George Rutzler Archives - New Jersey Globe

Do Republicans have a VBM problem?

March 23, 2022 1:14 pmMarch 24, 2022 9:52 am

A former Republican councilman who lost a court-ordered special election yesterday in Old Bridge blamed his defeat on the lack of trust by GOP voters in vote-by-mail ballots. “Republicans think it’s a scam. It’s not,” said Mark Razzoli. “ The...

Republicans win special election in South Toms River

March 15, 2022 9:08 pmMarch 16, 2022 9:32 am

Republican Sandford Ross won a do-over election for South Toms River Borough Council on Tuesday, defeating Democrat George Rutzler and officially ending the 2020 cycle. A judge ordered a new election after Ross and Rutzler ended the November 2020 elected...

It’s Election Day in New Jersey, again

March 15, 2022 6:00 amMarch 14, 2022 9:23 pm

Good morning, New Jersey. The polls are now open in South Toms River, where a do-over of a November 2020 general election for a seat on the borough council is being rerun 497 days later. Extended court fights and slow-moving...

Campaign 2020 might end on Tuesday with do-over election in South Toms River

March 14, 2022 12:42 pmMarch 14, 2022 9:11 pm

One of New Jersey’s longest campaigns could get settled tomorrow when voters in South Toms River return to the polls to decide a borough council election that ended in a tie in November 2020. In that race, Councilman Sandford Ross...

Two more partisan do-over elections set for March

February 16, 2022 10:05 am

A likely Republican pickup of a Democratic borough council seat in blue-leaning Maywood on Tuesday was the first of three winter do-over partisan elections that could offer a small glimpse of what New Jersey might look like in November 2022....

South Toms River special election set for March 15

December 9, 2021 2:39 pm

A special election for a contested seat on the South Toms River Borough Council has been set for March 15, 2022 – a date that comes more than 16 months after the election was originally held in November 2020. The...

Thirteen months after 2020 election, judges order special election in South Toms River

December 7, 2021 11:30 amDecember 11, 2021 2:01 pm

More than a year after an election for South Toms River Borough Council ended in a tie, a state appellate court today ordered a special election to fill a seat that’s been vacant since April. The 2020 election initially resulted...