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LD 13 Assembly Race Draws A Crowd As Scharfenberger Jumps In

Monmouth County Freeholder Serena DiMaso and Middletown Mayor Gerry Scharfenberger could be running mates for Assembly this fall.

Suddenly there is a race for the 13th District Assembly seats currently held by Assembly Members Declan O’Scanlon and Amy Handlin.

Middletown Mayor Gerry Scharfenberger announced his candidacy for Assembly, with a video posted on facebook, just hours after Monmouth County Freeholder Serena DiMaso announced her candidacy via press release this morning.

DiMaso’s and Scharfenberger’s announcements follow Fair Haven Councilman Bob Marchese’s announcement last week and Handlin’s statement last month that she wants to run for reelection to the Assembly should she fail to win the LD 13 State Senate nomination at the yet to be scheduled GOP nominating convention. Handlin said she would abide by the will of the County Committee vote at a convention.

O’Scanlon has maintained that he’s running for Senate and nothing else.

In his video announcement, Scharfenberger introduces himself to residents of the 13th beyond Middletown and touts his record as a Township Committeeman for 12 years, 6 of which he served as Mayor.

LD 13 is located in northern Momouth County. The district is comprised of Aberdeen, Atlantic Highlands, Fair Haven, Hazlet, Highlands, Holmdel, Keansburg, Keyport, Little Silver, Marlboro, Middletown, Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Rumson, Sea Bright and Union Beach.

So far, no Democrats have announced for Senate or Assembly in the district. Marlboro Mayor Jonathan Hornik told MMM last week that he has not yet made a decision about seeking the Senate nomination.

 

Disclosure: Art Gallagher, publisher of MoreMonmouthMusings, is an adviser to Declan O’Scanlon

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Posted: January 9th, 2017 | Author: | Filed under: 13th Legislative District, Monmouth County News | Tags: , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

2 Comments on “LD 13 Assembly Race Draws A Crowd As Scharfenberger Jumps In”

  1. Jack Bauer said at 4:38 am on January 10th, 2017:

    Scharfenberger has been taken hostage.

    Read his eyes. He’s communicating by Morse code!

  2. Luckily, said at 1:18 pm on January 10th, 2017:

    that district leans Republican, in this tough year for any Republicans running, in 2017. May political bloodbaths during the candidate selection process not weaken the ability to keep those three seats. Any conventional wisdom would state that we stand to take an electoral “bath,” from governor on down- ballot, thanks to the myriad of problems the current governor has inflicted on his party.