Bob Yudin, Anthony Rottino and John McCann run for Bergen County GOP chair
May 12,2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ There is a 3 man race for chairman of the Bergen County Republican Organization .As of Thursday night’s deadline, Bob Yudin, Anthony Rottino and John McCann had all filed to run in the June 14 county committee election at the GOP headquarters in Hackensack also know as the BCRO.
Bob Yudin a Wyckoff appliance dealer and BCRO fixture is seeking his third term as chairman. He cited his record of erasing the organization’s debts and making the party competitive again. During the last four years while Yudin was chairman, he noted that the party has won the county executive’s and sheriff’s offices, has taken a 5-2 majority on the freeholder board and won a majority the county’s 70 municipalities.
Anthony Rottino is a Franklin Lakes business man who ran unsuccessfully last year for freeholder. He has vowed to end the infighting within the party and John McCann a Cresskill lawyer has served as general counsel to Sheriff Michael Saudino.
While Yudin harped on his accomplishments ,both McCann and Rottino focused on bringing the party together .Republican voters have been largely dissatisfied with the Bergen GOP and the BCRO for some time and the Bergen GOP has been know to make more headlines for its in fighting than it leadership of the county. Many believe the BCRO should be disbanded and or shut down.
