Senate candidate Tammy Murphy fighting with governor husband about controversial project

Published February 21, 2024 11:50am ET



New Jersey Senate hopeful Tammy Murphy publicly disagreed with Gov. Phil Murphy’s (D-NJ) plan for a controversial gas-fired power plant in Newark on Tuesday.

Tammy Murphy, who is running for a Senate seat currently held by embattled Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), said she has not spoken to her husband, the governor, about the project but that she personally did not approve of the plant’s location. 

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