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Running off the line, Mastrangelo brings harsh rhetoric to Morris GOP primary

June 2, 2022 11:02 amJune 2, 2022 11:20 am

When Morris County Commissioner Tom Mastrangelo shockingly lost the support of the Morris GOP organization at their party convention in early March, that could have been the end of things. Typically, when countywide candidates in New Jersey fail to get the...

Ali announces re-election bid with 87% of Morris GOP municipal chairs already supporting her

May 5, 2022 6:34 pm

Laura Marie Ali will seek re-election as the Morris County Republican Chair in June and starts with the endorsements of 34 of the 39 municipal chairs in the county. No opponents have stepped forward to challenge Ali, who has seen...

Selen will lead Morris County Board of Commissioners

December 21, 2021 10:06 am

Tayfun Selen will become the director of the Morris County Board of Commissioners in January, a post that could boost his profile in his bid for the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district against Rep. Mikie Sherrill...

Judge dismisses Rockaway councilman’s claim that opponent was improperly placed on GOP line

May 21, 2021 5:09 pm

Superior Court Judge Stuart Minkowitz today dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Rockaway councilman who alleged that the Morris Republican organization violated its own bylaws by awarding the organization line to his primary opponent. The GOP incumbent, Tucker Kelley, claimed...

Rockaway councilman’s suit claims opponents improperly awarded Republican line

May 18, 2021 3:04 pmMay 18, 2021 9:46 pm

Morris County Republicans’ growing pains over the county line aren’t finished quite yet. A new suit filed by Rockaway Township Ward 6 Councilman Tucker Kelley charges the organization awarded other local candidates a spot on the party line in violation...

Court won’t hear former Morris GOP freeholders’ appeal

February 4, 2021 8:11 pm

An Appellate Court judge denied an application submitted Wednesday for permission to file an emergent motion made by two former Morris County freeholders seeking to block a convention the county Republican organization plans to hold Saturday for a vote on...

Former Morris freeholders appeal to block Saturday’s GOP convention

February 4, 2021 6:03 pmFebruary 4, 2021 8:12 pm

Update: Appellate Court Judge Richard Geiger summarily denied the application to file an emergent motion Wednesday evening. Two former Morris County GOP freeholders filed for an emergency appeal in an attempt to block the county’s Republican organization from holding a...