Mark Sheridan

April 16, 2008 - 10:21pm

Pennacchio holds the line in Hunterdon

Tags: U.S. Senate, Murray Sabrin, Mark Sheridan, Joe Pennacchio, Henry Kuhl, Dick Zimmer

Senate candidate Joe Pennacchio hung on to the Hunterdon County Republicans' line tonight.

Pennacchio kept the prominent ballot spot, winning 34 votes to Zimmer’s 30 at a special county committee meeting.

It was the second time that Pennacchio won a county committee vote in Hunterdon County. In late February, he beat Anne Estabrook and Murray Sabrin to win the coveted ballot spot.

But after Hunterdon native Dick Zimmer entered the race last week, the county’s Republican chairman, Henry Kuhl, scheduled a special county committee meeting to vote on whether to change the county’s ballot placement.

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Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce

By Robert A. DeSando - February 14, 2007 - 5:06pm

Tags: Alex DeCroce, Christopher Christie, Edward Dauber, Mark Sheridan,

Release Date: Feb 14 2007

DeCROCE: ALL 31 ASSEMBLY REPUBLICANS AGREE
THE LEGISLATURE SHOULD TURN OVER ALL DOCUMENTS
REQUESTED BY THE U.S. ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY

In a letter faxed to U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie this morning, Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce said all 31 members of the Assembly Republican caucus oppose the decision made by the Office of Legislative Services and ruling Democrats to refuse to comply with a federal subpoena seeking documents pertinent to a reportedly wide-ranging political corruption probe.

"After checking with every member of my caucus, I want the U.S. Attorney to know Assembly Republicans are united in the belief that the decision by the Office of Legislative Services to retain special counsel and challenge the federal subpoena in court is a colossal mistake," said DeCroce, R-Morris and Passaic. "It was done without our knowledge or support.

"It is important for Chris Christie and the public at large to know that when Edward Dauber, the special counsel retained by the Office of Legislative Services, appears before U.S. District Court Judge Mary Cooper to fight the subpoena he is not speaking on behalf of the entire Legislature by a long shot. He is certainly not speaking for my members."

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