When two people are selected by their party to run as a ticket, the candidates may need a little time to get to know each other. That’s not the case for the Republican candidates for the Barnegat Township Committee, where Committeeman Pasquale “Pat” Pipi and newcomer William Farmer have known each other for 50 years as they seek an election victory Nov. 2.

Committeewoman Linda Kropf, Pipi’s running mate in 2018, declined to seek a second term.