Politics & Government

No Contests in 24th District Primaries This Year

Incumbents unopposed in seeking GOP nomination once again; Democratic races also uncontested

Party primaries for the 24th Legislative District, which includes Hopatcong, will be uncontested this year.

Incumbent Steven V. Oroho of Franklin will be on the only Republican seeking his party's nomination for the state Senate. Democrat Edwin Selb is the only person who has filed to run to represent his party in the race.

In the Assembly race, Republican incumbents Alison Littell McHose of Franklin and Gary R. Chiusano are the only two GOP candidates. Barring a successful write-in campaign on either side, they'll face Leslie Huhn and Jim Nye, both of Sparta, and both uncontested in the Democratic primary. 

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For Hopatcong voters, that means a simple, straightforward primary race all around—as , and no Democrats have filed to run for local office.

Candidates had until 4 p.m. Monday to file petitions to run.

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The largely Sussex and Warren County-based 24th District . It's left with just one Morris County community, Mount Olive. It lost Washington Township, Califon, the Chesters, Netcong and Tewksbury. It picked up Allamuchy, Belvidere, Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick, Hope, Independence, Knowlton, Liberty, Oxford and White.

24th Legislative District, As Of April, 2011 Redistricting Municipality Population White Only Black Only Asian Only Hispanic Only Already Part of District? Allamuchy Twp 4323 4040 77 118 194 No Andover Boro 606 556 7 13 46 Yes Andover Twp 6319 5791 213 164 325 Yes Belvidere Twn 2681 2574 42 21 97 No Blairstown Twp 5967 5730 67 68 226 No Branchville Boro 841 811 3 9 33 Yes Byram Twp 8350 7878 123 179 417 Yes Frankford Twp 5565 5359 55 49 176 Yes Franklin Boro 5045 4649 110 88 395 Yes Fredon Twp 3437 3301 18 58 127 Yes Frelinghuysen Twp 2230 2168 14 12 57 No Green Twp 3601 3413 45 62 173 Yes Hamburg Boro 3277 2991 66 67 225 Yes Hampton Twp 5196 5011 43 62 200 Yes Hardwick Twp 1696 1645 16 11 67 No Hardyston Twp 8213 7527 214 247 457 Yes Hopatcong Boro 15147 13794 441 341 1714 Yes Hope Twp 1952 1878 23 31 80 No Independence Twp 5662 5290 69 126 307 No Knowlton Twp 3055 2935 28 28 111 No Lafayette Twp 2538 2422 40 19 129 Yes Liberty Twp 2942 2814 30 44 122 No Montague Twp 3847 3552 101 39 246 Yes Mount Olive Twp 28117 22679 1614 2315 3237 Yes Newton Twn 7997 6801 390 238 987 Yes Ogdensburg Boro 2410 2295 8 44 151 Yes Oxford Twp 2514 2388 41 38 95 No Sandyston Twp 1998 1947 8 11 68 Yes Sparta Twp 19722 18569 198 491 1054 Yes Stanhope Boro 3610 3298 57 84 307 Yes Stillwater Twp 4099 3979 27 29 90 Yes Sussex Boro 2130 1939 41 49 169 Yes Vernon Twp 23943 22790 332 186 1534 Yes Walpack Twp 16 15 0 0 0 Yes Wantage Twp 11358 10816 137 113 594 Yes White Twp 4882 4654 99 37 134 No


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