January 14, 2009 - 5:31pm
Inside Edge

Bishop considering Assembly bid in 11th

Former Neptune Mayor Randy Bishop, right, wiith ex-Gov. Brendan Byrne, is considering a bid for State Assembly in the 11th district.

Democratic sources say that Neptune Township Committeeman Randy Bishop, who was one of two openly gay Mayors in the state when he served in 2008, is mulling a bid for State Assembly in the 11th district this year.   The two Republican incumbents, Mary Pat Angelini and David Rible, are expected to seek re-election to their second terms this year.   

Democrats have been eyeing gains in the 11th district for the last few cycles, and waged an aggressive challenge to then-Assemblymen Steven Corodemus and Sean Kean in 2005.  Corodemus retired in 2007 and Kean was elected to an open State Senate seat.   Democrats haven’t won the district since John Villapiano and Daniel Jacobson in 1989.

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