, while only 80 percent of Democrats support the incumbent Democrat senator. However, with so many voters still unfamiliar with the Republican, Menendez will likely try to define his challenger in negative terms,” Klein added.įifty-nine percent of voters say that the corruption charges against Menendez play an extremely important or a significant factor in their vote for the U.S. “Bob Hugin has been attacking Senator Menendez on ethics with a heavy advertising campaign. Michael Klein, the executive director of the Stockon University center for polling, said in a statement on Monday, “With a two-point lead falling within the poll’s margin of error, the Senate race at this point is up for grabs.” Hugin, in contrast, has a 13 percent net favorability rating, though 43 percent of New Jerseyans said they were not familiar with him. Menendez, who was reprimanded by a Senate ethics panel after corruption charges were dismissed following a mistrial, has a net 24 percent unfavorability rating. The poll has a 4.25 percent margin of error, making this is a dead tie between Hugin and Menendez. Libertarian candidate Murray Sabrin has three percent support. The Stockon survey found that Menendez leads against Hugin by two points-45 to 43 percent-only five weeks before the November midterm election.
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