Morris Democrats oust entire Dover Democratic Committee for disloyalty

Claiming that Democratic leaders in Dover openly helped Republican Jack Ciattarelli in last year’s gubernatorial election, the full Morris County Democratic Committee has voted to remove all 24 elected members of the local Democratic county committee from office.

The vote, conducted over a 48-hour period that began on March 17, drew a nearly unanimous rebuke for Democrats allied with Dover Mayor James P. Dodd, who publicly endorsed Ciattarelli: 96% of the Morris Democrats voted to remove the Dover committee members.

The Dover group all backed Republican incumbent Christian Barranco (R-Jefferson) for re-election; he was defeated by Democrat Marisa Sweeney (D-Morristown).

Democrat Mikie Sherrill, who represented Dover in Congress, still emerged withg a 68%-30% victory in her race for governor against Ciattarelli. In the Assembly race, Sweeney was the top vote-getter with 2,279, followed by her running mate, Morristown Councilman Steve Pylpchuk (2,086) Incumbent Aura Dunn (R-Mendham) finished third with 1,129 votes, 66 votes ahead of Barranco, the lone Hispanic Republican member of the Assembly before his loss.




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