Democrats Retain Control Of Manasquan

By Art Gallagher

Democrat Owen McCarthy scored a overwhelming victory over Republican Robert Ferrante in the runoff electionfor Manasquan’s final council seat yesterday, according to a report in the Asbury Park Press.

McCarthy and Ferrante were tied after a recount of the November 2 election results.  Judge Lawrence Lawson ordered a new election.  McCarthy earned 998 votes to Ferrante’s 679 in the special election tally.

As a result of the special election, Democrats and Republicans each have three council members.  Democratic Mayor George Dempsey breaks the tie.

Posted: January 12th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Manalapan | Tags: | 1 Comment »

One Comment on “Democrats Retain Control Of Manasquan”

  1. Elyse Jankowski said at 9:54 am on January 13th, 2011:

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    (Moonbat vocabulary does not extend past age 2)