Mine Hill mayor won’t seek Assembly seat

Mine Hill Mayor Sam Morris says he will not seek the Republican nomination for State Assembly in the 25th district next year.

Morris told the New Jersey Globe that he will run for re-election to a third term as mayor but said he has not closed the door to running for the Assembly at some point down the road.

He said he was backing Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton) for re-election, but wasn’t ready to say who he supported for the other seat.

Incumbent Michael Patrick Carroll (R-Morris Township) announced in May that he would not seek re-election to a 13th term in the Assembly and says he will run for Morris County Surrogate instead.