In Democratic New Jersey, Senate race is surprisingly tight

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UNION CITY, N.J. — For months, Republican Senate candidate Bob Hugin has assailed Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez in TV ads, calling the two-term incumbent corrupt because of now-dismissed federal corruption charges, whittling down the incumbent’s double-digit lead in the polls to single digits.

Now, with less than three months until voters go to the polls in Democratic-leaning New Jersey, where the Senate race is at the top of the ticket, Menendez is unleashing his own TV advertising fusillade, with two new 30-second spots this week criticizing the wealthy former pharmaceutical executive as greedy.

Both men, 64, grew up in Union City, the approximately square-mile city in Hudson County, just a short ride from New York across the Hudson River. It’s an old neighborhood brawl, but with national political implications.

“It’s frankly notable that I even have to pay attention to it,” said Jennifer Duffy, a senior editor at the Cook Political Report. New Jersey has about 900,000 more Democrats than Republicans and hasn’t elected a Republican to the Senate since 1972.

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