Bob Menendez beats Republican Bob Hugin in tight N.J. Senate election

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

39% : Some political observers wondered why the party had not supported a more viable candidate.Menendez barely seemed to try to improve his image with voters, instead using his resources to attack Hugin and argue that the Affordable Care Act's protections for people with preexisting medical conditions and the fate of Social Security and Medicare were at stake in the election.

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