Passaic sources this afternoon with something on the order of stony-eyed astonishment absorbed the news of LG Tahesha Way possibly jumping into the CD-11 contest.

Bombshell, said a source, observing the development, noting the inevitability of Way shaking up the race, if she gets in.

Right now, Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill is the favorite, based on organizational heft.

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Malinowski is curious.

And there are others, among them Passaic County Commissioner John Bartlett, who create the possibility of a story.

But Way would conceivably give Gill a real go.

More later.