| Crowd starts forming for Frelinghuysen’s congressional seat |
John Sette, the former longtime Morris County GOP leader, said he would always tell Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-11, to look not once, not twice, but three times before he crossed the street.
“That’s how many people want his job,” said Sette.
By Monday afternoon, Sette seemed prescient.
Frelinghuysen, 71, the latest in a long line of Frelinghuysens to hold political office, announced on Monday that he won’t run for a 13th term in Congress. The powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Committee was first elected to Congress in 1994……
…Quickly, a series of names have surfaced as potential Republican candidates to take Frelinghuysen’s seat. Mentioned by political observers as possible GOP candidates were Assemblyman Anthony Bucco, R-Morris; Sen. Joseph Pennacchio, R-Morris; Assemblyman Jay Webber, R-Morris; and Morris County Freeholder Christine Myers of Mendham Township.
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