TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey voters are deciding between Democratic U.
S. Rep. Andy Kim and hotel developer Curtis Bashaw, a Republican, in to fill the Senate seat occupied until recently by Democrat Bob Menendez, who resigned following .
The Senate race has attracted attention because of Democrats’ razor-thin majority. There’s little margin of error for the party in a state like New Jersey, which hasn’t elected a Republican to the Senate in more than 50 years. “I very much feel the pressure to make sure that we’re delivering not just for New Jersey, but delivering a majority for this country so I can get the important things done,” Kim said recently.
The contest pits Kim, a three-term House member from New Jersey’s 3rd District, against Bashaw, a first-time candidate and businessman from Cape May. Four others including Green, Libertarian and Socialist party candidates are on the ballot. There’s little suspense surrounding New Jersey’s electoral votes in the contest between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump, who has golf courses across the state and once operated a casino empire in Atlantic City.
New Jersey hasn’t gone with a Republican for president since 1988. Kim, 42, was in 2018, defeating Republican Tom MacArthur, a Trump ally. He’s since been re-elected twice.
During the campaign, Kim said he would oppose tax breaks for the wealthy and support abortion rights. A former Obama administration nati.