On New Year’s Day 2024, Morristown’s Third Ward will have a new councilman for the first time in a dozen years.
Steve Pylypchuk and Robert “RJ” Bell each think they have the right stuff to succeed their fellow Democrat, Stefan Armington, who says it’s time to pass the baton.
The contenders share some similarities as they head into the June 6, 2023, Democratic primary. Whoever wins is all but assured of victory in November, as no Republican has filed to run in the Third Ward. The governing body now consists of six Democrats and one Independent.
Pylypchuk and Bell say their stints as volunteers on municipal boards have forged positive working relationships with town officials and attuned them to public concerns, preparing them for the council.
The 36-year-old Pylypchuk, a civil engineer who lives in the Alexander Hamilton neighborhood with…
