Senate Democrats missed chances to avoid a pair of 2023 political headaches

“We’re going to Jersey?”
Michael Corleone had played it mostly cool on the drive to the famous sit-down massacre scene in The Godfather. However, his mask slips briefly when the car threatens to head south to New York’s neighboring state, New Jersey.
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Many national Democrats are surely feeling that same irritation looking at their 2024 prospects in the Garden State today. What political handicappers would have considered a sure thing is now up in the air, and Democrats will have to spend national money holding a must-hold seat. That is if Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) wins renomination, as he faces a 2024 Senate Democratic primary challenge in New Jersey from Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ), who represents the outer Philadelphia suburbs 3rd Congressional District.
Democratic concerns over having to spend time and resources in New Jersey next year rose when Menendez, the state’s senior senator in Congress, was indicted, …