NJ Politics Poised for Disruption by Kim’s Stunning Senate Run

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 ...