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Morris Township likely going to recount

November 12, 2019 12:22 pmNovember 12, 2019 1:11 pm

The race for Morris Township Committee appears headed to a recount. Republican Peter V. Mancuso, 83, who first won a township committee seat in 1978, now leads Democrat Bud Ravitz by 13 votes. Mancuso had led by 48 votes on...

Blackman defeats Dodd in Dover mayoral race

November 12, 2019 11:06 amNovember 12, 2019 11:24 am

Democrat Carolyn Blackman has been elected Mayor of Dover, defeating longtime incumbent James P. Dodd by 51 votes. Blackman, an alderwoman, had led by 19 votes on Election Day. She added 32 votes in provisional and late vote-by-mail ballots. She...

Mendham GOP wins

November 12, 2019 10:16 amNovember 12, 2019 4:51 pm

Republican Jordin Orlins has won a seat on the Mendham Township Committee, defeating Democrat Melissa Suharko by 16 votes following a count of provisional and late vote-by-mail ballots. Orlins had led by just one vote on Election Day. The GOP...

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Gannon still has no interest in challenging Sherrill

November 10, 2019 3:46 pmNovember 11, 2019 10:27 am

Morris County Sheriff James Gannon is still not running for Congress next year, even though Republican leaders continue to tout him as a challenger to freshman Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) in New Jersey’s 11th district. Gannon told the New Jersey...

Morris GOP relic tries to hold on

November 8, 2019 9:48 amNovember 8, 2019 2:28 pm

Peter V. Mancuso has been a fixture in Morris County politics since he started out protesting the state’s plans to extend Route 24 to Route 287 in the 1970’s. Now one of the last surviving members of the John Dorsey/Tony...

Aura Dunn enters race for Bucco Assembly seat

November 6, 2019 8:40 amNovember 6, 2019 9:49 am

Aura Dunn has announced her candidacy for the 25th district State Assembly seat that Anthony M. Bucco vacated in October to replace his late father in the Senate. Republicans will hold a special election convention on November 21 to fill...

Morris GOP sweeps county races; Democrats win mayoral races in Dover, Boonton and Chatham

November 6, 2019 2:24 am

Morris County Republican continued their 46-year streak of winning countywide elections, easily re-electing three freeholders and the sheriff and holding on to the surrogate post. Democrats made gains at the local level, wining mayoral races in Dover, Boonton, and Chatham...