Tom Goodwin

Not ethically opposed to certain research using stem cells, district 14 Republican Adam Bushman is nonetheless opposed to paying for it with state funds.

In the 14th district, three men are waging a tough campaign for that second Assembly seat behind popular incumbent Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein.

The favorites would appear to be Republican Tom Goodwin and Democrat Wayne DeAngelo. Both men are from Hamilton in Mercer County, the most populous town in the 14th district, where the parties are well organized and where a large number of independent voters go to the polls. 

But the third man in the contest, Goodwin's running mate Adam Bushman, a veteran and former Jamesburg councilman, has racked up some key newspaper endorsements along with the backing of the New Jersey Education Association.

Why Didn’t Baroni/Goodwin/Bushman Answer Project Vote Smart?   What are They Hiding?

14th District Democrats Complete Project Vote Smart to Communicate their Views to Voters, But Republicans Repeatedly Refuse  

(HAMILTON TWP.) – With slightly more than a month before Election Day, the 14th District Democrats today asked why their Republican opponents – Senate candidate Bill Baroni (R-Hamilton) and Assembly candidates Tom Goodwin (R-Hamilton) and Adam Bushman (R-Jamesburg) – refused to complete the 2007 Project Vote Smart candidate survey. 

Party leaders and state officials are predicting a low turnout in this year's midterm legislative races. This, despite the low ratings that most New Jerseyans give the legislature and citizens deep concerns about high property taxes, political corruption, and the direction in which the state is headed. But with most legislative districts drawn to be safe, the high cost of mounting a serious challenge against an entrenched incumbent, and citizens' skepticism about either party's ability to solve the state's complex problems, folks simply don't seem to be excited this campaign season.

BARONI TEAM FLIP FLOPS ON CLEAN ELECTIONS DEBATES 

(HAMILTON TWP.) – Going back on their earlier agreement regarding the 14th District Clean Elections debates, the Baroni-Goodwin-Bushman Team is playing politics by vying for a last minute change to the previously agreed upon moderator and forum. 

Steinert High School Poised to Host First 14th District Debate of 2007

Candidates Urge Greenstein to Support Special Legislative Session

Greenstein and DeAngelo have yet to sign ‘Clean Campaign Pledge’ from League of Women Voters

GREENSTEIN/DeANGELO PROPOSE TWO ‘CLEAN ELECTIONS’ DEBATES

Democratic Call for League of Women Voters to Host a Debate in Each County Represented by 14th Legislative District              (

SOUTH BRUNSWICK) – Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein (D-Plainsboro) and Wayne DeAngelo (D-Hamilton) today called on their opponents to participate in two candidate debates as required under the Fair and Clean Elections pilot program. 

The 14th District features a match-up at the top of the ticket between a man generally regarded as the Republican golden boy, Assemblyman Bill Baroni of Hamilton Township, and former rate payer advocate, Democrat Seema Singh of South Brunswick Township, who is the state’s first Indian-American woman candidate for Senate.

Then there’s the brawl below, where Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein of Plainsboro hopes to hold onto her seat to win a fifth term by turning back Republican challengers Adam Bushman of Jamesburg and Tom Goodwin of Hamilton. Joining Singh and Greenstein on the Democratic ticket as the second Assembly candidate is Wayne DeAngelo of Hamilton.

The known Trenton quantities are favored here, which means both Baroni and Greenstein have the edge. Greenstein has a workhorse reputation and high name recognition, is pro labor and pro environment with a long record of public advocacy in elected office and as a lawyer. With his regular guy image, pro labor views and endorsements to show for it, Baroni appeals to working class families. Like Greenstein, he also likes to boast that he has enough of an independent record to entice the district’s core independents, who make up 73,183 of the voters in the 14th, compared to the Republicans’ 17,681 and the Democrats’ 29,366.