U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is kicking off a campaign for a third term just two months after federal prosecutors dropped corruption charges against him.
The 64-year-old New Jersey Democrat will hold events Wednesday in his hometown of Union City, where he was once mayor, and in South Jersey.
He is holding a 2 p.m. rally inside the University Center atrium of Rowan College at Gloucester County in Sewell.
Menendez was charged in 2015 with trading his political influence for gifts and campaign donations from a friend. His trial ended in a hung jury last fall, and prosecutors decided in January not to retry him.
He still faces a Senate ethics probe.
Menendez had always said he intended to seek a third term, even when a second trial loomed.
Bob Hugin, a retired pharmaceutical executive with millions of his own money to spend, is seeking the GOP nomination in the May primary.
