Menendez drops out of Democratic Primary. 

Yesterday, the embattled New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez announced that he will not run in the upcoming Democratic senate race. According to a report in the New York Times, Menendez realized that due to the international bribery charges he was facing, he was unlikely to win the primary with the democratic party distancing themselves from him. However, according to a report in The Hill, there are strong rumors that Menendez may attempt to run for senate as an independent. Menendez has June 4^th to obtain the minimum 800 signatures needed to mount a campaign.  Given the scandal surrounding Menendez, I don’t see how he can run again for senate. Surely, his political career is over at this point.