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Democratic voters in the 37th District are seeing something they haven’t experienced in 18 years: a contested primary for the state Senate.
The district’s two Assembly members, Gordon Johnson and Valerie Vainieri Huttle, will duke it out June 8 to win their party’s nomination to succeed Sen. Loretta Weinberg, who is retiring in January. Weinberg never faced a Democratic challenger during her five Senate campaigns.
The sheer longevity of Weinberg and her predecessors and the largely Democratic makeup of the district help explain why the contest has become so fierce: The primary winner will likely win in November and stay in the seat for as long as they want.