Voters rebuked appeals to bigotry

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In .. New Jersey .. the Republican hopeful to replace Chris Christie, sought to portray Democrat Phil Murphy as soft-on-immigrant-crime ... Murphy easily won ...

n another race in New Jersey, a politician who shared a meme on Facebook during January’s Women’s March in Washington asking whether the protest would be “over in time for them to cook dinner.” He was defeated — by a woman.

Democrat Ashley Bennett, a first-time candidate who was angered by Republican John Carman’s remarks, defeated him Tuesday as he tried to win a second term as an Atlantic County freeholder ...

http://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/columns/election-after-election-voters-rebuked-appeals-to-bigotry/article_685e7536-1e73-5eda-b167-89d70a131ca1.html

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1. Freeholder Who Wore Confederate Flag Patch Loses

By Anthony Bellano, Patch Staff | Nov 8, 2017 12:53 pm ET | Updated Nov 8, 2017 4:19 pm ET

An Atlantic County freeholder who came under fire twice in the last year lost in his bid for re-election Tuesday night.

Republican John Carman, who apologized for a Confederate flag that he wore on his American Legion Riders jacket and came under fire earlier this year for asking "Will the women's protest be over in time for them to cook dinner?," fell to Democrat Ashley Bennett in the race for the District 3 freeholders seat.

Bennett won the election by about 500 votes, 5916 to 5,417, according to the unofficial results from the Atlantic County Clerk's Office ...

https://patch.com/new-jersey/galloway/freeholder-who-wore-confederate-flag-patch-drops-election