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Winner | Losers |
BILL MOEN |
PHIL MURPHY |
The Camden County freeholder and Cory Booker’s South Jersey director, gets the nod to run for State Assembly in the 5th district. | The governor didn’t get enough votes in the Senate to legalize marijuana — the cornerstone of his legislative agenda — but lives to fight another day. |
NICHOLAS SACCO |
STEPHANIE LAWSON MUHAMMAD |
The mayor of North Bergen gets another boost in his bid for re-election when he comes through with money to help a high school play that went viral pay for more performances. | The South Orange-Maplewood school board member is slammed with an ethics violation for calling a police officer a skinhead during a traffic stop. |
SUSAN SHIN ANGULO | DAN BUCHANAN |
The Camden County freeholder wins party support to run for mayor of Cherry Hill. | The Sayreville council president loses a Democratic screening committee vote for mayor. |
RICHARD BERDNIK | RUBY COTTON |
The Passaic County sheriff dodges a bullet when Jerry Speziale announced that he would not challenge him in the Democratic primary. | The Paterson councilwoman loses her seat on the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission — collateral damage as the governor makes a deal with the Senate to get a Bergen/Passaic package done. |
MELINDA HOPKINS KANE | JOE HOWARTH |
The Cherry Hill councilwoman wins a special election convention to replace Bill Moen on the Camden County Board of Freeholders. | The two-term assemblyman is a no-show at the Burlington County GOP convention that endorsed Jean Stanfield to run against him. |