Goodwin leaves the door open to another assembly run; Wittman downplays the poss

[Cranbury Conservative]

By Matt Friedman,

PolitickerNJ.com Reporter

Hamilton Councilman Tom Goodwin, who just narrowly lost a bid for the State Assembly in 2007, says he's considering running again next yearHamilton Councilman Tom Goodwin, having narrowly lost his assembly race last year to Democrat Wayne DeAngelo (D-Hamilton), has not ruled out another run next year.

“I would have to sit down and analyze the situation now and going forward. I haven’t made up my mind yes or no,” said Goodwin. “I have to sit down and think about it. So right now I don’t have any decision.”

District 14, which encompasses the Trenton suburbs and is dominated by the working-class swing town of Hamilton, is one of the few split districts in the state, with Bill Baroni (R-Hamilton) in the state senate and DeAngelo and Linda Greenstein (D-Plainsboro) in the assembly. It is likely to be one of the top Republican targets in next year’s assembly election, although Greenstein, a long-time incumbent, appears a lot less vulnerable than the first-term DeAngelo.


Meanwhile, outgoing Cranbury Councilman Wayne Wittman, a Republican whose name has surfaced as a potential candidate next year, downplayed the possibility but did not rule it out entirely.

“I’d be less than honest to say I haven’t though about it, but I don’t know about the reality of it. It’s the raising of the funds and everything along those lines,” he said.

Wittman said that one major reason he may not run is the collapse of the state’s Fair and Clean Elections program, which was championed by both Baroni and Greenstein. All the candidates last year participated in the program.

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[Guest]

Oh, Wayne. I think this is good for us since Goodwin could raise the funds. I'd like to see Wayne run against linda or if not then have made it a threat so he could have dropped out and done so as a favor to the others (i.e. I'll drop out if you agree to amend COAH).