Source: In Edison, Ricigliano will have to run off the line
By Max Pizarro | January 14th, 2013 - 7:15pmA source told PolitickerNJ.com that the Edison Democratic Committee will put its support behind Councilman Tom Lankey this year instead of incumbent Mayor Toni Ricigliano, who's running for a second four-year term.
Ricigliano deposed incumbent Mayor Jun Choi in the 2009 mayoral campaign.
Seeking establishment Democratic Party backing for a run at a council seat in his hometown of Edison is Charles Burton, chief of staff to Assemblyman (and State Party Chairman) John Wisniewski (D-19).
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