Former NFL star Jon Runyon will soon also be a former congressman.
The 3rd Congressional District Republican will not seek a third term in Washington, according to a report in the Burlington County Times. (Hat tip SaveJersey)
Posted: November 6th, 2013 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2014 Congressional Races | Tags: 2014 Congressional Elections, Jon Runyon, NJ-3 | 7 Comments »
Monmouth County voters overwhelming elected Sheriff Shaun Golden and Freeholder Director Tom Arnone to second terms yesterday. Deputy Freeholder Director won her second election in as many years, earning her first full term as a freeholder. DiMaso was elected last year to complete the term of Assemblyman Rob Clifton.
Golden defeated criminal defense attorney Rueben Scolavino with 102,840 votes. 58,923 people voted for Scolavino.
Only Governor Chris Christie, who earned 70.6% of the vote in Monmouth County, 122,928, outpolled Golden.
Freeholders Arnone and DiMaso bested their Democratic opponents Brian Froelich of Spring Lake and Larry Luttrell of Holmdel by an almost 2-1 margin. Arnone got 98,832 votes, Dimaso 95,829. Froelich, who ran for the House of Representative against Congressman Chris Smith last year came in third with 58,450 votes and Luttrell, who was endorsed by the Asbury Park Press, received 56,394 votes.
In the legislative races, Republicans dominated.
Posted: November 6th, 2013 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2013 Election, Monmouth County | Tags: Brian Froelich, Jon Hor, Larry Luttrell, Monmouth GOP, NJ Legislature, Serena DiMaso, Shaun Golden, Tom Arnone | 12 Comments »Incumbent Republican Committeemen Mike Sachs and Scott Aagre beat back a challenge from Democrats Cliff Moore and Audrey Tyler, with all districts reporting.
Posted: November 5th, 2013 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Audrey Tyler, Cliff Moore, Hazlet, Michael Sachs, Scott Aagre | Comments Off on Republicans Win In HazletWith 6 of 9 voting districts reporting in Red Bank, Republican Cindy Burnham and incumbent Democrat Kathy Horgan appear to be headed to victory.
Republican candidate Sean DiSomma said that his count of all districts has him losing to Horgan by 80 votes, and Burnham winning. Incumbent Councilwoman Sharon Lee appears to be losing.
Posted: November 5th, 2013 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2013 Election, Red Bank | Tags: Cindy Burnham, Kathy Horgan, Red Bank, Sean DiSomma, Sharon Lee | 2 Comments »
Mayor Frank L. Nolan was elected to a second term leading the Borough of Highlands today.
Nolan, a Republican earned 46% % of the vote in the Superstorm Sandy ravaged community over his Democratic opponent, Council President Rebecca Kane who earned 39%. 15% of Highlands voters wrote in their chose. Douglas Card waged a write-in campaign. There were 1290 votes cast in the borough today. These results to not include mail-in ballots.
Posted: November 5th, 2013 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2013 Election, Highlands | Tags: Douglas Card, Frank Nolan, Highlands, Rebecca Kane | 3 Comments »As of 4pm, mail in ballots in Monmouth County were breaking 2-1 in favor of Governor Chris Christie. Two thirds of the ballots had already been counted, according to a reliable source.
Christie has coattails in Monmouth County. Our source said the election is looking to be a Republican landslide throughout the county and in all legislative districts.
Posted: November 5th, 2013 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2013 Election | Tags: 2013 Election, early returns, mail in ballots, Monmouth County | 4 Comments »
The Battle of Monmouth is in the municipalities today.
Monmouth Democratic Chairman Vin Gopal is hoping to be the Gene Michael of politics. Michael, the New York Yankees General Manger in the early 1990’s, rebuilt the mediocre team back to dominant glory by focusing on new talent in the farm system. As a player, Michael was a master of the hidden ball trick. In baseball the hidden ball trick is when a position player fakes throwing the ball back to the pitcher after a play, only to tag out the base runner when he take a lead off the base.
Like Michael, Gopal is trying to build his farm team in Monmouth County municipal races, knowing he can’t win the big show in the short term, with an eye on future dominance of Monmouth County government and the State of New Jersey. Also like Michael, Gopal always has a trick up his sleeve behind his youthful smile and pleasant demeanor.
Gopal hasn’t even fielded a team in 23 races in 16 Monmouth County towns. Yet he has the press and New Jersey’s Democratic leadership convinced he’s building a future empire from the bottom up.
But if he doesn’t deliver the goods tonight, Gopal could end up as a Hardy Peterson, the Yankees General Manager who only lasted in the job for one year, 1990, instead of Michael, and find himself challenged for the county chairmanship when his first term ends in June.
The towns to watch tonight are Red Bank, Aberdeen, Eatontown, Highlands, Hazlet and Marlboro.
Posted: November 5th, 2013 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2013 Election, Monmouth County, Monmouth Democrats, Monmouth GOP | Tags: "LaHornicca", Aberdeen, Cliff Moore, Cory Booker, Declan O'Scanlon, Eatontown, Frank LaRocca, Frank Nolan, Hazlet, Highlands, Jennifer Beck, Marlboro, Mary Tyler Moore, Monmouth County Dems, Rebecca Kane, Red Bank, Vin Gopal | 3 Comments »
Control of the N.J. Legislature is up for grabs today (via NJ.com)
TRENTON — Will Gov. Chris Christie turn the blue state Legislature red? With the Republican governor leading Democrat Barbara Buono by anywhere from 20 to 36 points in the latest polls, that’s the question on everyone’s mind. All 120 seats —…
Governor Chris Christie will be reelected with 59.9875% of the vote. In Monmouth County, Christie-Guadagno will win 68% of the vote.
Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden will be elected with 69% of the vote.
Freeholders Tom Arnone and Serena DiMaso will win by 68% and 68.4%, respectively. DiMaso’s extra votes will be attributable to the negative ads the Monmouth County Dems have run against her, and prove that the Asbury Park Press’s endorsement is meaningless.
Brian Froelich will get more votes for Freeholder than Larry Luttrell gets, proving that the Asbury Park Press’s endorsement is meaningless and that negative advertising doesn’t beat a quality incumbent.
Posted: November 4th, 2013 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2013 Election | Tags: Barbara Gonzalez, Brian Froelich, Chris Christie, Cindy Burnham, Dan Jacobson, Kim Guadagno, Larry Luttrell, Patrick Murray, Robert Singer, Sean DiSomma, Serena DiMaso, Shaun Gelden, Tom Arnone | 8 Comments »By Tom DeSeno
Sen Jennifer Beck, her husband Dan Shields and Freeholders Serena DiMaso and Tom Arnone @ Highlands Mayor Frank Nolan’s Rally @Bahr’s Landing. November 3.
The Freeholder Board runs the county government. It’s always been puzzling why political parties are so entrenched in the process of selecting candidates, because the job of Freeholder has so little to do with the center-right and center-left political ideologies that the parties have come to represent.
The Freeholder board transcends the purely political because the issues they deal with don’t lend themselves to the various divisive topics that get folks to arguing. The reality of being Freeholder is this – delivering quality government services at the least possible price.
With that understanding, let’s take a look at two of the candidates for Monmouth County Freeholder.
Posted: November 4th, 2013 | Author: admin | Filed under: 2013 Election, Monmouth County, Monmouth County Board of Freeholders | Tags: Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, Serena DiMaso, Tom Arone, Tom DeSeno | 6 Comments »© Copyright 2026 | MoreMonmouthMusings | All Rights Reserved