Rick Blood Archives - New Jersey Globe

Control up for grabs in Chris Christie hometown

April 2, 2019 12:15 pmApril 3, 2019 11:03 pm

Control of the Mendham Township Committee is up for grabs in November where four candidates will compete for two open seats in former Gov. Chris Christie’s hometown. Republicans hold a 4-1 majority and two GOP incumbents, Mayor Warren Gisser and...

Hugin staffer named to Mendham post

March 12, 2018 5:10 amMarch 12, 2018 11:51 am

Sarah Neibart, the deputy campaign manager for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Hugin, is expected to be sworn in tonight as a new Mendham Township Committeewoman. The 25-year-old political operative, who worked on Chris Christie’s campaign for president and then...

Top Hugin advisor seeking Blood’s Mendham seat

March 1, 2018 8:35 amMarch 1, 2018 2:44 pm

The possible beneficiary of Rick Blood’s resignation for comparing undocumented immigrants to racoons is Sarah Neibart, the deputy campaign manager of Bob Hugin’s U.S. Senate campaign and the campaign manager for Rep. Scott Garrett’s 2016 re-election bid. Blood resigned from...

Blood resigns from Bucco campaign

February 13, 2018 9:24 am

Former Mendham Township Deputy Mayor Rick Blood has resigned from the Bucco for Congress exploratory committee. Assemblyman Anthony Bucco (R-Boonton), who is considering a bid for the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district, says that Blood contacted...

Very late to the game, Sherrill weighs in on Mendham flap

February 13, 2018 7:55 amSeptember 8, 2025 12:13 pm

Mikie Sherrill made a tactical mistake on Monday by having no comment on the story of the Deputy Mayor of Mendham’s unfortunate Facebook posts that compared immigrants to raccoons. Her absence from the debate on the issue was noticeable, especially...

Blood resigns Mendham post

February 12, 2018 10:38 pm

One day after a controversial Facebook post comparing immigrants to raccoons, Mendham Township Deputy Mayor Rick Blood has resigned, effective at midnight. “Illegals are everywhere,” Rick Blood wrote on the since-deleted Facebook post. “We are being invaded by illegals, we...

Top Morris Dem says Bucco should fire Blood

February 12, 2018 4:40 pm

The controversy over a local elected official referring to undocumented immigrants as raccoons has now become an issue in the 11th district congressional race. Morris County Democratic Chairman Chip Robinson said that Anthony Bucco should drop Rick Blood from his...