Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy formally announced Friday he would appoint his former chief of staff, George Helmy, to the U.S. Senate to replace resigning Sen. Bob Menendez. "George is the ideal ...
Unlike the other 12 senators who've taken office during Joe Biden's presidency, Helmy was sworn in by Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the Senate President Pro Tempore, instead of Kamala Harris ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey has a new U.S. senator after the August resignation of Democrat Bob Menendez.. Sen. George Helmy, a Democrat and former chief of staff to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, was sworn in on Monday and will serve in office for about two months until the November election.
Menendez, who has represented New Jersey in the Senate since 2006, announced last month he would resign on Aug. 20 following his conviction on corruption charges, including bribery and acting as ...
On July 23, Menendez announced he would resign from office on August 20. [104] Menendez later requested his name be removed from the ballot on August 16, ending his campaign. [ 105 ] On the same day, Murphy announced he would appoint George Helmy , his former chief of staff, to replace Menendez in the Senate. [ 106 ]
Within minutes of the guilty verdict on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for his resignation and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, who would name Menendez's replacement, said that the Senate should expel Menendez if he refused to step down. Expulsion, which requires a two-thirds majority, is an exceedingly rare step in the Senate.
Menendez was first appointed to his Senate seat in 2006, after serving 13 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. He then won election three times to the Senate. He earlier served in the New ...
Senator Ben Cardin will serve as chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, replacing Bob Menendez, who faces felony bribery charges, after the Senate agreed to a resolution on ...