The next City Council meeting is on April 4, which also happens to be the filing day for the June primary.
Two seats are up, the Citywide at-large and the Third Ward. The Citywide at-large incumbent, Rev. Tracey Brown, has already been campaigning for months for re-election. More recently, Alma Blanco has emerged as her running mate. On Feb. 27, the Democratic City Committee met and endorsed Rebecca Williams for the Citywide at-large seat and Charles McRae for the Third Ward. Williams is currently in the second year of a term ending on Dec. 31, 2018 representing the Second and Third Wards at-large.
The primary contest is on June 7 and all Democratic and Republican filers will be on the ballot. Independents who file on June 7 and the primary winners will be on the Nov. 8 general election ballot.
General election winners will take office on Jan. 1, 2017.
Voters can expect to be bombarded with campaign promises, accusations and perhaps some tall tales from here on out to the general election. Let us hope the Plainfield election process is less abrasive than the national one.
There are Republicans in Plainfield, though at last count they were outnumbered 13 to 1 by Democrats. Still, this is their year to reorganize. They can elect committee members on June 7 for two-year terms. The city has 34 voting districts in its four wards, and voters may choose a male and female candidate in each district for a possible total of 68 committee members. However, in June 2014 the GOP was only able to fill 15 out of 68 seats. In case you are curious, click the link to the Union County Republican Committee, of which the Plainfield committee is a subset, to see what they profess to believe.
--Bernice
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I see the Campbells are flaunting the fact their Republicans, I bet they don’t mention that on the BOE campaign trail. That bill board they have downtown, (mind you, a downtown their son claims is not worth visiting) with Republican Lt Governor Kim Guardo, Wilma Campbell and the Superintendent certainly is a reminder that this school board election is all about politics, and as far as the Campbells are concern, has nothing to do with the “kids”. What hypocrites’!! I hope they do a thorough environmental inspection on that building before putting any children in there.
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Dan indicates that the tax payers are paying for one billboard and since this is all political it seem very unethical to me. I hope the voters do their homework and vote in the BOE election in April. Our children are at risk and need to be considered while voting.
ReplyDeleteBob! I did not write about any billboards! Will you please make your comments relevant to whichever blog you are reading!
DeleteWill do. I was wondering if you had any information on this. I should have been clearer.
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