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At least 9 Republicans file to run for Bergen freeholder
Midnight marks the deadline for potential freeholder, county executive and sheriff candidates to file letters of intent with the Bergen County Republican Organization. With less than seven hours to go before the deadline, nine have filed to compete for the party nod for three freeholder seats, two for sheriff and just one for the county’s top post.
“I personally have never seen this kind of number,” said Bergen County Republican chairman Bob Yudin. “It’s very good – it’s encouraging. Its shows how vibrant the BCRO is now. It shows a rekindling of interest. It’s an excellent number of people, many of them elected or former elected officials.” Republicans, fresh from picking up two freeholder seats in November, can take control of the freeholder board if they win all three seats that are up this year.
Competing for a chance to run for freeholder are John Felice, a former River Edge councilman and son of former Assemblyman Nicholas Felice; John Mitchell, an independent consultant who has run unsuccessfully for council in Cliffside Park several times; Raymond Herr, a former Fairview councilman and a candidate for Bogota council last year; Jeff Bader, a councilman from Woodcliff Lake; Rosina Romano, the former mayor of South Hackenack; Frank Valenzuela, the mayor of Rochelle Park; John Criscione, a former Fort Lee councilman; Maura De Nicola, the mayor of Franklin Lakes; and Ken Tyburczy, the chairman of the Bergen County Young Republicans. A tenth candidate, Montvale resident Arthur Lavis – who ran for freeholder in last year’s primary on gubernatorial candidate Steve Lonegan’s line – has also submitted a letter of intent. But Yudin said that he has not yet filled out a statement naming Yudin as the campaign manager for the purposes of bracketing – a precondition to run in the convention. “As far as I’m concerned, my position is that he hasn’t completed his application,” said Yudin. (Friedman, PolitickerNJ)
https://www.politickernj.com/matt-friedman/36512/least-9-republicans-file-run-bergen-freeholder
