Rep. Andy Kim has already stunned New Jersey with his surging run for US Senate. Now he might turn the state’s entire political culture on its head.
Kim, a Democrat, scored an early victory Sunday when his chief primary rival, New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy, unexpectedly dropped out of the race.
But as soon as this week, a federal judge could also rule on Kim’s lawsuit seeking to eliminate “the Line,” a distinctive New Jersey practice that gives huge advantages to candidates who win county party endorsements—and in turn empowers political warlords who frequently control those endorsements, and ...