I thought it went really well other than making a little bit of a spectacle there at the very beginning,” Bashaw said afterwards.

Democratic Rep. Andy Kim and Republican Curtis Bashaw have met in their first debate for New Jersey’s Senate seat.

New Jersey Republican Senate candidate Curtis Bashaw took to social media to confirm that he froze during his recent debate with Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) because he “never stopped to get a bite to eat.” The two men were squaring off Sunday during a 90-minute debate when Bashaw began slurring his words and stopped speaking.