Voters on Tuesday also were choosing the state's 12-member congressional delegation, including selecting party nominees to replace two Republican incumbents retiring from the U.S. Republicans hold 51 seats, and Democrats control 49, including two independents. The race is sure to garner attention from outside the state because control of the U.S. Hugin has $4.5 million and loaned his campaign about $7.5 million. Menendez has about $5.6 million on hand, according to the Federal Election Commission.
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Hugin, who headed Celgene until this year, is largely self-financing his campaign and had broad GOP support against Brian Goldberg, an information technology professional and construction company executive. On Tuesday, he defeated Rahway publisher Lisa McCormick, who mounted a campaign for governor last year before backing another candidate. Menendez is running for his third six-year term after facing little primary competition in his previous two elections. Hugin appeared alongside Trump at the White House last year but has distanced himself from him since. Menendez and Hugin spent the primary campaign season offering a preview of the general election, hurling insults at one another while raking in millions of dollars in campaign contributions. chief executive Bob Hugin set the stage for New Jersey's only statewide race in November as President Donald Trump and national Republicans defend a narrowly divided Senate. Primary victories by Menendez and former Celgene Corp.
Bob Menendez had faced until it was dropped earlier this year, picked the two-term incumbent on Tuesday to represent their party in the fall campaign against a Republican former pharmaceutical executive. (CBS/AP) -Democratic voters, undeterred by a federal corruption case U.S.
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