By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor
Even though the state-filing deadline is still a couple of weeks away, the battle for the 12th Congressional District is moving ahead at full speed.
Democrats state Sen. Linda Greenstein, D-14, and Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-Mercer) are racking up endorsements.
Hightstown Mayor Steven Kirson and Council President Susan Bluth endorsed Ms. Greenstein this week, citing her strong progressive values and her commitment to Mercer County and its constituents, according to a press release from the borough.
”Linda Greenstein is a fierce advocate for progressive values. During her years in the state legislature, she has been instrumental in passing a minimum wage increase for hard-working families, fighting for women’s access to health care and passing the Paid Family Leave Act,” said Mayor Kirson. “Those are the progressive issues we need Congress to focus on.”
Ms. Greenstein, who has represented Mercer and Middlesex Counties in the 14th Legislative District for 14 years, is running to succeed Rep. Rush Holt in the 12th Congressional District.
”The support of Mayor Kirson, Council President Bluth and so many other progressive leaders means so much to me, because we have spent years in the trenches together, fighting for our common values,” said Ms. Greenstein. “Whether it is ensuring that those who work hard are paid a living wage, standing up against Tea Party zealots who would deny women access to basic preventative health care or providing unemployment benefits for those who are out of work through no fault of their own, I will bring the same progressive commitment to Washington as I have to Trenton.”
Ms. Greenstein has received broad-based support in the weeks after announcing her congressional run, including the endorsement of the Middlesex County Democratic Chair and Vice-Chair, every Middlesex County constitutional officer and Freeholder, every Middlesex County Mayor and municipal chair in the 12th Congressional District and elected officials in Hightstown and West Windsor in Mercer County.

