Roxbury Democrats for Council

11/09/2025

Friends, the 2025 campaign was intense and brought us many hopeful signs for our country and state’s future. We are especially happy to see our new Governor not only come to office with a healthy margin but your work has produced a blue Morris County!

This year, we had three great candidates in Brian, Allen and Gail for the Roxbury Town Council At Large seats. We have closed much of the gap. We improved by 32% from the last At Large race in 2021. Victory did elude us this year. This is not cause to give up hope. We believe, more than ever, that voters everywhere should always have a real choice. We feel with all your support and hard work that we gave Roxbury voters that.

We congratulate Mark Crowley, Bob DeFillippo, and Jim Rilee on their win.

Far too often campaigns come and go but real success is built on a healthy and thriving party that is all over our community. We will continue our participation at town council meetings, documenting them and calling out what should be better. Let’s all take a moment to commit ourselves to that.

The fight isn’t over. Stay involved. Stay engaged. The story never ends.

If you still have any of our lawn signs (or those of any of the Democrat candidates), please let us know. We can arrange to pick them up. We are saving the metal frames for future elections!

11/04/2025

Make your voice heard! Get out and vote if you haven't already. If you still have your mail in ballot, we strongly recommend dropping it off at any secure dropbox in Morris County before 8PM tonight.

Thank you for voting!

11/03/2025

Friends, we have some promising news. Our town council has, after spending thousands on a ‘search firm’, offered the job of town manager to J.J. Murphy. He is, as Tapinto’s headline states, a man of ”national reach.”

One, of course, should have national reach after collecting $2M in settlement from suing a previous town ‘managed’. Do not fear, our new manager should be coming without crushing debts. He is not the only one collecting from the taxpayers; the same town had to pay $5M to employees who sued over his conduct. We are also watching the status of an ongoing lawsuit where Mr. Murphy is a defendant from his time in Pasco County, FL, his most recent place of employment.

Roxbury is the 8th largest town in Morris County, and its importance is often overlooked. While some may think we can just let stuff slide, we cannot afford to tarnish our reputation.

We’re not here to oppose our new township manager. The job has been offered and accepted. We wish our new manager well and hope he does a great job. We are, however, concerned about the process that vetted him prior to offering him the job. Trying to reverse a signed contract could be expensive. We have to live with the chance of a debacle.

But there is something here that is not left to chance: the three At Large seats of our seven seat town council. All of the incumbent Republicans have enjoyed multiple re-elections by comfortable margins for many years.

If you think this is the best our town can do, that this is a good use of tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars, then by all means support the status quo.

If, however, you have a nagging sense that springing this decision days before an election smacks a bit of too much comfort for certain people, then perhaps you should consider your options. Not simply options but a duty to exercise your stewardship and judgment.

There are three seats held by incumbents who are very used to your vote and may enjoy being even more used to your votes in the future. But the future is not in their hands, it’s in yours. Three candidates, Gail Braden, Brian Considine and Allen Emmons, stand ready to serve Roxbury.

We leave it to you to decide on November 4th.

10/30/2025

For more information about our 2025 Candidates for Roxbury Town Council and to help with our campaign outreach this weekend, please visit us at www.VoteRoxbury.com

We have been talking with voters and will be knocking on more doors this weekend. Let's get out the vote!!

Support our 2025 Roxbury Township Council Candidates! Gail Braden, Brian Considine, and Allen Emmons. Donate, volunteer, spread the word!

10/30/2025

Meet our At Large Candidates for Roxbury Town Council, 2025

"Common Sense Leadership" - Brian Considine

Brian Considine for Roxbury Council

10/30/2025

Meet our At Large Candidates for Roxbury Town Council, 2025

"Practical Solutions for a Stronger Roxbury" - Allen Emmons

Allen Emmons for Roxbury Council

10/30/2025

Meet our At Large Candidates for Roxbury Town Council, 2025

"Moving Roxbury Forward" - Gail Braden

Gail Braden for Roxbury Council

09/30/2025

We agree - there are opportunities across the county that could help reduce costs and increase efficiency.

https://patch.com/new-jersey/morristown/democratic-challenger-calls-out-morris-county-republicans-ignoring-cost-nodx?fbclid=IwdGRjcANIL49jbGNrA0gvXGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEekW5SrJyaKcVdEEiBYmDDmQ-2BO02xUywcIdDCJy9nygJY2fC9zT1Bv8_UZw_aem_KPkqLL7rkHSe3EHKjlrXuA

07/24/2025

We are pleased to announce our candidates for Roxbury Town Council for the 3 At Large seats this year:

Gail Braden, Brian Considine and Allen Emmons

You are invited to meet them - and the campaign team - at our Campaign Kick Off on Tuesday, July 29th! The event begins at 6:30PM and will include refreshments. The location is in Roxbury and will be provided upon signing up to attend.

You can sign up to attend, here: https://bit.ly/44YtAfO

While the Kick Off is free to attend, we appreciate donations in any amount made to the campaign.

Find out more about how you can help in a variety of ways as a volunteer as well.

Visit us at: www.VoteRoxbury.com

We’re looking forward to seeing you and to kicking off a vigorous campaign!