Hugin

In 2018, Republicans nominated Bob Hugin, a wealthy pharmaceutical executive, who spent millions trying to defeat Menendez.

Hugin attacked him over the scandal, but Menendez won by double digits.

From the start, their submersible — a $9-million Hugin 6000 — had performed exceptionally well, running untethered for 36-hour stretches about three miles beneath them.

GOP state party chairman Bob Hugin spent millions of his own cash to try to unseat Menendez in 2018 and came up short.

Hugin cast the issue as a political role reversal because Democrats have balked at exploring other energy-production avenues, like fracking.