Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-3) issued the following statement on the Primary Election for the 2^nd Congressional District:

“The democratic process must be respected and our goal remains the same and that is to defeat Jeff Van Drew and elect Joe Biden President of the United States. I congratulate Amy Kennedy and I look forward to her victory in November.”

Sweeney had backed Montclair University Professor Brigid Harrison in Tuesday’s Democratic Primary.