Two candidates backed by embattled former Mount Holly Fire Director Jason Carty suffered landslide defeats on Tuesday, as voters overwhelmingly supported incumbent Fire Commissioner Rosemarie Logue and her running mate, J. Gary Brotz, following months of legal battles and controversy surrounding the Burlington County fire district.
With 87.5% of districts reporting, Logue led the four-candidate field with 1,628 votes, or 35.76%, followed by Brotz with 1,537 votes, or 33.77%.
George Gaskill, whose wife, June Gaskill, is a sitting fire commissioner and a defendant in a sexual harassment lawsuit involving Carty, received 869 votes, or 19.09%. Tom Rossell finished last with 503 votes, or 11.05%.
The two winners combined for nearly 70% of the vote, more than twice what Gaskill and Rossell received.
The results represented a decisive rejection of candidates associated with Carty, a political consultant whose tenure as fire director ended after a judge invalidated actions taken at a fire commissioners’ meeting.
Carty had denied supporting Rossell, although Rossell’s wife publicly acknowledged that Carty was helping her husband get elected. The New Jersey Globe stood by its reporting that ...