Only in Jersey, right?

When news broke that Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez handily won another term Tuesday night, there was a noteworthy supporter at his victory part: a woman who served as a juror during his criminal trial.

Evelyn Arroyo-Maultsby, of Hillside, was among the Menendez supporters and Garden State politicos who crowded a small ballroom at a Hoboken hotel to celebrate his victory.

Arroyo-Maultsby made headlines last year after she accused federal prosecutors of "trying to throw a good man under the bus."

She was earlier dismissed from Menendez's bribery case so she could keep a pre-arranged vacation. She said she would have voted to acquit him.

"He's just so special to me because of what happened in that courtroom, and I just felt like I needed to be here to support him," Arroyo-Maultsby said at the party Tuesday night.

"A lot of people were confused," she said. "He's really a good man. What they're saying about him is not true."

Menendez's trial resulted in a hung jury, and federal prosecutors declined to retry him.

Menendez fended off a challenge from Republican Bob Hugin, who relentlessly attacked the incumbent over his ethics troubles and criminal trial.

Hugin spent at least $36 million of his own personal fortune.

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