Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter released the following statement in response to the endorsement by Sussex County Republicans, including Assemblyman Parker Space,  

of Bob Hugin: 

“With the endorsement by Assemblyman Parker Space, Bob Hugin has started his campaign aligning himself to the same bigotry and disparaging attitude toward women we’ve seen from Donald Trump. If anyone needed more proof Bob Hugin would just be a follower of the Trump administration if he were elected to the United States Senate, his acceptance of an endorsement from Parker Space is it. 

It is clear from the very beginning that Bob Hugin will look to permeate Donald Trump’s racism in New Jersey and support his policies that disproportionately harm communities of color – we simply cannot allow that. Thousands have led the charge to elect people who have stood up to racism and hatred from Alabama to Virginia to New Jersey. We will not let up now and we will not stay quiet.”