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Hillary seems on her way to pick up many of the big states in the Northeast as she picks up New Jersey. The real vote count however will boil down to a delegate count that will go late into the night and might play out over several days even.
There are 170 delegates at stake in that count.
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Its been a long day for the candidates. John McCain has won the Republican nomination early on in New Jersey according to CNN projections. John McCain picked up wins in Connecticut and Illinois just a few minutes earlier in the evening.
The projections on the Democratic side of New Jersey can not yet be called. The reporting numbers so far show that Hillary Clinton is leading Obama in New Jersey but the numbers are still very very early and can not be finalized yet.
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Sharpe James was the incumbent Mayor of Newark New Jersey for 20 years. He had been an incumbent city council member for 16 years before that. He was also a state Senator for New Jersey, serving from 1999 and he is still a state Senator today.
Apparently, it is legal for a person to serve as both mayor and state senator at the same time, but that is beyond my understanding. Seems like there would be a conflict of interest both from the perspective of legislature v. executive and State v. local.
Federal Investigators through a grand jury have brought an indictment against James for corruption and enabling another person to defraud the government out of $500,000. James is accused of using his city credit card to spend thousands of dollars on himself, including trips to Florida and passage in a penthouse on a cruise ship.
He also enabled his companion Tamika Riley allegedly to purchase property from the city for paltry sums of money. In one example she purchased a lot for $6k and sold it for $155k 3 months later.
Tamika was also arrested by the FBI.
Baffling Incumbency Demands Change in Newark and New Jersey
No one has been convicted in this situation yet, however, it definitely appears that James abused his power. At a minimum New Jersey and Newark should consider instituting controls to limit the terms of incumbents and prevent a politician from holding more than one office.
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The Primary elections for New Jersey will be held JUNE 5, 2007. The Polls will be open from 6am to 8pm. Sample ballots will be prepared and mailed on May 30th. The deadline for application for an absentee ballot is May 29th.
Primary elections are a good time to vote for new candidates. Upcoming posts will feature candidates that are running in the Primary elections.
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