Glen D. Gilmore

"The benefits of of these cameras is that they have a deterrent effect as well as a crime-solving advantage. Most of the bad guys seem to know they're there and decide to get out of town."

Gilmore Rallies Behind Township’s Students and Parents Seeks Commissioner’s Intervention to Reverse County Superintendent’s Decision to Postpone Hamilton’s High School Graduations Mayor Waiting on Commissioner’s Decision

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Yesterday, upon learning that Hamilton Mayor Glen Gilmore was cutting seven temporary jobs from the Public Works department, Hamilton Republican mayoral candidate John Bencivengo expressed his outrage and called the job cuts “unforgivable.�

Democrat Glen Gilmore will seek re-election to a third term as Mayor of Hamilton Township, even if Republican State Senator Peter Inverso decides not to seek re-election this year. That means that if the 68-year-old Inverso decides to retire -- he has not yet told Republicans of his plans -- four-term Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein of Middlesex County seems to have a clear shot at the Democratic Senate nomination. Republicans say that two-term Assemblyman Bill Baroni would be their candidate.

A Greenstein vs. Baroni race would, of course, create two open Assembly seats in this swing district.

District 1: Incumbent Nicholas Asselta (R) vs. Assemblyman Jefferson Van Drew (D)

District 2: Incumbent William Gormley (R) vs. Assemblyman James Whelan (D)

District 3: Incumbent Stephen Sweeney (D) vs. former Senator Raymond Zane (R)

District 4: Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D) vs. former Senator George Geist (R)

District 7: Incumbent Diane Allen (R) vs. Assembly Deputy Executive Director Troy Singleton (D)

District 11: Assemblyman Steve Corodemus (R) vs. Corzine Deputy Chief of Staff Maggie Moran (D)

District 12: Incumbent Ellen Karcher (D) vs. Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck (R)

District 13: Incumbent Joseph Kyrillos (R) vs. 9/11 Victims activist Kristin Breitweiser (D)

District 14: Incumbent Peter Inverso (R) vs. Hamilton Mayor Glen Gilmore (D)

District 36: Incumbent Paul Sarlo (D) vs. former Assembly Majority Leader Paul DiGaetano (R)

There are reports from Mercer County that Richard McClellan will step down as the Democratic County Chairman. One possible replacement, reportedly at the suggestion of County Executive Brian Hughes, is attorney Paul Anzano. McClellan's full-time job is at Hamilton Township Hall, where he works for Mayor Glen Gilmore.

Hamilton Mayor Glen Gilmore says that "although it is too early to formally declare my candidacy for a third term as Mayor of Hamilton, I fully expect to make that declaration sometime next year. Further, I look forward to running on the Democratic ticket with my good friend Brian Hughes as he runs for reelection as the County Executive." But Gilmore has declined to rule out a bid for the 14th district State Senate seat held since 1991 by Republican Peter Inverso.

Mercer County Democratic Chairman Richard McClellan strongly deny rumors that County Executive Brian Hughes's illness might force him to step down before the end of his term, and says that he met with Hughes this morning to talk about his campaign for re-election in 2007.

There has been considerable buzz in recent weeks about a Hughes resignation; the County Executive underwent brain surgery in late 2004 to treat trigeminal neuralgia, a disorder that causes intense facial pain. McClellan says that the rumors are "the product of Republican gossip in the county that is aimed not only at the County Executive, but at driving wedges between the party leadership. Each time one of these stories comes back to me, it always has two parts. The first is that Brian is resigning and the second is always that the fix is in for this or that leader to replace him."

Indeed, the specualtion has centered around Hughes' resigning and Hamilton Mayor Glen Gilmore running for County Executive at a Special Election Convention and in a November 2006 Special Election. Gilmore's resignation as Mayor would have triggered a Special Election to replace him in Hamilton.

"With the Democrats in Mercer in total control of County government for the first time in a few decades, and no likely prospects for that to change in the immediate future, I suspect the whole thing is wishful thinking on the part of a small minority of Republicans who make it a habit of posting bizarre theories on the NJO Bulletin Board," said McClellan. Democrats have a nearly 2-1 edge in voter registration. Last year, County Clerk Catherine DiCostanzo, the last GOP countywide official, lost re-election by 230 votes and Jon Corzine carried the county with 59% of the vote.

Hughes has over $125,000 in his campaign account, and has scheduled fundraisers in April, May and June.