NJ-12: Sue Altman (D) seriously considering campaign
The Democratic field for retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing)’s 12th congressional district has been steadily growing for months, but it could soon get a new contender who would reshuffle the entire contest: Sue Altman.
Altman, who was the Democratic nominee for the neighboring 7th district in 2024 and who now works for Senator Andy Kim, has not made a final decision on joining the race but is seriously considering it, the New Jersey Globe has learned.
If she were to launch a campaign, Altman would bring national connections and fundraising skills that few of her scattered opponents, most of whom have made their careers in local and state politics, can match; she, unlike them, has run for Congress before and knows what it entails. But Altman is also less of a known quantity in the diverse, deep-blue district than many of those other Democrats, and her current home in Lambertville is located a few miles outside the boundaries of the district.
A native of Hunterdon County and a former college basketball star, Altman first became known in state political circles for her work as an activist and rabble-rouser at the New Jersey Working Families Party, where she criticized the state’s Democratic establishment and called for an end to the county line. Relations between her and Democratic power brokers were so bad that, in 2019, she found herself being forcibly dragged out of a State Senate committee hearing by State Police while South Jersey Democratic boss George Norcross looked on.
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