Sen. Bob Menendez will gather less than 10% of the vote in New Jersey if he launches an independent race for his Senate seat, according to a poll released Tuesday.

The New Jersey Democrat, who announced last month ahead of the state's filing deadline that he will not run in the Democratic primary for his seat but may consider running as an independent if he is cleared of several criminal charges he is facing, would get 9% support if running as an independent, a poll from Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill shows.

The poll further showed that 49% would pick the eventual Democrat nominee, with 42% for the Republican[.]