A race that could give Democrats an even larger majority in the state Assembly than initially projected was too close to call early Wednesday morning
TRENTON -- A race that could give Democrats an even larger majority in the state Assembly than initially projected was too close to call early Wednesday morning.
Democratic challenger Andrew Zwicker led Republican incumbent Donna Simon by just 29 votes for one of two Assembly seats in central Jersey's 16th District after the unofficial tally, according to the Associated Press.
The AP had initially declared Simon the winner. And Zwicker -- a Princeton University physicist who ran an unsuccessful bid for Congress last year -- had even delivered his concession speech. But the AP said just after midnight that said the margin was too thin to make a determination.
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A surprise upset by Zwicker would mean Democrats picked up four new seats in Tuesday's Assembly elections.
That would give the party 52 seats in the lower house of the state Legislature as of January. Democrats also control the state Senate, the upper house -- which was not on the ballot Tuesday. Democrats had already secured three new seats in the races.
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Simon has represented the district -- which includes parts of Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties -- since 2012.
Her running mate, Republican incumbent Jack Ciattarelli, won re-election Tuesday.
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