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Andy Kim and Curtis Bashaw clash over abortion and immigration in New Jersey Senate debate
NUTLEY, N.J. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Andy Kim and Republican Curtis Bashaw clashed over abortion and immigration Sunday in their first debate for New Jersey’s Senate seat, open this year after Bob Menendez’s conviction on bribery charges and resignation. Kim, a three-term...
Indicted New York City mayor adopts familiar defense: He was targeted for his politics
For months, New York City Mayor Eric Adams — a former cop — refused to criticize the federal authorities investigating his administration. Not anymore. The day news of his indictment on corruption charges broke, Adams defiantly suggested, without providing...
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Jersey's special congressional election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District will choose a successor on Wednesday to the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., who died in April after more than 11 years in office. Running to replace him are Democrat LaMonica McIver, president of the...
New Jersey Democrat George Helmy sworn in as replacement for Menendez in the Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey has a new U.S. senator after the August resignation of Democrat Bob Menendez. Sen. George Helmy, a Democrat and former chief of staff to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, was sworn in on Monday and will serve in office for about two months until the November...
The New Jersey developer convicted with Bob Menendez pleads guilty to bank fraud
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey real estate developer convicted alongside Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez this summer pleaded guilty to a separate bank fraud charge, prosecutors said Thursday. Fred Daibes, 67, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Newark, the U.S. Attorney's...
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez resigns from Senate after bribery convictions
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez's Senate career came to a close Tuesday, capping roughly five decades in Democratic politics that took him from the local school board to chair of the influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee, just over a month after a jury convicted him on...
New Jersey governor's former chief of staff to replace Menendez, but only until November election
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday tapped his former chief of staff to temporarily replace convicted U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and said he will appoint whoever wins the post in November as soon as election results are certified. Democratic Rep. Andy...
Bob Menendez to be replaced by New Jersey governor's former top aide, AP source says
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy will name his former chief of staff George Helmy to serve as interim senator when Bob Menendez resigns later this month after his conviction on federal bribery charges, according to a person familiar with the decision. ...
New Jersey school is removing Sen. Bob Menendez's name from its building
WEST NEW YORK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey elementary school will remove Sen. Bob Menendez's name from its building after his conviction on federal bribery charges. A spokesperson for West New York Mayor Albio Sires confirmed on Wednesday that the name will be down before the start...
US Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey is resigning from office following his corruption conviction
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez will resign Aug. 20 following his conviction for taking bribes for corrupt acts including acting as an agent of the Egyptian government, he wrote in a letter to New Jersey's governor obtained by The Associated Press. Menendez had insisted...
