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In risky bet, N.J. teachers’ union campaigns to oust Senate President Sweeney

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Updated: MARCH 27, 2017 — 6:00 AM EDT

by Andrew Seidman, Trenton Bureau  @AndrewSeidman |  ASeidman@phillynews.com

TRENTON — Gov. Christie has antagonized New Jersey’s largest teachers’ union since he took office in 2010, once declaring on television that the national organization deserved a punch in the face.

The union has struggled under Christie’s eight-year governorship, but as the Republican prepares to leave office next year, the New Jersey Education Association is punching back at someone it sees as Christie’s chief collaborator: Senate President Stephen Sweeney.

“We’re looking for a new governor and a new Senate president,” Wendell Steinhauer, the group’s president, said in an interview.

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