Nobody Saw Andy Kim Coming. That’s What He Was Counting On.

Key Facts

• Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Mr. Kim, the New Jersey congressman, has become the odds-on favorite to win Robert Menendez’s Senate seat.
• Everyone present assumed that Mr. Kim would announce his intention to challenge Mr. Menendez for his Senate seat.
• Zack Carroll, who was Mr. Kim’s campaign manager during his first race for Congress in 2018, told the group that a typical campaign launch takes six weeks.
• And Mr. Kim would need the blessing of political bosses across the state, an especially urgent task in New Jersey, where local party leaders have held enormous sway over primary elections for generations.

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