The political landscape in New Jersey could be changing. Menendez and his wife are accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gold bars in exchange of official acts.
"I think gold bars is a little bit, it's a bit much. That's just, like, a whole another level of corruption," Jersey City resident Keely Richardson said. Before the indictment, Menendez faced at least two challengers in next year's election: Kyle Jasey of Jersey City is a political newcomer who works in real estate, and Christine Serrano Glassner is the Republican mayor of Mendham Borough.
"I think this kind of hammers home the point to a lot of New Jerseyans that it's time for a change. You know, once again we've been embarrassed on the national stage," Jasey said. "And a lot of those top contenders are already serving seats within New Jersey. Whether it's somebody like Mikie Sherrill, or Josh Gottheimer, or Andy Kim," Ashley Koning said. Koning is the director of the Rutgers Eagleton poll.
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