To the Editor:

As everyone knows, this is an election year. Across the nation, there are big contests and major issues between Democrats and Republicans.

But not in Princeton. Here we are about to elect the first mayor of our unified town, one Princeton. Fortunately, we are blessed with having two exceptionally well-qualified candidates. Either one would be able to do the job.

But here’s my point. In Princeton, there are more voters registered as Democrats than as Republicans. But the choice between the two mayoral candidates, Dick Woodbridge and Liz Lempert, should not be a matter of partisan affiliation. Rather, it should be about which candidate has the experience and the ability to do the job in the best possible way.

I urge voters to make their choice for mayor of Princeton without reference to the nominal party affiliation of the candidate.

Harvey Rothberg (MD)

Bertrand Drive