Democratic voters in north-central New Jersey have nearly a dozen choices in a special House primary Thursday, ranging from a former lawmaker seeking a comeback to a progressive organizer aligned with Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Eleven Democrats are campaigning for the key party nomination in the state’s 11th District, a swath of well-educated and upper-income suburbs in Essex, Morris and Passaic counties west of New York City. The once-Republican area’s politics have shifted in the past decade such that the Democratic nominee will have a clear advantage in the April 16 special general election and complete the House term of Gov. ...