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May 28, 2009 - 1:10pm

In East Orange, a popular incumbent mayor faces a well-organized challenger

By Max Pizarro, PolitickerNJ.com Reporter

East Orange Mayor Robert Bowser

Credited with presiding over a renaissance in his home town, veteran Mayor Robert Bowser is trying to stare down self-styled Obama upstart Kevin Taylor in East Orange.

Running with some money behind him, Taylor has organized for months in his challenge of the three-term incumbent. Over the course of the last two weeks, the well-funded Bowser kicked his field operation into overdrive.

A local business developer, the 50-year old Taylor has run for mayor twice before.

This week, his campaign submitted 1,400 absentee ballots, 600 of which were rendered useless after Bowser’s team issued a challenge.

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January 12, 2009 - 2:29pm

Taylor challenges Bowser in East Orange

By Max Pizarro, PolitickerNJ.com Reporter

East Orange Mayor Robert Bowser

Essex County political junkies bewailing the lack of action in this year’s campaign cycle may take some solace in the wizened warrior versus young Turk implications of East Orange politics, where veteran Mayor Robert Bowser faces a challenge from businessman Kevin Taylor.

A local legend whose administration ushered in East Orange’s relative boom time in recent years, Bowser is seeking his fourth term as mayor. The low drama pal of party leaders both county and statewide, he figures to be a heavy favorite against Taylor, the self-identified owner of KETCO Construction.

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