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Plainfield Democratic chair Adrian Mapp is urging Union County Democrats to back Mike Bloomberg. |
UPDATED with link to online story. Adrian O. Mapp, chairman of the Plainfield Democratic City Committee has called on the Union County Democrats to back Mike Bloomberg in the June presidential primary.
Mapp made the pitch in an email circulated to the county party's trustees, who are the chairs of the county's 21 municipal committees. (Read more at InsiderNJ here.)
At this point, the state Democratic Party has taken no position on the candidates. While several individuals have backed Bloomberg (Rep. Mikie Sherrill, Rep. Josh Gottheimer, and Paterson mayor Adre Sayegh), there are also those who are calling for an open primary -- Essex County (see here), Hudson County (see here), and Sen. Bob Menendez (see here). Morris County Democrats will wait until March 15 (after Super Tuesday) to make their choice (see here). Gov. Murphy recently told a town hall audience he was not ready to endorse (see here).
Although many Plainfielders I have spoken with (and seen comment on Facebook) haven't made up their minds yet, I have yet to hear one person backing Bloomberg. Most frequent comments are that he is trying to buy the presidency, and people point to baggage, including his stop-and-frisk policy, which led to racial profiling by the NYC police.
Bloomberg did not perform well at Wednesday's debate and was put on the spot about NDA's (non-disclosure agreements) signed by former women employees and whether he would release them from the obligation to remain silent. He ducked.
In what I think is a brilliant move, State Senator Joe Cryan of Union is said to be holding a mock primary -- complete with election machines -- this weekend. I have reached out for more details, and if I get them in time will post them here.
I would think the state party would have thought of doing these on a county-by-county basis. Why wouldn't you want to know how the grassroots folks are thinking?
I will post this on Facebook on my usual pages (my own, The Buzz, and others).
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