Latest on Greenstein and the Senate seat

From Wally Edge on Politics NJ:

Assembly Democrats went into the field with a poll tonight that will help them
identify their strongest possible fourteenth district Assembly candidates — and assist Linda Greenstein in her decision making process. The survey will test Greenstein against Republican Bill Baroni for State Senate, and will gaugue voter approvals on several possible candidates for the open seat — including former Hamilton Council President Daniel Benson and labor leader Mike Maloney.

But Greenstein may have already made her decision. After three CWA locals endorsed Baroni this week, the risk-averse four-term Assemblywoman seems less than likely to risk her political career on a Senate bid. Indeed, at the Hamilton Township Democratic Mini-Convention tonight, Greenstein led Democrats to believe she’ll seek re-election to the Assembly.

This makes the most sense to me — a Greenstein-Baroni battle would be expensive and ugly and a disservice to both of them.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet