Two public school teachers have sued the state’s largest teachers’ union, the New Jersey Education Association, and its former president and former Montclair mayor, Sean Spiller, for allegedly spending around $45 million in union dues on Spiller’s failed run for the Democratic ticket in the upcoming gubernatorial election on Nov. 4.

Spiller’s long-shot bid ended when he dropped out of the Democratic primary after losing to Rep. Mikie Sherrill of Montclair.

The plaintiffs are Marie Dupont, a teacher of 18 years in Roselle Park, in Union County, and Ann Marie Pocklembo, who has taught in Hamilton Township, in Mercer County, for 30 years.

Representing the teachers is the Fairness Center , a nonprofit law firm offering free legal help to people "hurt by public-sector union officials."

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