Republicans ♥ Barbara McMorrow. She ♥'s them back.
Former Monmouth County Freeholder Director Barbara McMorrow, elected to the Freeholder Board in 2006 as the first Democrat to hold the office in 20 years, has registered as a Republican and is set to be appointed to the seat on the Freehold Township committee vacated by Dorothy Avallone's retirement. She will run for the seat on the Township Committee as Republican.
Max Pizarro broke the story yesterday on Politickernj.
McMorrow was considered a lock for reelection to the Freeholder Board last year when she stunned the Monmouth County political community on both sides of the isle with a last minute announcement that she would not seek a second term citing health issues. Her announcement caused the Monmouth Democrats to postpone their nominating convention for a week while they scrambled to find a replacement candidate. They chose Middletown Township Committeeman Sean Byrnes. John Curley defeated Byrnes, ending the Democrats one year reign in control of Monmouth County government.
According to the Politickernj piece, Monmouth County Democrats where "crestfallen" when they learned the news on Saturday following sitings of McMorrow "happily" campaigning with Republican candidates for Freeholder, Freeholder Rob Clifton and Neptune City Mayor Tom Arnone.
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Judas
Welcome aboard Barbara! I have always found her to be fair and non-partisan unlike Flippy, Hammerhead and the hacks she used to keep company with.
Let's swap her for Angelini.
Good. Another RINO in our ranks
Tommy Arnone is the "Neptune City" Mayor not the Neptune Mayor.
Two totally different towns.
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If Mcmorrow had run for freeholder I would have voted fior her.
She obviously sees the handwriting on the wall, but in reality, she was completely out of her league surrounded by the sleazebags in the Democrat Party. Welcome aboard Barbara!
Bravely spoken anon 10:07am.....(read sarcasm here).
Too bad for us..we lost a good one to the dark side.
The TRULY good news here is that Barbara must be feeling better.
Thank God.
Glad she's doing well no matter what letter is at the end of her name.
Art - Where are your sources on this? According to Curley, this has been well known in GOP sources for awhile.
I would have preferred to see this on MMM than on Politicker.....Did GOP leaders cut you off or something? This is the type of stuff i would like to see here first. Apparently republican leaders have known about the switch for the past 2 weeks.
Art - Where are your sources on this? According to Curley, this has been well known in GOP sources for awhile.
I would have preferred to see this on MMM than on Politicker.....Did GOP leaders cut you off or something? This is the type of stuff i would like to see here first. Apparently republican leaders have known about the switch for the past 2 weeks.
No one cut me out.
I heard about McMorrow's registration switch about a month ago. She did not return a phone call seeking confirmation and comment. I decided not to push it. I figured she probably had a lot of people to talk to on both sides and wanted to deliver the news personally.
It is no secret that Barbara has been flirting with the idea of becoming a Republican for quite some time...years. The Republicans have been flirting back. I'm glad it worked out.
I don't begrudge Max the scoop, even though I know I could have had it weeks ago. Max does this full time and Barbara needed the news to break at her own pace. Given how long it took her to make the switch, it was obviously not an easy thing for her to do.
Most of my readers read it here first, I'm guessing.
It is a pleasure to know such a distinguished public servant as Barbara Mc Morrow !!
Anonymous . 10:07 a.m.... .Barbara is never out of her league in her many accomplishments. She is a class act no matter the occasion.
A party affiliation DOES NOT make anyone a sleaze bag! They are just of a different ideology than your less than intelligent peception of others.
No kidding anon 3:08, party affiliation does not make you a sleazebag, being a sleazebag makes you a sleazebag. That's what Barbara had enough of and that's why she is now a Republican.
anon 3:39 p.m.
Now what would you know about that??????
Funny, I haven't seen anything by Bob Jordan on this. I guess Flippy hasn't given him permission yet?
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