Bob Hugin must feel bullish in the final stretch. Internal polling shared with the Washington Examiner shows the New Jersey Republican nipping at the heels of the ethically challenged incumbent, Sen. Bob Menendez.

“With just over three weeks until Election Day, our latest internal campaign survey continues to show Bob Hugin and Bob Menendez in a statistical dead heat,” reports a polling memo prepared by National Research Inc., “with Hugin at 40% and Menendez at 42%.”