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The 2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 7, 2006. Bob Menendez, who had served as an interim appointee, was elected to a six-year term in office. He defeated Republican Thomas Kean Jr. in the general election.
The seat was previously held by Democrat Jon Corzine, who resigned in January 2006 after being sworn in as Governor of New Jersey and appointed Menendez, a U.S. Representative, to the vacant seat. Filing for the primary closed on April 10. The primary election was held June 6.[1] Menendez and Kean both survived nominal intra-party challenges.
Menendez was the first Latino elected to statewide office. As of 2024, this is the most recent U.S. Senate election in New Jersey decided by a single-digit percentage margin.
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- ^ New Jersey Election Deadlines, Politics1.com, accessed June 7, 2006