Did Tammy Murphy Just Make Phil Murphy a Lame Duck?

“A few months ago, Phil and Tammy Murphy appeared poised to become a powerful New Jersey political dynasty — the popular two-term Democratic governor with political connections on the national stage married to the front-runner to become the state’s first female senator,” Politico reports.

“The first lady’s spectacular flameout in her Senate candidacy Sunday ended that prospect. It also may hasten Gov. Phil Murphy’s status as a lame duck governor with almost two years left to go in his term.”