Senator Who? Menendez Holds Press Release Record, but Earns Blanks in New Jersey
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Voters in New Jersey don’t have much to say about their junior U.S. senator, Democrat Robert Menendez, even though he was a press release machine last year.
In 2010, Menendez’s office distributed 773 news announcements, a rate of more than two a day. This total was 147 more than the second place finisher, Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma), who put out 626.
Menendez’s volume of press releases has not made him more familiar with New Jersey voters. A recent Rutgers-Eagleton poll showed that even though he has been in office five years, 38% surveyed had no opinion of him. Another 34% did view him favorably, while 28% had an unfavorable opinion.
-Noel Brinkerhoff
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