John Sette Archives - New Jersey Globe

Senator Anthony Bucco dies at 81

September 16, 2019 9:14 pmSeptember 17, 2019 12:27 am

State Sen. Anthony R. Bucco, a Morris County Republican who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 1998, has died. He was 81. Bucco has been a fixture in politics for more than 40 years, since winning a seat...

If Carroll wins, someone can go to Assembly for 9 days

April 4, 2019 12:10 pm

Morris County Republicans will hold a special election convention early next year regardless of whether Michael Patrick Carroll or Heather Darling win the Republican nomination for surrogate. If Darling wins the primary and general, she would resign her seat on...

Democrats say Mary Pat Christie would own her husband’s record

February 6, 2019 9:52 pmFebruary 6, 2019 10:49 pm

One day after former Gov. Chris Christie said that he was trying to recruit his wife to challenge freshman Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair), Democrats say that Mary Pat Christie would be held accountable for her husband’s eight years as governor....

Frelinghuysen holding on to $500k

October 17, 2018 6:40 pm

With nineteen days to go before the mid-term election, retiring Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen is sitting on a $488,244 campaign warchest. Frelinghuysen, 71, announced on January 29 that he would not seek re-election after 24 years in Congress. The Morris County...

As DeFilippis struggles, Sette-led group raises $75k for Hugin

October 3, 2018 9:30 pmOctober 3, 2018 9:33 pm

It’s almost like a tale of two parties. While Morris County Republican Chairman Ron DeFilippis struggles to raise money for the county organization, his predecessor and his opponent raised over $75,000 last night for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Hugin....

Comedy Central pokes fun at Morris GOP fundraising woes

May 4, 2018 2:25 pmMay 7, 2018 2:19 pm

Comedy Central’s The Opposition with Jordan Klepper features a New Jersey Globe story about recent fundraising problems for the Morris County Republican Committee. The fundraising issue has become the focal point of a race for GOP county chairman between Ron...

Fundraising engulfs nasty race for Morris GOP chairman

April 24, 2018 1:14 amApril 25, 2018 9:32 am

A Morris County GOP fundraiser at Trump National that paid $30,000 for Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld to speak has emerged as a major issue in the upcoming race for county chairman. One of the candidates is finance chairman Ron...