** FILE ** Rep. Robert Menendez, left, greets Sen. Jon Corzine, D-N.J., right, at a restaurant in Jersey City, N.J., Jan. 28, 2005, where Menendez, and other Hudson County Democrats, endorsed Corzine in his bid for New Jersey governor. New Jersey Gov.-elect Jon Corzine intends to nominate Democratic Rep. Robert Menendez to fill the remaining year of his Senate term, two Democrats said Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)