After about four months on the trail, first lady Tammy Murphy suspended her campaign for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate.

In a video posted to social media, Murphy said that she wanted to make sure voters heard from her directly.

“After many busy invigorating and yes challenging months I’m suspending my senate campaign today,” Murphy said. “I’ve been genuine and factual throughout but it is clear to me that continuing in this race will involve waging a very divisive and negative campaign which I am not willing to do.”

She went in to say that with “so much at stake” she will not “waste resources tearing down a fellow Democrat.”

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Murphy was set to square off against Rep. Andy Kim in a June primary. Both announced their campaigns in the aftermath of the federal charges against Sen. Bob Menendez.

In the viep, Murphy said New Jersey’s next senator “must focus on the issues of our time” and that the “best thing we can do for New Jersey is to unite and focus on the real issues at hand.”

She also said that she will continue to work to get President Joe Biden re-elected as well as secure Democratic victories “up and down the ballot.”

Murphy does not mention Kim at all in the more than three-minute long video, which was posted on social media channels Sunday afternoon.

This is a developing story. Check for updates.

Katie Sobko covers the New Jersey Statehouse. Email: sobko@northjersey.com

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