Politics & Government

Pane, Santucci Running for Re-election in Bedminster

The candidates for the November elections were announced Monday.

Republican incumbents Bernard Pane and Staci Santucci will be running for re-election to the Bedminster Township Committee in the 2013 elections.

They will be running against Democrats Basil Scaperdas and Laura Riley.

Monday was the filing deadline to run in the June primaries to be considered for the November ballot. Since none of the positions in the individual parties are contested, these four residents will vie for two open seats on the committee in November.

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Pane and Santucci were chosen to run by the Somerset County Republican Organization.

Pane will be completing a full three-year term at the end of 2012, and Santucci will be running after being chosen to replace former committeewoman Katy Rupert, who resigned for health reasons.

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Scaperdas and Riley were chosen to run by the Somerset County Regular Democratic Organization.

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