Sherrill wins Hunterdon County Democratic convention
In a second-ballot playoff, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) defeated Newark Mayor Ras Baraka 89-86 to win the state’s first-ever Hunterdon County Democratic Convention on Sunday.
On the first ballot, Baraka lost against Sherrill 81-65. With 13 votes, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Tenafly) came in third, followed by former Senate President Steve Sweeney (7) and Sean Spiller (11), president of the New Jersey Education Association. Steve Fulop, the mayor of Jersey City, did not cast a ballot.
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