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>>> AMERICA HAS A NEW SENATOR,

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>>> AMERICA HAS A NEW SENATOR,

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YOU MIGHT NOT OF NOTICED THAT

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GEORGE HELD ME, SENATE STAFFER

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WAS SWORN IN EARLIER THIS MONTH

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TO FILL NEW JERSEY’S OPEN

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SENATE SEAT AFTER ROBERT

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MENENDEZ WAS SIGNED FOLLOWING

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HIS CONVICTION ON FEDERAL

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CORRUPTION CHARGES.

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MENENDEZ WAS INDICTED ONE YEAR

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AGO YESTERDAY.

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AT THE TIME, HE REFUSED TO

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RESIGN OR NOT RUN FOR

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REELECTION.

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THE VERY NEXT DAY, COUNCILMAN

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ANDY KIM SAID HE WOULD

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CHALLENGE MENENDEZ IN THE

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PRIMARY.

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43 DAYS TO GO, ANDY KIM IS VERY

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LIKELY ON HIS WAY TO BECOMING

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THE NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR
FROM NEW JERSEY.

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FROM NEW JERSEY.

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JOINING US NOW IS CONGRESSMAN

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ANDY KIM.

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CONGRESSMAN, SEPTEMBER 23rd,

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2023, PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR JOHN

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FETTERMAN WAS THE LONE SENATOR

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CALLING FOR MENENDEZ TO RESIGN.
AS YOU FACE LOW BACK FROM

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AS YOU FACE LOW BACK FROM

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DEMOCRATS THEM, OR STILL, FOR

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RUNNING THE RACE YOU ARE

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RUNNING?

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>> YEAH, JONATHAN, I CAN TELL

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YOU, I CERTAINLY WAS NOT

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PLANNING TO STEP UP TO RUN FOR

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SENATE A YEAR AGO, AND YOU

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KNOW, LOOK, I DIDN’T DO THE

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USUAL THING OF ASKING FOR

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PERMISSION OR KISSING ANY RINGS

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BUT YOU KNOW WE REALLY NEED TO

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MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SHOWING

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THERE’S A NEW ERA OF POLITICS

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IN NEW JERSEY.

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SO YES, THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN

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VERY DRAMATIC BUT WHAT I WILL

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SAY IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO

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CHANGE NOT JUST THE COURSE OF

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THE SENATE RACE BUT TO CHANGE

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THE COURSE OF POLITICS IN NEW

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JERSEY, TAKING ON THE MACHINE,
CHANGING SO MUCH OF THE BROKEN

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CHANGING SO MUCH OF THE BROKEN

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SYSTEM THAT LEADS TO SO MUCH OF

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THE CORRUPTION THAT JUST IS

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LEADING TO SO MUCH OF THE

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DISTRUST IN GOVERNMENT.

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I’M PROUD OF WHAT WE ARE ABLE

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TO ACCOMPLISH.

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>> LOCAL NEWSPAPERS REPORT THAT

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GEORGE HELD HE WILL STEP DOWN

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AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AND

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GOVERNOR MURPHY WILL APPOINT

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THE WINNER TO THE SEAT.

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IS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT

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YOU COULD BECOME A SENATOR A

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LOT SOONER THAN TO THE NOVEMBER

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WINNERS WHO WILL BE SWORN IN,

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IN JANUARY?

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>> THAT’S MY UNDERSTANDING AS

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WELL, IT’S 50 YEARS SINCE MY
PARENTS EMIGRATED FROM SOUTH

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PARENTS EMIGRATED FROM SOUTH

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KOREA AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO

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CELEBRATE THAT BY HOPEFULLY ME

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BEING SWORN IN AS A STATE

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SENATOR.

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I HOPE PEOPLE VISIT .

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>> HOW EXCITED ARE YOUR

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PARENTS?

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>> THIS IS REAL, I’LL BE THE

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FIRST KOREAN AMERICAN EVER IN