Phil Murphy’s wife Tammy enters New Jersey Senate race to unseat Bob Menendez

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FILE – New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy arrives at the Statehouse Assembly chambers prior to Gov. Phil Murphy’s first State of the State address, Jan. 15, 2019, in Trenton, N.J. Murphy on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, launched a bid for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in next year’s contest. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) Julio Cortez/AP

Phil Murphy’s wife Tammy enters New Jersey Senate race to unseat Bob Menendez

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Tammy Murphy, the wife of Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ), announced her Senate campaign on Wednesday to unseat Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) in 2024.

Murphy announced in a video on X (formerly Twitter) that she is running to “fight for New Jersey, our families and our democracy.” She joined Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) in the Democratic primary to replace Menendez.

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The embattled Democratic senator faces federal bribery charges in connection with New Jersey businessmen and charges related to conspiring to act as a foreign agent on behalf of the Egyptian government.

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