Gerald Scharfenberger Archives

PBA endorses incumbents, no challengers, in Assembly races

August 26, 2025 12:31 pmAugust 26, 2025 1:06 pm

The New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association has endorsed incumbents in the most competitive legislative races, with support of the state’s largest law enforcement union going to Democrats in the 3rd and 11th districts and Republicans in the 21st district;...

DiMaso, county backed candidates will appear in adjacent columns on ballot

April 16, 2021 3:45 pmApril 16, 2021 4:33 pm

Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) will appear next to Assemblyman Gerald Scharfenberger (R-Middletown) and Holmdel Board of Education President Vicky Flynn, whom county Republicans selected to replace DiMaso on the organizational line, after Wednesday’s ballot draw. Scharfenberger and Flynn are bracketed...

Monmouth GOP mulls dropping DiMaso from organization line

January 26, 2021 4:48 pm

Conflicts with top Monmouth County Republican leaders have put Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) in serious danger of losing party support for a third term, setting up a likely convention fight and potentially a bid off the line in the GOP...

Scharfenberger backs Ciattarelli

January 18, 2021 10:04 am

Assemblyman Gerald Scharfenberger (R-Middletown) today announced his support of Jack Ciattarelli for the Republican nomination for governor. “It is a great honor to endorse my friend Jack Ciattarelli to be the next governor of New Jersey. Jack has the experience,...

Scharfenberger has plan to re-open N.J. businesses

May 7, 2020 2:02 pm

Assemblyman Gerald Scharfenberger (R-Middletown) has proposed his own plan for re-opening New Jersey during the coronavirus pandemic. The freshman Monmouth GOP legislator is advancing a series of protocols that he says exercise “common sense.” “Without a doubt, the impact which...

Murphy administration tells colleges to discuss coronavirus furlough, layoff plans with CWA first

May 1, 2020 5:02 pmMay 2, 2020 5:58 pm

An aide to Gov. Phil Murphy this week ordered higher education officials to talk to the state director of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) before making decisions on layoffs or furloughs related to the coronavirus. “Any discussions regarding reductions...

Doherty bashes ‘King Murphy,’ accuses governor of operating outside State Constitution

April 25, 2020 2:35 pmApril 25, 2020 8:57 pm

State Sen. Michael Doherty (R-Oxford) today slammed Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order allowing tenants to use their security deposits to pay rent as unconstitutional. “We have a governor, and not a king,” Doherty said, maintaining that the State Constitution specifically...