Biography
District: New Jersey - 12th District
Political Highlights: N.J. Assembly, 1998-2015; N.J. Democratic Party chairwoman, 2002-06
Born: February 6, 1945; Camden, N.J.
Residence: Ewing Township
Religion: Baptist
Family: Husband, William Coleman; one child, two stepchildren
Education: Rutgers U., attended ; Thomas Edison State College, B.A. 1985
Elected: 2014
Committee Assignments: Appropriations (Energy-Water; Labor-HHS-Education; Transportation-HUD); Homeland Security (Emergency Preparedness, Response & Recovery; Transportation & Maritime Security - Chairwoman)
Social Media:
Roll Call Vitals
District Rating: Safe Democrat
House Seniority: 186th ranked House Democrat
Twitter: 49,304 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
2014 Election Results
Candidate
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
Alieta Eck (R)
Don DeZarn (LMP)
Steven Welzer (GREEN)
Kenneth Cody (TVH)
Jack Freudenheim (X)
Allen Cannon (DRP)
Votes
90,430
54,168
1,330
890
567
531
450
%
61.0%
36.5%
0.9%
0.6%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%