Morning Digest: What Bob Menendez's conviction means for New Jersey's Senate race

_{The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.}

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● NJ-Sen: New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted in federal court Tuesday on all 16 counts of corruption he was charged with last year and is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 29. However, while it remains likely that Rep. Andy Kim, who won the Democratic primary for Menendez's Senate seat in June, will succeed the incumbent in the 119th Congress, there are many questions about just what will happen next.