UNION CITY, N.J. – Bob Menendez launched his 2018 U.S. Senate re-election campaign on Wednesday at an event which seemed almost surreal in light of the career Democrat politician’s narrow escape from prison thanks to a November 2017 mistrial declaration.
Menendez’s likely November opponent — Republican Bob Hugin — doesn’t intend to let Menendez help voters forget.
The former Celgene CEO and presumptive GOP nominee released a minute-long attack web ad on Wednesday which chronicles Menendez’s legal troubles and urges viewers to remember that Menendez “disgraced New Jersey.”
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