The George Norcross-backed Camden County Democratic Committee Inc. (CCDC), which lost the election for the county party committee in Cherry Hill to a slate of progressive Democrats, filed suit Monday afternoon to dispute the outcome.
The immediate result is that the progressives will be temporarily precluded from conducting business until a hearing on July 11 in Camden County Superior Court.
James Beach, the chairman of the CCDC who also represents Camden County in the New Jersey Senate, joined the suit against the winners of the election, David Stahl, Susan Druckenbrod, and Rena Margulis.
The election had been certified last Thursday.
In an upset, the South Jersey Progressive Democrats defeated the CCDC with 62% of the vote in the primary election on June 10…
The South Jersey Progressive Democrats — a grassroots political organization that runs candidates for office — as well as experts in New Jersey elections have vigorously criticized the CCDC’s stance.
“The voters overwhelmingly chose the progressives,” said Julia Sass Rubin, director of the public policy program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.
“That means the … CDCC-endorsed candidates lost. That’s how democratic elections work. There is no consolation prize.”