PRINCETON - Sue Altman of Bridgewater, progressive activist, former state director for Senator Andy Kim, former executive director of New Jersey Working Families, wants to galvanize voters in the CD-12 Democratic Primary.

InsiderNJ this evening sat down with Altman to discuss her candidacy, her policy priorities, and everything from the state of the race to the state of the Middle East, to last week's Supreme Court decision rolling back the Voting Rights Act of 1965, redistricting fights, and Bernie Sanders' decision to jump into the contest with an endorsement over the weekend.

A fighter against establishment power in both parties that protects itself to the detriment of working-class people, Altman in this wide-ranging discussion drove to the heart of what she identifies as the core troubles of American politics.

One of 13 candidates in the primary, she faces a challenge between now and election day next month as Adam Hamaway bulldozes into the progressive lane, Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson expertly addresses voting rights issues that are her legislative specialty, and other contenders jockey for position.

An experienced grassroots organizer, and a competitor who played pro basketball, Altman appears energized as she makes the case for her candidacy in the district occupied by retiring U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.