Is Sen. Menendez Up for a Fight in November?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 6, 2018

Kate Zernike, political reporter at The New York Times covering women in politics, and Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times columnist and author of Don't Stop the Presses! Truth, Justice, and the American Newspaper (Angel City Press, 2018), discuss Tuesday's Congressional primary results in eight states, including New Jersey and California.

New Jersey's Democratic establishment is still run by party bosses, who largely got behind Jeff Van Drew in District 2, says @kzernike
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 6, 2018

.@pattmlatimes: the US senate race in California showed the potential of the jungle primary that "Democrats had feared would happen"; now in the fall, there will be a Dem v Dem race, with the party spending money to run against itself
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 6, 2018

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