After weeks of traveling across the Garden State, New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy and Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) can begin to focus on the primary election instead of gaining crucial county endorsements.
Murphy and Kim are looking to unseat indicted Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), who said he might run as an independent. New Jersey’s ballots allow party leaders to endorse their preferred candidates in what is known as the county line.
Over the course of the convention season, Kim won nine counties, including Sussex County, one of two counties in the state that does not use the county-line ballot. Murphy secured eight counties, but her counties have more weight in the primary as they are more populous.
Cumberland County delayed its county convention by two weeks. Cape May County did not endorse either candidate.
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