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November 25, 2008 - 10:47am

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

By Matt Friedman, PolitickerNJ.com Reporter

Hamilton Township Web site

Hamilton Councilman Tom Goodwin, who just narrowly lost a bid for the State Assembly in 2007, says he's considering running again next year

Hamilton 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.

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