
If Marano wins, the county turns blue, and Governor Phil Murphy, rejected by establishment Trenton Democrats as a general election battleground war general, would be able to slam-dunk one of his favorite narratives: progressive troop leader. cop Darrin Russo for sheriff, and former Green Brook Twp. “I expect the mayor to win in a landslide,” Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17) told InsiderNJ last week, as the former Franklin Democratic Committee chairman – himself on the ballot next month – intends to accelerate his own campaign activities on behalf of the Democratic team, which includes former Franklin Twp.


Having jettisoned Prasad and the councilman’s considerable political history, including an obvious, strong independent streak, Kramer runs now on a ticket he fashioned with the help of Somerset County Democratic Committee Chair Peg Schaffer and other Franklin Twp. Males who proved unable to occupy the same space in one of New Jersey’s most diverse and complex municipalities, now at the center of a countywide power struggle in Somerset, with statewide political implications. memorial, which would end up causing no end of local strife, hurt feelings, painful accusations of racism, and ultimately result in Prasad getting run off the council by his own party.Īt the heart of the acrimony was a fight between Prasad and Mayor Phillip “Phil” Kramer, two alpha Franklin Twp. FRANKLIN TWP – Values of service and selflessness, humility maybe and sacrifice can find expression in the statues – or even chisled obelisks – that adorn a town, or so thought Councilman Rajiv Prasad, who in the aftermath of the gang killing of an African American teenager in 2007, began his designs for a Martin Luther King, Jr.
