Longtime Township GOP Chair Resigns Amid Efforts To Oust Him, New Leadership Team Elected
The longtime chairman of the Franklin Township Republican Municipal Committee earlier this year resigned in the midst of a bid by dissatisfied committee members to oust him. Bob LaCorte, who served as the Municipal Committee’s chairman for more than 20 years, resigned during an attempt by the dissident group to hold a “no confidence” vote […]
Republican Council Candidate’s Petition Rejected Over Residency Issues
A Republican candidate for Township Council has been disqualified by the Township Clerk on residency issues. James Holzheimer, a retired Franklin Township Police Officer, had hoped to run for one of the three At-Large Council seats up for grabs in November. But his petition for the June 6 primary election was disqualified by Township Clerk […]
Local Candidates Submit Primary Petitions
Township Democratic and Republican candidates for Mayor and At-Large Township Council seats submitted their nominating petitions for the June 6 primary election. The deadline for submissions was 4 p.m. March 27 The candidates are: Democrats (all incumbents, except for Kharazi): Republicans:
Danielsen Receives Somerset County Dems Nod For Primary Election
State Assemblyman and township resident Joe Danielsen was endorsed by the Somerset County Democratic Committee in the 2023 primary for the Assembly’s 17th District. Also endorsed were Danielsen’s District 17 running mates, state Sen. Bob Smith and Assemblyman Joe Egan. Danielsen is running for his fifth full two-year term on the Assembly. He replaced former […]
Township Democrats Pick Kramer, Francois, Anbarasan And Newcomer Kharazi For Mayor, Council Primary
A political newcomer and three incumbents will carry the banner for township Democrats in the June 6 primaries for Mayor and At-Large Township Council members. Leading the ticket will be Mayor Phil Kramer, who is seeking his third term. He is joined by current Council members Kimberly Francois and Sivaraman “Ram” Anbarasan. Francois is seeking […]
Councilwoman Pruitt Will Not Seek Re-Election
Citing the travel demands of her job as the reason behind her decision, Township Councilwoman Crystal Pruitt announced February 28 that she would not run for re-election this November. Pruitt, a Democrat holding an At-Large seat, was appointed to the Council in January 2019 to fill the one-year unexpired seat of Shanel Robinson, who had […]
Statewide African-American Power List Includes Township Luminaries
Nine people who either live in Franklin Township or are connected to the Eight Villages are included in InsiderNJ’s 2023 African-American Power List. InsiderNJ is “a nonpartisan website dedicated to political news in the state of New Jersey,” according to its web site. The publication regularly publishes “power lists” of different aspects of the state’s […]
Updated: 2022 Election: BOE Incumbents, Public Question Win
Election workers bring voting machine tapes to the municipal building. The three Board of Education incumbents were victorious, and the public question concerning energy aggregation was passed in the November 8 election, according to the final results certified by the Somerset County Clerk. In the school board election, Walter Jackson led all candidates with 10,693 […]
Township Republicans Elect Leadership
Bob Lacorte was returned to the leadership of township Republicans on June 28. Lacorte was re-elected Chairman by acclimation. Also re-elected were Vice Chair Beverly Lawson and Treasurer Pat Stanley. Joining the leadership team are Secretary Lori Van Dyke-McGregor and 2nd Vice Chair Robert Petersen.
Township Democrats Pick Leadership
The Franklin Township Democratic Municipal Committee elected Ronald Jordan as Municipal Chair at its annual reorganization meeting on June 26 during a meeting at the Doubletree Hotel, Somerset. Also elected to serve were Linda Montgomery Williams, First Vice-Chair; Edward Potosnak, Second Vice-Chair; Shepa Uddin, Third Vice-Chair; Damianty Chivukula, Recording Secretary, and Phyllis Beals, Corresponding Secretary. […]
