NJ Spotlight published the following article on 5/21/2014. To read the full article, click here.
Watson Coleman Win Sets Stage for NJ’s First Black Woman in Congress
Colleen O’Dea | June 4, 2014Yesterday’s primary all but guaranteed that New Jersey will have its first female Congressional representative in more than a decade, and first black woman ever, with Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman’s win in the 12th District Democratic primary.
Camden-area voters also took the first step toward choosing their first new representative since 1990, and Burlington and Ocean Republicans picked the more moderate of two GOP candidates to replace their retiring Congressman in a district that two national political reports say Democrats have a chance of winning in November.
At the top of the ballot, Republican voters chose the man who unseated New Jersey’s last elected GOP Senator in 1978, but went on to lose the general election, to wage an uphill battle to try to unseat freshman U.S. Sen. Cory Booker in November.
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