NJ-12: After super PAC's ad blitz, Hamawy (D) internal poll puts him in the lead
Just a month ago, Adam Hamawy, a plastic surgeon and Army veteran, was virtually unknown to the voters of the 12th congressional district. Now, with three weeks left until the Democratic primary – and following a pro-Hamawy ad blitz from a friendly super PAC – he might be the race’s frontrunner, per an internal poll shared with the New Jersey Globe by his campaign.
According to the poll, which was conducted by Workbench Strategy from May 5 through May 7, Hamawy has the support of 19% of 12th district Democrats, the most of any candidate in the highly splintered field to succeed Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing).
Running behind him are Sue Altman, Senator Andy Kim’s former state director, with 12%; Brad Cohen, the mayor of East Brunswick, with 11%; and Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, a state assemblywoman from Trenton, with 10%. Five other candidates – Shanel Robinson, Sam Wang, Squire Servance, Adrian Mapp, and Jay Vaingankar – were named in the poll but all received less than 10% support; three other candidates who will appear on the ballot were not named.
That’s a sea change from a prior, unreleased internal poll conducted from March 30 through April 1. In that poll, Reynolds-Jackson was in the lead with 16%, followed by Altman with 12% and Cohen with 11%, while Hamawy was far behind with 5%.
https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/after-super-pacs-ad-blitz-hamawy-internal-poll-puts-him-in-the-lead/