For the first time in over a decade, NJ’s state Senate is beginning a new session this week without Steve Sweeney.
Sweeney’s departure caps a decade of major legislative initiatives spanning Republican Chris Christie’s two terms and Murphy’s first term, and raises questions about whether he’ll pursue higher office since he says he’s “not going anywhere.”
But in the meantime, as he weighs running, he is also planning to create a bipartisan, university-based think tank that will focus on making the state more affordable, though details are still being worked out, he said.
He had his detractors, as well, especially left-leaning groups that say he maintained an unfair party system that benefited insiders and the well-connected. Sue Altman, the head of New Jersey Working Families, celebrated Sweeney’s ouster, calling it a “glorious day.” Loretta Weinberg, who served alongside Sweeney as majority leader, also countered progressive criticism, saying that the liberal policies Murphy campaigned on last year never would have gone to the governor’s desk without Sweeney.He is also known for his high-profile reversal on opposition to gay marriage. Sweeney said in 2011 that he made the “biggest mistake of my legislative career” when he opposed marriage equality.
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