Two Candidates Running For Re-Election On Summit Common Council

Summit NJ

05 April, 2022

10:13 AM

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SUMMIT, NJ — Monday was the filing deadline for the upcoming primary election in June, and two candidates have announced they are running for re-election on the Summit Common Council. Incumbents Danny O'Sullivan and Lisa Allen will be running for re-election, as both of their terms are up this election cycle. They are both running unopposed. O'Sullivan is running to retain his Ward 1 seat on the Common Council. He is a longtime Summit resident, along with his wife and three kids. According to his Twitter, O'Sullivan is a graduate of Fordham University in the Bronx — where he also grew up — and a retired NBA player. He also has worked as a volunteer in Summit, as well as substitute teacher across all Summit schools. Patch profiled O'Sullivan when he first ran for his Common Council seat in 2019. Read more: Take Five: Summit Council Candidate Danny O'Sullivan Allen is running to retain her Ward 2 seat on the Council. According to the city, Allen began her early career at JPMorgan Chase as a Human Resources Business Partner. Since moving to Summit in 2011, Lisa has volunteered on the Franklin Elementary PTO board, as co-leader of Cub Scout Troop 360, on the Board of Trustees for the Summit Parkline Foundation and International Forum of Visual Practitioners Institute. She is a 2019 graduate of Montclair State University with a Masters of Arts in Public and Organizational Relations. Patch profiled Allen when she was appointed to fill in the Ward 2 seat when a previous Council member, Stephen Bowman, resigned. She then ran for re-election in November and won. Read more: Summit Common Council Approves New Member Allen also announced her re-election campaign on her Facebook page Monday: The Summit Common Council consists of seven members. Each of the two wards has three representatives, and one member serves "at large." The ward seats carry three-year terms; the at-large seat is two years. For more information, visit the City of Summit's website. Have a news tip? Email [email protected]. Get a free morning newsletter with news in Summit or another town: https://patch.com/subscribe