2 Guardsmen Try to Get Back in Power

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PROSPECT PARK Residents have a ringside seat to the county's hottest political contest as Tuesday's party primaries near.

Two National Guardsmen, Sgt. Herb Perez and Spec. Thomas Jefferson, are trying to get back into municipal offices. The pair were ousted last July from their Borough Council seats while on active duty abroad, sparking controversy that rippled all the way to becoming an episode on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show."

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2 Guardsmen Try to Get Back in Power

Now they're back in town Jefferson returned from Iraq in November, and Perez from Germany in March and running on a joint ticket. Perez is challenging Mayor Mohamed Khairullah, and Jefferson is running for nomination to a three-year term on the council.

The town is blanketed with Khairullah and Pe...

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