Jack Conners

Republicans in Burlington County admit that their hope of picking up two Assembly seats in the politically competitive seventh district are over, saying that five-term Democrats Herbery Conaway and Jack Conners will win re-election.  The Burlington County Republican organization, once among the most powerful GOP machines in the state, is stuggling to fund what they view as more important fights: three seats in the normally Republican eighth district, where Phil Haines is in a tough Senate race against party switcher Francis Bodine; and in the contest for Freeholder.

Questions for the Tax-Hiking Twosome

Propp and Griffin challenge Conaway and Conners to explain their record of increasing taxes

CONAWAY AND CONNERS: LEAVING SENIORS OUT OF TAX RELIEF

Assemblymen tout tax plan to the very seniors they voted to leave out

Who are Herb Conaway and Jack Conners?

A tax-hiking twosome with a record to prove it

Conners Untruthful on Ethics Reform

Conners voted to kill dual office holding ban FOUR TIMES despite claiming to support it

Jack Conners: Part of the Problem, Not Part of the Solution

One of the best candidate recruitments for Assembly Republicans was in the seventh district, where former Philadelphia Flyers All-Star Brian Propp is challenging incumbents Herbert Conaway and Jack Conners. The Burlington-Camden district leans strongly to the Democratic side, but another celebrity candidate, former TV news anchorwoman Diane Allen, has won four elections there as a Republican by relatively comfortable margins. Republicans believed that Allen's coattails -- a spring GOP poll had her re-elect at a solid 55% -- could help Propp win.

But Propp may be the victim of limited GOP resources. One year after Democrats won the Burlington County Surrogate race, the Republicans are on the defensive: their main goal is hold their two Freeholder seats and re-elect Sheriff Jean Stanfield. And a party switch has made the normally Republican eighth district a little more competitive -- Assemblyman Francis Bodine, a Republican elected official for the last thirty years, switched parties earlier this year (after the GOP dumped him) and is now running for an open State Senate seat against County Clerk Phil Haines. That has also put the two open Assembly seats in play.

Conaway and Conners ignoring call to make asset sale plan public for third straight week

Conaway and Conners: “What are they hiding from?”

Assemblymen refuse to call for release of asset sale plan for second week in a row

Brian Propp, 47, played in the NHL for fifteen seasons and is now a Philadelphia Flyers broadcaster.: Philadelphia Flyers PhotoSouth Jersey isn’t exactly Hollywood, but you might think it is based on the Republican legislative slate in the seventh district.

Ok, not really.

But in that district, two out of the three Republican candidates are at least local celebrities. In addition to incumbent state Senator Diane Allen, who was the face of Philadelphia’s Channel 10 news for many years, the Republicans are rolling out former Philadelphia Flyer All-Star Brian Propp.