Peter Palmer

June 13, 2008 - 1:45am

With Schaffer, Democrats look to raise money to run at GOP fortress Somerset

Somerset County Democratic Chair Peg Schaffer, right, with Montgomery Mayor Cecilia Birge, one of her freeholder candidates.Somerset County Democratic Chair Peg Schaffer, right, with Montgomery Mayor Cecilia Birge, one of her freeholder candidates. 

Charged up by the presidential race, Democrats believe they can storm GOP freeholder strongholds in at least three counties this year: Somerset, Burlington and Monmouth.

While the Democratic Party has chopped away in sections at county freeholder seats in Monmouth and now is one win away from obtaining a majority, Somerset and Burlington remain elusive Republican bulwarks for the Democrats, who see Monmouth as a model.

The election this week of a new Democratic Party chair in Somerset brought forth fighting words from those party members long schooled in living under Republican rule, and prompted the obligatory GOP reply that for all the updates on Democratic Party registration, the county remains red.

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March 11, 2008 - 10:43am

Caspersen will challenge incumbent Freeholder

Bedminster Township Committeeman Finn Caspersen, Jr., the heir to the Beneficial Management fortune, is planning to challenge four-term Somerset County Freeholder Peter Palmer in the June Republican primary. Palmer, a former Mayor of Bernardsville, was first elected to the Board of Freeholders in 1996.

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