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Republicans get solid wins in Monmouth freeholder race

November 7, 2018 2:01 amNovember 7, 2018 2:18 am

Republican candidates for the Monmouth County Freeholder Board secured solid victories but fell short of winning in a landslide. Sue Kiley, who Monmouth County Chair Shaun Golden fielded after dropping Freeholder John Curley over sexual harassment allegations, won with 122,165...

Monmouth waits to see if Curley files

June 5, 2018 1:17 amJune 5, 2018 4:32 pm

Monmouth County Freeholder John Curley has until 4 PM today to decide if he wants to seek re-election to re-election as an independent. Republicans booted the three-term freeholder from their ticket after his colleagues censured him in January following a...

Gopal rebuilt Monmouth Dems from the ground up

March 5, 2018 12:45 pmMarch 6, 2018 11:13 am

Monmouth County has been Republican territory for more than a hundred years, even though it’s had a Democratic congressman since 1964. But from the bottom up, there is evidence that the county is becoming more politically competitive, and that Democrats...