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September 23, 2023

NJ Democratic US House member that is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Don Norcross
Andy Kim
Frank Pallone
Bonnie Watson Coleman.

Andy Kim represents a battleground US House district in NJ and is a rising star.

He will be the 1st NJ US Senator from Southern NJ.



September 23, 2023

Is Don Norcross whose brother chaired the Camden(Southern NJ) Democratic political machine going to

endorse Andy Kim?
Andy Kim has consolidated support in Southern and Central NJ.
Menendez,Gottheimer, and Sherrill will be competing in NJ.

September 23, 2023

Mikie Sherrill is the obvious choice for the 2024 NJ US Senate Election.

Sherrill’s NJ Congressional District is less Democratic than
Norcross,Pallone,Menendez Jr,Pascrell,Payne,and Watson Coleman.
Sherrill performed better in her US House race than Pallone and Pascrell.
Sherrill’s margin of victory in her US House race was much greater than Kim and Gottheimer margin of victory in their US House races.
Sherrill will be the 1st female US Senator from NJ.

September 23, 2023

Most populated counties in NJ.

Bergen
Essex
Middlesex

Essex is the most Democratic county in NJ.

Mikie Sherrill and Josh Gottheimer are the leading candidates to unseat Menendez in the Democratic primary.



September 23, 2023

Democratic US House members from NJ that will run for the US Senate in 2024.

Donald Norcross- former leader of labor unions. popular in Southern NJ.
Mikie Sherrill- a female with military credentials.
Andy Kim- former diplomat from Southern NJ.
Kim opposed pay raises for members of Congress, supported banning members of Congress from trading stock.

September 23, 2023

Has Cory Booker made any statements demanding Bob Menendez's resignation?

Does Alicia Menendez still have her job at MSNBC hosting American Voices?

Does Frank Pallone have any US Senate ambitions like Ed Markey of MA did?
Ed Markey had been serving in the US House since 1976. The MA US Senate seat was open in 1984 when Paul Tsongas retired. John Kerry took that seat, 2009 when Ted Kennedy died, Martha Coakley was the Democratic nominee for that seat who lost to Scott Brown who lost to Elizabeth Warren. 2013 John Kerry resigned to become US Secretary of State and was replaced by Ed Markey.

In NJ, Since Pallone been in the US House, NJ had open US Senate seat in 1996 when Bill Bradley retired, Bob Torricelli took that seat, 2000 when Frank Lautenberg retired, Jon Corzine took that seat, 2002 when Torricelli retired, Lautenberg took that seat, 2006 when Corzine resigned to become Governor, Bob Menendez took that seat, 2013 when Lautenberg died, Cory Booker took that seat. Pallone has been in the US House since 1988 making him the most senior Democratic member of the NJ US Congressional Delegation.





September 22, 2023

US Senate seats up for re-election in 2024 that the Democrats will win.

29)CA(Schiff-D or Porter-D)
30)HI(Hirono-D)
31)VT(Sanders-I)
32)MA(Warren-D)
33)MD(Alsobrooks-D)
34)NY(Gillibrand-D)
35)RI(Whitehouse-D)
36)CT(Murphy-D)
37)DE(Blunt Rochester-D)
38)MN(Klobuchar-D)
39)NM(Heinrich-D)
40)ME(King-I)
41)WA(Cantwell-D)
42)NJ(Menendez-D)
43)VA(Kaine-D)
44)PA(Casey-D)
45)WI(Baldwin-D)
46)MI(Slotkin-D)
47)AZ(Gallego-D)
48)NV(Rosen-D)
49)OH(Brown-D)
50)MT(Tester-D)


September 21, 2023

Which Republican held US Senate seat up for re-election in 2026 do the Democrats have a better

chance of winning?

ME(Collins-R vs Golden-D)
NC(Tillis-R vs Nickel-D) Jackson-D will be Attorney General then in 2028 will run for the US Senate against Budd.
Democrats hold every US Senate seat in the Biden states except ME(Collins-R) and WI(Johnson-R) which is up in 2028. Johnson(R-WI) will face either Sara Rodriguez-D or Sarah Godlewski-D.
AZ(Kelly-D and Gallego-D)
CA(Padilla-D and Schiff-D)
CO(Bennet-D and Hickenlooper-D)
CT(Blumenthal-D and Murphy-D)
DE(Coons-D and Blunt Rochester-D)
GA(Ossoff-D and Warnock-D)
HI(Schatz-D and Hirono-D)
IL(Durbin-D and Duckworth-D)
ME(King-I)
MD(Van Hollen-D and Alsobrooks-D)
MA(Warren-D and Markey-D)
MI(Peters-D and Slotkin-D)
MN(Klobuchar-D and Smith-D)
NV(Cortez Masto-D and Rosen-D)
NH(Shaheen-D and Hassan-D)
NJ(Menendez-D and Booker-D)
NM(Heinrich-D and Lujan-D)
NY(Schumer-D and Gillibrand-D)
OR(Wyden-D and Merkley-D)
PA(Casey-D and Fetterman-D)
RI(Reed-D and Whitehouse-D)
VT(Sanders-I and Welch-D)
VA(Warner-D and Kaine-D)
WA(Murray-D and Cantwell-D)
WI(Baldwin-D)
Democrats hold Trump state US Senate seats in
MT(Tester-D)
OH(Brown-D)
Democrats will pick up the 2 NC US Senate seats.

September 20, 2023

Who is your favorite Georgia Republican US House Member?

Bob Barr or Marjorie Taylor Greene?
Bob Barr was a pro Clinton impeachment during the Clinton’s term in office.
Bob Barr has been silent about the current Republican US House Members decision to hold an impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden.

September 20, 2023

Rank the battleground US Senate races the Democrats will win in 2024 by a wide to slim margin.

PA(Casey-D vs McCormick-R)
WI(Baldwin-D vs Clarke-R)
MI(Slotkin-D vs Rogers-R)
NV(Rosen-D vs Brown-R)
AZ(Gallego-D vs Lake-R)
OH(Brown-D vs LaRose-R)
MT(Tester-D vs Rosendale-R)

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