More changes in the state legislature.

Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly won a special election convention Thursday night to take the Senate seat left vacant by Nellie Poe in the 35th District.

Poll, of course, is now serving in Congress.

The seven term Democrat defeated his longtime running mate, Assemblywoman Shawanda Sumter, by one vote to clinch the seat after the first ballot ended in a tie.

Wimberly now becomes the first black state senator in Passaic County history, and he'll serve until the November election, where he'll have to run again, potentially against Sumter.

During the same convention, Democrats voted to put Paterson Councilman Al Abdelaziz in Wimberly assembly seat.

He'll become the first Palestinian American to serve in the New Jersey legislature and told committee members last night he plans to focus on affordability and affordable housing while he holds the office.