SharePoll: US Senate race off to lackluster start in NJ
The Associated PressA new poll shows potential liabilities for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and for a Republican who hopes to take his seat.
The Monmouth University/NJ Press Media Poll out Thursday finds voters are lukewarm to Menendez, the incumbent Democrat seeking a second six-year term. It also shows 80 percent of respondents don't know GOP challenger Joe Kyrillos (KIR'-ill-ohs), the veteran state senator from Monmouth County who launched his campaign last week.
Four in 10 voters approve of the job Menendez is doing.
But only 21 percent say he should be re-elected. Roughly one-third say he should be defeated, while nearly half had no opinion.
The telephone poll of 709 voters was conducted from Jan. 31-Feb. 4. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.
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