Sumter and Wimberly Tie in LD-35 Tilt
At a special convention tonight, Democrats could not immediately select a winner between Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter (D-35) and Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly (D-35) to succeed Nellie Pou as the 35th District State Senator.
On a first ballot, Sumter received 78 votes and Wimberly received 78 votes.
This campaign collision course triggered when U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-9) died in August, and the party turned to then-state Senator Pou as its candidate for Congress. Pou narrowly won the seat in November, even as Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in Passaic County.
Wimberly and Sumter – both serving in the Assembly since 2012 – subsequently squared off for the seat Pou left behind, which serves North Haledon, Paterson, Haledon and Prospect Park.
Democratic committee members will vote again to try to break the tie.
Stay tuned…
Bull special committee. She is what’s best his traxmck record says all these acalates but took it to Bergen county. Sold out our kids with the old Mayor rented out our soccer fields at Pennington Park. Is the director of recreation and our city can’t get the proper funding to keep our kids in sport. Oh wait he uses his old kids like Cruz the other basketball athlete. Sad.
special committee. She is what’s best his traxmck record says all these acalates but took it to Bergen county. Sold out our kids with the old Mayor rented out our soccer fields at Pennington Park. Is the director of recreation and our city can’t get the proper funding to keep our kids in sport. Oh wait he uses his old kids like Cruz the other basketball athlete. Sad.