New Jersey Officials Between Rock and Hard Place

With all their political spending and power, New Jersey teacher union bosses are finding it difficult to change the legislature. Andrew Seidman has the story on philly.com.

New Jersey’s largest teachers’ union has made clear that it wants to oust Stephen Sweeney as president of the state Senate.

But the New Jersey Education Association’s options to replace him are dwindling. The deadline for candidates to apply to appear on the June primary ballot was April 3, and no Democrat challenged Sweeney for the party’s nomination.