A three-term Congressman risks it all to bet on a Senate seat.
Rep. Andy Kim gazes up at the Capitol dome from the Rotunda on Jan. 6, 2023, the second anniversary of the insurrection by supporters of Donald Trump.A half dozen major players are considering campaigns to take Sen. Robert Menendez’s coveted Senate seat, knowing that he is politically dead whether he resigns or not.
But only one has explicitly joined the race, Rep. Andy Kim, who was also the first major player to demand the senator’s resignation. A 41-year-old father of two young boys, he took his seat in the 3rd District during the blue wave of 2018 and, scoring a landslide win in 2022 by 12 points over Republican Bob Healey.
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