Tammy Murphy for Senate: New Jersey First Lady speaks at rally and announces candidacy

And, for once, we agree. First of all, it’s a public office, not a family inheritance. Second, I hope Mr. & Mrs. Murphy can appreciate the significance of the moment. In the space of 24 hours, they went from calling for my resignation after over two years of maintaining my innocence and my absolute intent to fight any false charges against me, while they ignore or wave off questions about their years-long, significant growth into a political funding platform,” Menendez wrote in a statement.” What’s changed? What brought these allegations and charges back to the surface? I can assure New Jerseyans it has nothing to do with what’s best for our state,” he continued.”I don’t think they should choose from inside the state. I do think we have qualities in New Jersey and a few tough women. So I hope that my colleagues will consider candidates that we put in front of them.”Tammy Murphy told NorthJersey.com and The Record on Wednesday morning that she wasn’t concerned about Menendez tapping his significant power on Capitol Hill to thwart her race. “I am a friend of Bob’s and I understand that he might look at this differently,” she said, before quickly adding “But as I’ve said before&rdq…