More than 420 people attended the 45th annual Atlantic County Democratic Convention at Seaview Hotel and Golf Club in Galloway on March 8, where 60% of the 275 delegates who attended chose to back Brigantine’s Amy Kennedy to challenge Congressman Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd. The mental health advocate and former Northfield Community School teacher now gets the coveted “county line” in the June 2 primary in Atlantic County.
From left, Democratic freeholder candidate Thelma Witherspoon, Atlantic County Freeholder Caren Fitzpatrick, Pam Fields, Amy Kennedy, and Freeholder Candidate Celeste Fernandez, after the vote Sunday at the Atlantic County Democratic Convention. Kennedy won the support of delegates at the convention, which means she will get the coveted Atlantic County line in the June 2 primary election — so her name will appear under the official Democartic slogan and under that of U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ, who is running for re-election.
