South Brunswick Republicans just may have a pulse, after all. The party has nominated three fresh faces to run for Township Council in the fall — the first time before the township changed its form of government with the 1998 election that the party has three first-timers on the ballot.
Not that all three are unknowns. John O’Sullivan, of Monmouth Junction, is a longtime gadfly who has served on various local boards and has run for school board. The other two — Laura DeRuve and Rich Nasdeo — are relatively new to politics in the township.
The appearance of new faces is a good news for the GOP, I think, regardless of whether or not the trio turn out to be decent candidates. The party has given off an outward appearance of exhaustion as it repeatedly recycles the same names on the ballot. A strong Republican Party is essential — as is a strong Democratic Party — to ensure a vigorous debate of issues at the local level.
None of this should imply an endorsement or anything more than a recognition that maybe, just maybe, the Republicans are on their way back to relevance in South Brunswick.
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