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Power & Politics: Breaking down the first Andy Kim-Curtis Bashaw debate

Ashley Koning discusses the first Senate debate and Republican congressional candidate Carmen Bucco joins the show.

News 12 Staff

Oct 12, 2024, 3:42 PM

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Democrat Rep. Andy Kim and Republican Curtis Bashaw mixed it up in their first debate. So, how'd they do? Ashley Koning, director of the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, breaks it down and says who she thinks had a better showing.

Also – last week, News 12 spoke with LaMonica McIver, who won the special election in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District to serve out the rest of the late Rep. Donald Payne Jr's term. This week, Republican challenger Carmen Bucco joins the show.

Also, Rep. Josh Gottheimer is leading a bipartisan resolution commemorating the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack in Israel. A family in his district is praying for their son who has been held hostage for more than year.

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