Nancy Munoz may seek her husband's Assembly seat
By Wally EdgeThere is a growing effort to stop former Summit Council President Kelly Hatfield from winning a special election for State Assembly in the 21st district, and now some Republicans are saying that Nancy Munoz could emerge as a candidate for her late husband's seat. Sources say that the relationship between Hatfield and Assemblyman Eric Munoz (R-Summit) was chilly, and that several Munoz supporters are actively looking for a way to deny her the Assembly seat.
Munoz passed away on Monday afternoon, and the campaign to succeed him began almost immediately with conversations among some GOP Municipal Chairmen that evening. For a while it looked as though Hatfield and Union County GOP Chairman Philip Morin would be the two candidates, with close Munoz allies backing Morin. But sources say that Morin is concerned that Hatfield, who beat Leonard Lance at a 2008 Union GOP convention when she ran for Congress, has an edge on county committee voters in her district. Nancy Munoz's candidacy could shake the race up.
The campaign that started unofficially on Monday will officially begin after the late Assemblyman is buried tomorrow.
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