As to why it is so weirdly shaped: After Rush Holt was elected, the good guys got to do some gerrymandering to ensure his seat for him and other Dems going forward--- hello Bonnie Watson Coleman! That involved getting Trenton into his district, and we had to sacrifice Lawrence to make it happen.
This lists the current candidates for the Democratic party seat for CD12. Thanks to the Hopewell Valley Dem Club for this table of candidate information.
Kit grew up in nearby Lawrence Township and has lived in Pennington for 34 years. She has a finance degree from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University. She works at Princeton University as Manager of Finance and Administration for the AOS program and the CIMES cooperative Institute.
Kit has served on Pennington Borough Council for 15 years. Over the years she has served as council liaison on multiple commissions including: Parks and Rec , Library, Health Department, Environmental, Economic Development, Open Space, Finance, Public Safety, and Historic Preservation. She is currently chair of Public Safety and Finance. Kit has also served on numerous sub committees including Emergency Management, Arboretum, Landfill, Streetscape II, African American Cemetery. Kit also enjoys volunteering at the Fourth of July Races, Pennington Day and the PBPA Holiday Walk.