Golden Days: Monmouth GOP dominated county races

Surrogate Rosemarie Peters, Sheriff Shaun Golden, Congressman Chris Smith, Freeholder Serena DiMaso and Freeholder Tom Arnone celebrate their victories on Election Night

By Art Gallagher

Monmouth County’s Democrat leadership is spinning the shellacking they took last week from Sheriff Shaun Golden, Surrogate Rosemarie Peters, Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Freeholder Deputy Director Serena DiMaso as a function of President-elect Donald Trump’s performance in the county.

Vin’s spin is laughable on many levels.  Let’s hope he believes it.

The Monmouth GOP swept the county races because, under Golden’s leadership, they campaign the same way the govern.  They work smarter and harder with less money.

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Steven Van Zandt to help announce milestone in Count Basie Theatre’s expansion plan

Freeholder Lillian Burry, Steven Van Zandt, Maureen Van Zandt and Mary Eillen Fouratt, Executive Director of Monmouth Arts at Count Basie Theatre, August 22, 2014, for the presentation of the Vanguard Awards

RED BANK — Count Basie Theatre officials, including E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, will gather on Monday morning to announce the historic theater is nearing the halfway point of funding its $20 million expansion plan. The downtown Red Bank theater, named after borough resident and famed jazz musician William James “Count” Basie, announced in… Read the rest of this entry »

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‘N.J.’s best diner’ featured on CBS Sunday Morning

The Broad Street Diner in Keyport, winner of our N.J.’s best diner showdown, was featured on CBS Sunday Morning today. Show chef-in-residence Bobby Flay pays a visit to the classic stainless steel diner and interviews owners Maria and Nick Kallas, who reminisce about how they grew up together as kids – in a family-owned diner. “My… Read the rest of this entry »

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Supermoon will be visible Sunday and Monday

Get your cameras ready. The biggest supermoon in more than six decades will be rising in the autumn sky Sunday night and setting early Monday morning. There’s been lots of buzz in the astronomy community, with Sky & Telescope magazine referring to the upcoming celestial event as the “super-duper supermoon” and others stressing how rare this… Read the rest of this entry »

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Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, November 11-13, 2016

By Greg Kelly

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Friday, November 11

• Veterans Day Ceremony at NJ Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
• College Men’s Basketball: Monmouth U. vs. Drexel (WLB) – MORE INFO
• Arlo Guthrie at Monmouth U. (WLB) – MORE INFO
• Jersey Shore Restaurant Week (Monmouth County) – MORE INFO
• Spring Awakening: A New Musical at Monmouth U. (WLB) – MORE INFO
• The Sunshine Boys at Center Playhouse (Freehold) – MORE INFO

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ArtG and TommyG to discuss the amazing election results at 4 PM

MMM publisher Art Gallagher will be appearing on the TommyGShow this afternoon at 4 p.m. to discuss President Elect Donald Trump’s “surprising” victory (which Art predicted) as well as the huge Monmouth County victory for Sheriff Shaun Golden, Surrogate Rosemarie Peters, Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Freeholder Deputy Director Serena DiMaso.

The TommyGShow can be heard online or at WCTC 1450 AM Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m .

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President Elect Donald J. Trump

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Monmouth GOP Sweeps

Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden, Surrogate Rosemarie Peters, Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Freeholder Deputy Director Serena DiMaso have been reelected.

Monmouth Democrat Chairman Vin Gopal conceded to Golden who is the GOP County Chairman, via text message.

With 456 of 458 voting districts reporting and approximately 4000 vote-by-mail and provisional ballots to be counted, Golden is defeating Marlboro Councilman Jeff Cantor 144,190 to 112,264.

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Get Election Results Live At MoreMonmouthMusings

Thanks to our friends at NJSpotlight and NJ News Commons, New Jersey election results will be available up to the minute on MoreMonmouthMusings.

Through NJSpotlight’s widget readers can view live results in the Presidential race in New Jersey by county and Congressional races by district. A widget will also be updating the statewide results of Ballot Questions 1 and 2.

MMM editor Art Gallagher will be reporting on the County and Municipal races  live from Monmouth GOP’s headquarters at the American Hotel in Freehold.

The polls close at 8pm.  We’ll report results and updates and we get them.

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Predictions

Donald Trump will be elected President of the United States.

Congressman Chris Smith will be reelected with over 70% of the vote in the 4th Congressional District.

Congressman Frank Pallone will survive the Brexit type Trump wave by less than 5%.

Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden will be reelected by over 10%

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