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U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, a 80-year-old Democrat who made history a decade ago as the first Black woman from New Jersey to ascend to Congress, announced Monday she won’t seek another term next year and will retire instead. A groundbreaking fixture in Garden State politics and a revered member of her party’s progressive wing, Watson Coleman has represented Central Jersey’s 12th District in the U.S. House since 2015. That’s when she made the jump from state lawmaker Trenton to congresswoman in D.C.
