The campaign of the Republican challenger in the 24the legislative district's primary race has sent a political operative of one of the establishment candidates a cease and desist letter over public allegations of harassment, according to emails obtained by PolitickerNJ.

SPARTA -- Political contests are already primed for controversy in this part of the state, where fiercely held social beliefs on issues like abortion and gun rights routinely serve as flash points for debate at the local town hall. But throw in a botched solar energy program -- so botched, in fact, that it compelled the freeholder boards of three counties involved to buy out contractors' litigation costs at taxpayers' expense last month -- and you get something more interesting.