NJ-12: Plainfield mayor (D) will run for Congress
Plainfield Mayor Adrian Mapp is running to succeed retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing), adding another prominent name to the increasingly crowded Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 12th congressional district.
Mapp, a major figure in Plainfield politics for nearly three decades, is the first Union County politician to enter what could end up becoming a heavily regional contest.
“I am running because service is my calling,” Mapp said in his campaign announcement yesterday. “I am running because New Jersey’s middle class deserves a fighter. And I am running because the people of the 12th District deserve a representative who will deliver, not just promises, but progress.”
Mapp began his political career on the Plainfield City Council, serving two non-consecutive stints from 1999 to 2006 and again from 2009 to 2013. He also spent a short period on the Union County Board of Freeholders.
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