Democratic mayor, two incumbent councilmen unopposed in tiny N.J. town
The ballots may be set, but the outcome appears all but certain in Millstone, where Democratic Mayor Raymond Heck and two Republican council incumbents are running unopposed for re-election this fall.
Heck appears headed for another term, while Republican Council President Dodd Weisenberger and Councilman Brian Ashnault are also poised to win new terms without opposition.
Such arrangements are not uncommon in New Jersey’s smaller municipalities, where local politics often revolve more around personal relationships and governing consensus than partisan competition. In nearby Milford, for example, both parties are positioned to win one of the two council seats up for election because neither fielded a candidate against the other’s nominee.
Heck briefly entered the race for Congress earlier this year to succeed retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing), but withdrew before the Democratic primary and endorsed Somerset County Commissioner Shanel Robinson, who went on to narrowly carry the borough.
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