Gopal Beats Beck in LD11

With 93% of the precints reporting, Vin Gopal is leading Senator Jennifer Beck by over 3300 votes.. 53% to 47% .

Senator-elect Gopal will join Assemblyman Eric Houghtaling and Assemblywoman Joann Downey in Trenton.  Houghtaling and Downey have comfortable leads over Rob Acerra and Michael Whelan

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O’Scanlon Wins LD13 Senate Seat

Senator-elect Declan O’Scanlon

Sean Byrnes conceded the LD13 Senate race to Senator-elect Declan O’Scanlon at 9:10 pm

With 86% of the precincts in the district reporting, O’Scanlon has a 9.5% lead.

“Sean Byrnes ran a spirited race. I thank him for his gracious phone call,” O’Scanlon said.

Assemblywoman Amy Handlin and Freeholder Serena DiMaso are leading comfortalbly

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Braswell and Ryan Win in Highlands

Ken Braswell and Rosemary Ryan have won the two Borough Council seats on the ballot in Highlands.

The unofficial machine tally in the non-partisan election is Ryan 683, Braswell 558.  Greg Wells got 406 votes, former Mayor Frank Nolan 274 and John Colbeg 108

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Live New Jersey Election Results

MMM will have statewide New Jersey election results posted here tonight courtesy of NJSpotlight and NJ News Commons.

Monmouth County and local races will be updated in posts throughout the evening. The polls close at 8PM.  Results should start being reported by 8:30. Read the rest of this entry »

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Election Day Predictions 2017

Kim Guadagno will be elected the 56th Governor of New Jersey by less than 2000 votes.

The Associated Press will not call the NJ gubernatorial race until Thursday due to the failure of the vote reporting systems in Essex, Hudson, Camden and Middlesex counties which will prevent the vote from being counted.  CNN and NJ.com will report rumors that the New Jersey election was hacked by the Russians.

Steve Sweeney will survive the millions spent against his reelection by the NJEA.  The teachers’ union will lose considerable influence in Trenton and its membership will revolt against leadership and reform the association.  Guadagno and Sweeney will have a stronger and more effective reform agenda than Christie and Sweeney had during the first Christie’s term. Read the rest of this entry »

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Why I’m voting for Ken Braswell and Rosemary Ryan for Highlands Council

On Tuesday November 7, I will enthusiastically cast my vote for Highlands Borough Council for Ken Braswell and Rosemary Ryan.  If you live in Highlands, I hope you do too.

Ken and Rosemary are ‘new blood with experience,’ if that makes sense. They both have worked hard, as volunteers, for the Highlands community for many years while avoiding the often nasty political fray. They have both served our community unselfishly with dignity and respect for all. They truly are “level headed leaders.” Read the rest of this entry »

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LD 13 Senate Race Has Gone to the Dogs

The race between Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Democrat Sean Byrnes, a former one term Middletown Township Committeeman, to succeed Senator Joe Kyillos, has gone to the dogs. Read the rest of this entry »

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Text ‘CRAIG’ to 77944 to help Thorne Middle School win $10K for school supplies

You can help Thorne Middle School in Middletown win $10,000 from WPIX-TV by texting the word CRAIG to 77944 starting at 8am on Friday morning through 9am Monday morning, according to Middletown Patch’s Carly Baldwin. Read the rest of this entry »

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Middletown Superintendent Thanks O’Scanlon for Restoration of School Funding

Dr. William George and Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon

Dr. William George III, Ed. D., the Middletown Township Superintendent of Schools, today thanked Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon for his successful efforts in getting all of the $1,179,200 in state funding to Middletown schools that had been cut from the budget proposed by the Democrat majority in the legislature last spring.

George sent O’Scanlon the following email earlier today: Read the rest of this entry »

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Vincent Solomeno’s Lies

For the benefit of my readers from Hazlet who are still not convinced that Vincent Solomeno’s character assassination attempt on Mayor Sue Kiley is based upon outright lies, I visited Town Hall yesterday  to get the documentation which proves it.

As “proof” of his allegation that Kiley accepted an illegal campaign contribution from Maser Consulting during her first election in 2014 and then illegally appointed the firm Township Planner, Solomeno has been posting this clip of the Township’s pay to play ordinance: Read the rest of this entry »

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