Newark Mayor Cory Booker
Newark Mayor Cory Booker / Asbury Park Press file photo

By Angela Delli Santi,  Associated Press

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He’s also benefited from decisions to stay neutral by New Jersey Education Association, the state’s biggest and most powerful teachers union, and the American Federation of Teachers, the predominant teachers union in Newark.

The teachers’ endorsements probably would have gone to Rep. Frank Pallone, a staunch labor supporter or Rush Holt, a former research scientist.

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The AFT’s Nat Bender says the union has worked with all four previously. “The opinion of the membership hasn’t consolidated around any of the candidates,” he said.

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