Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) won the New Jersey Senate race to replace ex-Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) in the upper chamber, a positive development as Democrats battle to hang on to their Senate majority. The Associated Press called the race for Kim at 8 p.

The race for the Senate seat once occupied by former Sen. Bob Menendez saw Democrat Andy Kim winning over Republican candidate Curtis Bashaw.

Democrat Andy Kim was won his bid for the U.S. Senate, and will become the first Korean-American elected to the Senate and its third-youngest member.