Atlantic City Councilman Jesse O. Kurtz, a Republican, appears on pace to run for the Republican nomination for the an assembly seat in LD2.

Fellow Republican Atlantic County Freeholder John Risley also seems interested.

LD2 is a split district battleground, where state Senator Chris Brown (R-2) and Assemblyman John Armato (D-2) and Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo (D-2) are all up for reelection this year.

Brian Fitzherbert was kicking the tires, a source said, but appears to have cooled off. There were also rumors of other people, e.g. Phil Guenther, Beth Holtzman, Kristi Hanselmann, Art Schenker, Amy Gatto, James Toto, but none of them are interested at this point.