New Jersey Democratic Rep. Andy Kim announced Saturday that he’ll run next year against Sen. Bob Menendez in the wake of the senator’s indictment and refusal to step down.

“After calls to resign, Senator Menendez said ‘I am not going anywhere.’ As a result, I feel compelled to run against him. Not something I expected to do, but NJ deserves better. We cannot jeopardize the Senate or compromise our integrity,” Kim posted on X, the platform previously known as Twitter.

Kim has been representing New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes suburbs east of Trenton, since 2019. He won reelection last November by more than 10 percentage points.

  • @Ensign_Crab
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    211 year ago

    So, Andy Kim is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

    We already know the Democratic Party will use incumbency as an excuse to prop up an anti-choice candidate if they are challenged by a progressive. Let’s see if it’s used as an excuse to prop up an openly corrupt candidate as well.

    • @Twentytwodividedby7
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      151 year ago

      Why do we already know that? The democrats, unlike Republicans, generally crack down on stuff like this pretty quickly. I mean look at Gov Cuomo or Al Franken.

      I wouldn’t be surprised if he steps down in the coming weeks

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      • @Ensign_Crab
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        -21 year ago

        We already know the Democratic Party will use incumbency as an excuse to prop up an anti-choice candidate if they are challenged by a progressive.

        Why do we already know that?

        Henry Cuellar is how we know.