Menendez endorsed by Baraka in NJ-8 Democratic primary – New Jersey Globe

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has endorsed Robert J. Menendez for the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s eighth district, which incorporates components of the North and East Wards of the state’s largest metropolis.

“Newark is a metropolis of working households, and Rob has made strengthening households the core of his marketing campaign,” Baraka stated.  “With Rob as one in all our two members of Congress, Newark shall be well-represented in Washington.”

Menendez, a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the son of U.S. Senate International Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez, is looking for the open seat of Rep. Albio Sires, who is just not looking for re-election after almost 16 years within the Home.

“Rob will make sure that Newark advantages from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation, and he’ll help Democratic efforts to increase youngster care, spend money on inexpensive housing, and different laws that’s vital to our metropolis’s success,” said Baraka.  “I stay up for working with Rob on making certain that Newark’s renaissance continues for years to return.”

In flip, Menendez referred to as the lately re-elected Baraka “a transformative chief for the Metropolis of Newark.”

“Our marketing campaign is one which facilities on the wants of households in our district,’ he stated. “I’ll at all times pursue an agenda that gives actual and tangible outcomes for the residents of our district, together with these in Newark.”

Menendez has the group line in Essex County, together with Hudson and Union.