"I am pro-choice, pro-marriage equality, and I strongly support equal pay for equal work," he said. Hugin, whose company did not admit liability, appeared alongside Trump at the White House last year but has distanced himself from him since then and on Tuesday promised to be an "independent voice" in the Senate if elected. "My opponent, greedy drug company CEO Bob Hugin, is going to have to answer for his record of driving up prices for cancer patients while making millions for himself," Menendez said. Menendez wasted no time attacking Hugin after their victories Tuesday, continuing with the "greedy CEO" moniker he used throughout the primary, a reference to Hugin's firm agreeing to pay $280 million last year over allegations it promoted cancer drugs that weren't approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Menendez and Hugin spent the primary campaign season offering a preview of the general election, hurling insults at one another while raking in millions of dollars in campaign contributions. chief executive Bob Hugin set the stage for New Jersey's only statewide race in November as President Donald Trump and national Republicans defend a narrowly divided Senate. Primary victories by Menendez and former Celgene Corp. Bob Menendez had faced until it was dropped earlier this year, picked the two-term incumbent on Tuesday to represent their party in the fall campaign against a Republican former pharmaceutical executive.
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