The entire current sitting town council in East Hanover, New Jersey plan to switch party affiliations from Democratic to Republican, according to reports.
Panullo was elected to office in 2007 after unseating then-Republican Mayor William Agnellino. The victor ran as a Democrat, and at the time of his swearing in, he was the only Democrat on council.Two other Democratic candidates, which gave the blue party a dominance in the township of East Hanover, which currently has a population of just over 11,000 people.
Even though the leadership in East Hanover was mainly Democratic, the town overwhelmingly supported Republican Jack Ciattarelli when he ran against Gov. Phil Murphy in 2021. In fact, Ciattarelli garnered 74% of the vote. Republican dominance was also shown in 2020 when the town gave then-President Trump 66% of the vote, and in 2022 when Paul DeGroot collected 68% of the vote against Rep. Mikie Sherrill."Today’s complete party flip on the East Hanover Township Council – a first in New Jersey history – is an early signal of the Republicans’ growing momentum ahead of the critical November elections," Bob Hugin, chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee said on Tuesday.
The party switch comes just two months after West Virginia state Sen. Glenn Jeffries announced he was leaving the Democratic Party to become a registered Republican.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAnother elected official who left the Democratic Party was former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who claimed the party was"under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness.
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