By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer
State Sen. Shirley Turner and Assembly members Reed Gusciora and Elizabeth Muoio are planning to seek re-election to represent the 15th Legislative District in the State Legislature., The 15th Legislative District includes West Windsor Township, plus a handful of other Mercer County towns that include Hopewell Borough, Hopewell Township, Pennington Borough, the City of Trenton and Lawrence Township., Turner, Gusciora and Muoio are Democrats, and will be seeking the Democratic Party nomination in the June 6 primary election. If they are successful, they will run for re-election in the Nov. 7 general election., Turner has served in the State Senate since 1998. She served in the State Assembly from 1994 to 1998, and also served on the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1983 to 1986. She lives in Lawrence Township., “Our priority is always to fight for fundamental fairness for all citizens, so that individuals from every walk of life get to share in the dream that America represents,” Turner said., Gusciora has served in the State Assembly since 1996. He lives in Trenton., He was instrumental in establishing the state’s medical marijuana program and also helped to get a new building to replace the deteriorated Trenton Central High School., “We need to make sure that Mercer County gets its fair share of state resources and that Trenton continues to revitalize. But most importantly, that real jobs and real wages come into our district,” Gusciora said., Muoio was appointed to the State Assembly in February 2015 to fill the vacancy created when former Assembly member Bonnie Watson Coleman was elected to represent the 12th Congressional District in Washington, D.C., Muoio ran for a full term in the State Assembly in November 2015. The Pennington resident served on the Pennington Borough Council from 1997 to 2001, and on the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 2000 to 2008., “Now more than ever, we need state representatives willing to fight for our local communities, for economic development that provides quality jobs and improves our tax base to better enable us to meet the needs of our residents,” Muoio said.
