For Weinberg, Corzine was willing to take on Ferriero
By Wally EdgeFour years ago, Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joseph Ferriero wanted his political ally, former Assemblyman Ken Zisa, to take a vacant State Senate seat in the 37th district. Corzine, then the Democratic nominee for governor, jumped into the tumultuous world of Bergen County politics and endorsed a Weinberg, who had been one of the first elected officials to back him for the U.S. Senate in 2000.
Ferriero was livid. His support of Corzine earlier that year helped push Acting Governor Richard Codey out of the Democratic primary. Ferriero wanted his guy in the Senate, where the power of senatorial courtesy can be invaluable to a County Chairman.
Corzine and Ferriero had a decent enough relationship that 89-year-old Nancy Corzine, a retired school teacher from Oak Park, Illinois and Corzine’s mother, contributed $37,000 to the Bergen County Democratic Organization.
When the District 37 Democratic County Committee voted, Zisa defeated Weinberg by one vote. Weinberg won after an extended court battle that demonstrated enough voter fraud to give her a victory. It took Corzine and Ferriero a while to be friends again.
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