#Hugin senate trial#
Much of the race to date has focused on ethics, with Hugin slamming Menendez for a federal corruption trial that has dogged the senator for years. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University. Klein, interim executive director of the William J. “With a two-point lead falling within the poll’s margin of error, the Senate race at this point is up for grabs,” said Michael W. If Menendez loses, Democrats would have an even more difficult path towards controlling the Senate starting in 2019. The closer-than-expected margin in recent polls – combined with Menendez’s struggles to emerge from the ethical cloud following last year’s federal corruption trial and Hugin’s willingness to spend millions of his own money – moves the race in CNN’s ratings from Likely Democratic to Lean Democratic. A Quinnipiac University poll released in late August found Menendez held a six-point lead.
The poll is the most recent to show a tight race in New Jersey. The poll of likely voters, released on Monday by Stockton University, found that Menendez, whose federal corruption trial ended in a mistrial last year, holds a two-point advantage over businessman Bob Hugin – 45% to 43% – a split that is within the poll’s margin of error. Bob Menendez is in a surprising dead heat with his Republican challenger in New Jersey’s Senate race, a new poll finds.
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