Untouched Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez filed a petition Monday to get at the U.S. Senate poll within the Ground Condition as an sovereign candidate.
In a remark on Monday, Menendez mentioned he submitted greater than plethora signatures to run and that he intends to proceed doing his paintings as an “independent Democrat.”
He had 2,465 signatures on his petition, in line with the Untouched Jersey Area of Condition.
Detached applicants want 800 signatures to get at the U.S. Senate common election poll in Untouched Jersey.
The closing date to record signatures is 4 p.m. on Tuesday, which may be the pace of Untouched Jersey’s partisan primaries.
Menendez additionally addressed his ongoing corruption trial, the place he’s accused of accepting money, gold bars, luxurious wristwatches and alternative perks from Untouched Jersey businessmen in alternate for reliable favors to profit the businessmen and the governments of Egypt and Qatar.
Menendez, 70, has denied all wrongdoing and prior to now referred to as the prosecution “overzealous.”
“I am more confident than ever that New Jerseyans and the rest of the American public will see me exonerated of what I am being accused of, and I will be re-elected to the Senate once again,” Menendez wrote.
Senator Bob Menendez, Democrat of Untouched Jersey, departs Ny Federal Court docket in Untouched York Town on Might 14, 2024.
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Menendez made up our minds to not run in Untouched Jersey’s Democratic Senate number one day beneath indictment. He mentioned in March he wouldn’t search every other time period as a Democrat however left observable the potential for operating in November as an sovereign.
“I will not file for the Democratic primary this June,” he mentioned in a video remark on the while. “I am hopeful that my exoneration will take place this summer and allow me to pursue my candidacy as an independent Democrat in the general election.”
ABC Information reached out to Menendez’s marketing campaign and place of business for remark.
In a remark to ABC Information, Rep. Andy Kim, who’s operating within the Democratic Senate number one and entered the race closing fall in line with Menendez’s indictment, wrote: “Americans are fed up with politicians putting their own personal benefit ahead of what’s right for the country. Everyone knows Bob Menendez isn’t running for the people of New Jersey, he’s doing it for himself. It’s beyond time for change and I’m stepping up to restore integrity back into the U.S. Senate.”
The Untouched Jersey Globe used to be the primary to record on Menendez’s plans to record as an sovereign candidate.
