Some legislative candidates removed from primary ballot

By Matt Friedman | April 16th, 2009 - 10:59am
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Some legislative candidates removed from primary ballot Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt (R-Ocean), who is running for re-election to a second term, will be unopposed in the Republican primary

Establishment political parties have successfully challenged several rebel primary candidates, removing them from the primary ballot.

Casualties

In the 6th District, the Camden County Regular Republican Party found enough problems with the petition signatures of state Senate candidate Joseph Welsh, a Haddonfield resident who was running on gubernatorial candidate Steve Lonegan's rival slate, to get him kicked off the ballot, clearing the way for Republican Joseph Adolf to take on newly elected state Sen. James Beach (D-Voorhees) in a special election. 

Also in District 6, the Democratic State Committee successfully challenged the petition signatures of Democratic primary challenger Michael Stevenson, a Voorhees resident who was running under the slogan "Bringing the Process Home."

Steve Lonegan's slate also lost a candidate in District 9, where Republican State Committee Counsel Mark Sheridan got William Maxwell, of Beachwood, ruled ineligible.  That clears the way for incumbents Daniel Van Pelt (R-Waretown) and Brian Rumpf (R-Little Egg Harbor) in the primary.

Up in the 39th District, Bergen County Republicans successfully challenged the petition signatures of college student William Fenwick, a Republican who filed to run against incumbent Charlotte Vandervalk (R-Hillsdale) and Washington Township Councilman Bob Schroeder, who won the party nod to replace retiring Assemblyman John Rooney (R-Northvale) at the Northeast Republican Organization (NERO) convention.

Survivors

In District 5 - the home territory of Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts (D-Camden) -- Republican candidates Brian Kluchnick and Stepfanie Velez-Gentry got past a challenge by the Democratic State Committee, despite filing with just 109 petition signatures.

In District 34, Democratic freeholder Bruce James did not manage to kick Republicans Michael Mecca III and Matthew Tyahla off the ballot.

Undetermined

The fates of Republican gubernatorial candidates Brian Levine, David Brown and Christian Keller hang in the balance after attorney F. Michael Daly, working on behalf of Steve Lonegan, challenged their petitions.

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Rebel Candidate

Submitted by wfenwick on April 16, 2009 - 12:30pm.

I do not see myself as a rebel from the establishment, I disagree with many of the issue positions that Lonegan and his slate put forth. Instead I am more aligned in my political beliefs with the established Republican organization and have not been affiliated with the Lonegan slate at all. In the past i have volunteered to help BCRO endorsed canidates campaigns and hope to continue to do so in the future. The sole purpose of my campaign was to provide a second choice on the ballot in the June primary as no other canidates were forthcoming, and was not motivated by ideological positions at all. In fact upon reading a news interview of Mr. Schroeder I discovered that his ideological positions were indeed very close to my own.

Good Riddance

Submitted by Michael Illions on April 16, 2009 - 1:36pm.

Sooo, what you are saying is that you're a RINO?

You didn't deserve to be on the Lonegan slate anyway.

You're such an idiot

Submitted by backwardsjersey on April 16, 2009 - 9:50pm.

Mike, Do you ever do any research on your own?

Or do you just assume?

You're really starting to show your true colors lately, an idiot who makes comments without any substantial backing to them and sans any research or real effort.

If you had done your research, you'd know that Fenwick was never on Lonegan's line, he was running under the slogan "Conservative Republican", which is not Lonegan's line.

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