2 Incumbents Ousted in Morris Freeholder Republican Primary

It was the most heated Morris County Freeholder Primary Election in recent memory, and one of the most crowded.

Seven Republican candidates eyed three slots on November’s ballot, six of which were split into two teams of three. Three of the seven – John Krickus, David Scapicchio, and John Cesaro – are incumbents.

The top vote-getter was Denville’s Deborah Smith, with 10,006 votes, followed by Mendham Township’s Christine Myers, with 9,427, and one of Myers’ running mates and incumbent John Cesaro, of Parsippany, with 9,374 votes.

Incumbents John Krickus (Washington Township, 9,167 votes) and David Scapicchio (Flanders, 9,073 votes) lost their re-election bids.

Angelo Tedesco (8,713 votes) and Thomas Mulligan (4,064) rounded out the voting.

Smith ran alongside Krickus and Scapicchio, while Cesaro and Myers were joined by Tedesco as a trio during the campaign.

While no names were on the ballot on the Democrat side, 1,072 write-in votes were cast in the 396 districts across the county. Official names and figures are not yet available.