Schaffer: ‘We Still Think [Weber] is the Best Candidate’

By Insider NJ | February 5, 2018, 4:16 pm | in Edward Edwards

The recent appointment of Somerset County Democratic Committee Chair Peg Schaffer to the position of NJ Democratic State Committee Vice Chair has some party members thinking she may be a compromise decision between the current two contenders for the organization's Chair position, which is currently held by John Currie and being challenged by Leroy Jones.

Following a victory by Tom Malinowski in Hunterdon on Sunday, InsiderNJ contacted Somerset County Democratic Committee Chair Peg Schaffer and asked about the organization’s support for banker Linda Weber of Berkeley Heights.

“We still think she is the best candidate,” Schaffer said, unwavering in her support, as Democrats look toward Union County to resolve their pre-primary kerfuffle and position a person to run in 2018 general election against incumbent U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance (R-7).

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