Anyone in NJ 12th district?

Princeton professor to run for 12th District Congressional seat



By Jacqueline Gufford • Staff Writer • March 31, 2014

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The field of Democratic candidates for New Jersey’s 12th District Congressional seat has recently expanded to include Dr. Andrew Zwicker, a physicist and head of the Science Education Program at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Zwicker filed Monday to run in the district Democratic primary against State Senator Linda Greenstein from Middlesex, State Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman from Mercer and State Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula from Somerset. He is the only non-career politician among the Democratic candidates. Zwicker explained that his platform will focus on comprehensive energy reform, climate change, investment in alternative energy and education, noting that he has professional experience with all of these issues. Zwicker said that as a resident of Middlesex County and employee in Mercer County, he has a personal understanding of the issues the district faces, and his status as a non-career politician makes him an ideal candidate for voters disillusioned with gridlock in Washington...

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