DEMOCRATS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NEW JERSEY | “Going into 2018, the Senate electoral map gave Democrats a lot to worry about…Though the Democrats’ prospects have improved, no one thought Senator Robert Menendez’s New Jersey seat was anything but a safe bet that Democrats could take for granted while they battled to hold on elsewhere.” (Jonathan Tobin, National Review, The Democrats’ Menendez Problem, 05/26/18)

DEMOCRATS ADMIT MENENDEZ IS A PROBLEM | “Community newspaper publisher Lisa McCormick, challenging Menendez, calls the incumbent ‘corrupt and ineffectual.’”(Jonathan Salant, Star-Ledger, Hold onto your hats, Jersey! We’re in for one nasty Senate race between Menendez and Hugin, 06/03/18)

MENENDEZ DISMISSES HIS OWN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY | “Menendez dismissed the concerns. ‘Obviously, these people are devoid of any positive ideas and that negativity at the end of the day is not the way I believe at the end of the day people are going to make a decision about who they want to have represent them in the United States Senate and who’s going to fight for them every day,’ Menendez said.” (Jonathan Salant, Star-Ledger, Hold onto your hats, Jersey! We’re in for one nasty Senate race between Menendez and Hugin, 06/03/18)

MENENDEZ ISSUES LARGER THAN PARTISAN POLITICS | “Looming over the race are Menendez’s ethical issues, which Hugin said led him to enter the race… The Senate Ethics Committee “severely admonished” Menendez in April for accepting gifts from a friend and campaign donor, Dr. Salomon Melgen, while intervening with federal agencies on his behalf. The ethics panel acted after the U.S. Justice Department unsuccessfully prosecuted Menendez on corruption charges.” (Jonathan Salant, Star-Ledger, Hold onto your hats, Jersey! We’re in for one nasty Senate race between Menendez and Hugin, 06/03/18)

MENENDEZ IN “SERIOUS TROUBLE” | “New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez appears to be heading into some serious trouble in the November midterm elections, and few are taking notice.” (Robert Donachie, Daily Caller,Bob Menendez Is Severely Under Water In NJ Senate Race, 05/30/18)

DEMOCRATS KNOW MENENDEZ IS SOMETHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT | “(Lisa) McCormick, too, has gone after Menendez on ethics.  ‘I wasn’t indicted, I’m not a senator for 25 years,” McCormick said. “You’re involved in politics for a long period of time, you’re likely to get corrupted. We really can’t afford to lose a Democratic seat in Congress,” said McCormick, 49. “We have to put up better candidates in order not to do that.’” (Jonathan Salant, Star-Ledger, Hold onto your hats, Jersey! We’re in for one nasty Senate race between Menendez and Hugin, 06/03/18)

PREVIOUSLY MENENDEZ UNDERWATER…NOW DROWNING | “When his case ended, polls showed that a majority of New Jersey voters didn’t think Menendez deserved reelection. The Fairleigh Dickinson poll shows that he is still underwater with a 39–33 unfavorable rating. Meanwhile Hugin, a relatively unknown pharmaceutical executive, has a 19–10 favorable rating.” (Jonathan Tobin, National Review, The Democrats’ Menendez Problem, 05/26/18)