State judge resumes hearing on GOP lines lawsuit

After a long and rambling all-day court hearing on Friday, a bid by four long-shot GOP federal candidates to get a state court judge to scratch county organization lines for Republicans returns this morning with a decision likely to come later in the day. Burlington County Assignment Judge Jeanne Covert consolidated two lawsuits related to county lines into one: a bid by Burlington County Republicans to recover their line, which had been eliminated by the county clerk, Democrat Joanne Schwartz; and a second one filed by U.S. Senate candidate Albert...