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Judge’s decision on Morris GOP convention case due early next week

January 22, 2021 5:29 pmJanuary 22, 2021 6:39 pm

A Morris County Superior Court judge will decide early next week whether to dismiss a case brought by two former Republican freeholders who sued to block a Jan. 16 Morris County Republican Committee convention to vote on whether the GOP...

Former Morris freeholders offer to drop suit if county GOP meets demands

January 21, 2021 4:39 pm

Two former Morris County GOP freeholders opposing the party’s bid to adopt a party line offered to drop their lawsuit against the Republican County Committee in exchange for seven demands Wednesday. David Scapicchio and John Sette, who chaired the county...

Morris GOP schedules Feb. 6 convention on adopting party line

January 20, 2021 3:41 pmJanuary 20, 2021 4:38 pm

Morris County Republicans will meet at 10 a.m. on Feb. 6 for a convention that will decide whether the county does away with open primaries and adopts a party line. The hearing was originally set for Jan. 16, but two...

Judge blocks Morris GOP convention on party line

January 15, 2021 5:20 pmJanuary 15, 2021 5:30 pm

A Morris County Superior Court Judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking Republicans there from holding a Saturday convention where they planned a vote to adopt an organizational line after two former GOP freeholder filed a suit early Friday morning....

Former Morris Freeholders sue to stop convention on organizational line

January 15, 2021 10:49 amJanuary 15, 2021 8:48 pm

Two former Morris County Republican leaders filed a complaint charging a planned meeting of the Morris County Republican Committee where committee people will decide whether to adopt a party line was scheduled without regard for the organization’s bylaws Friday. Morris...

Three former county chairs urge against organizational lines in Morris

January 14, 2021 9:58 am

Three former Morris County Republican chairs urged members of the GOP County Committee there to oppose an upcoming vote on whether the party should adopt an organizational line. Former GOP chairs John Sette, Lois Johnson and Marilyn Cioffi in a...

GOP incumbents box out possible challengers for ’21 Morris County Commissioner race

December 4, 2020 1:47 pm

Morris County Republicans Deborah Smith, John Krickus and Stephen Shaw, who ran as a team in 2018, announced their re-election bids for what will be the first election for County Commissioner, rolling out a long list of endorsements in what...