Democratic Rep. Andy Kim won New Jersey's Senate race over Republican hotelier Curtis Bashaw on Tuesday, succeeding Bob Menendez, who resigned this year after a federal bribery conviction. Kim, a three-term congressman, becomes the first Korean-American to be elected to the Senate. He declared his run for the Senate a day after prosecutors indicted Menendez in 2023 and successfully fended off a primary challenge from the state's first lady, Tammy Murphy. He gained national attention after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection for cleaning up the Capitol. declared Kim the winner at 8:00 p.m. EST.