Rosetta Key
Republican leaders in the 9th legislative district that covers Ocean, Burlington and Atlantic counties are waiting for a letter from the Secretary of State announcing the vacancy of an Assembly seat following Dan Van Pelt's resignation last week.
Ocean County G-O-P Chairman George Gilmore says they'll have seven days following the receipt of that letter to send notice to County Committee members in the district to attend a convention. Gilmore says during the convention, "We'll adopt procedures for a nominating process and then a vote. Historically ... we've always required that any successful candidate receive 50 percent plus one vote."
He adds, "how he would intend the process to work is that we vote first to fill the vacancy on the ballot. Once that person is selected, I am going to make the assumption that the county committee members will vote to put the same person in that legislative seat for the balance of the term. "
So far, Gilmore says ten individuals have submitted their names for consideration and he anticipates that he'll receive several more of the next couple of days.
When asked if he believes the scandal and resignation will hurt the Republican Party in November elections? He says no. "lets face it, corruption in New Jersey has been a problem for a long time and it doesn't know any party boundaries. You've had Republicans and Democrats indicted. I think that's a failure of the individual and not the party."
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