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Sean McKenna's Facebook post announcing his candidacy and showing a campaign account check. |
Second Ward resident Sean McKenna posted on Facebook Monday evening that he is circulating his petition and offered a photo of a check with his campaign heading by way of underscoring his seriousness.
A run by McKenna has been rumored since last fall's general election, when he and Ward 2 committeeman Jim Spear helped Ron Johnson run against Elton Armady for the citywide at-large seat. That contest was widely viewed as a proxy for this spring's contest -- as a way of seeing how a second candidate would do in the Second Ward.
Unfortunately, Johnson did not take a single district -- even in the Second Ward -- but not because he and his team didn't work hard.
As I pointed out in a post ("Despite Armady's overwhelming victory, Chairman Mapp has great cause for concern"), Trump trumped everything local last November -- meaning that New Jersey voters (including Plainfield) were intent on sending Donald Trump a message. And they did -- to Johnson's detriment.
McKenna will be running against incumbent Cory Storch in the Primary. Storch is a four-term councilor who, once he vanquished the late Bob Ferraro, has never faced real competition in the Second Ward.
That will not be the case this Spring.
There are no federal contests, no governor's race. The highest office in New Jersey will be the Assembly.
Our Assemblywoman, Linda Carter, is
not being opposed (at least not publicly so far).
Freeholder races in Union County are a lock. So, the
local races are the only place where there is action -- and maybe
traction.
This will be an interesting contest as it unfolds. Besides traditional retail politics, it is likely to be the first in which social media will play a large role, as the medium has really finally come into its own as a virtual "water cooler" with a number of active Plainfield Facebook sites as well as other platforms.
The other Council seat in the Primary is Wards 1/4 at-large. Councilor Barry Goode is the incumbent and is looking for his second term.
Word in the street is that former Ward 4 councilor Bridget Rivers is circulating a petition, as is resident Terri Briggs. If they both submit petitions, it will be proof positive that they don't understand politics. In a town like Plainfield, there would be no hope for TWO candidates to run off the line for a seat which has the City Chair's backing. Period, full stop, end of discussion.
Nevertheless, Chairman Mapp will have his hands full, as will the candidates. This will certainly not be a rest-on-your-oars campaign season.
Petitions for the Council seats -- and the Plainfield Democratic City Committee -- are due on April 1.
We will see how things shake out at that time.
I am not cracking wise about the petition due date.
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This will be an interesting contest as it unfolds. Besides traditional retail politics, it is likely to be the first in which social media will play a large role, as the medium has really finally come into its own as a virtual "water cooler" with a number of active Plainfield Facebook sites as well as other platforms.
The other Council seat in the Primary is Wards 1/4 at-large. Councilor Barry Goode is the incumbent and is looking for his second term.
Word in the street is that former Ward 4 councilor Bridget Rivers is circulating a petition, as is resident Terri Briggs. If they both submit petitions, it will be proof positive that they don't understand politics. In a town like Plainfield, there would be no hope for TWO candidates to run off the line for a seat which has the City Chair's backing. Period, full stop, end of discussion.
Nevertheless, Chairman Mapp will have his hands full, as will the candidates. This will certainly not be a rest-on-your-oars campaign season.
Petitions for the Council seats -- and the Plainfield Democratic City Committee -- are due on April 1.
We will see how things shake out at that time.
I am not cracking wise about the petition due date.
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