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The eventual victor in the race to replace retiring state Sen. Loretta Weinberg, the three-decade liberal warrior from Teaneck, will not change the political balance of power the state Senate.
The winner of the emerging primary in the 37th Legislative District, a reliable Democratic redoubt of 13 Bergen County towns, will join the ruling Democratic majority under the Statehouse dome.
Yet, to some degree, the contest for Weinberg s seat shaping up to be fought between Weinberg s two longtime Assembly colleagues, Gordon Johnson and Valerie Vainieri Huttle, both from Englewood is emerging as a proxy for a broader statewide war. The 37th District is just the latest battleground in the progressive revolt against the old Democratic machine that has roiled the state party for more than four years.