Gerald Scharfenberger Archives

NJEA sides with GOP incumbents in key Assembly races

August 29, 2019 2:56 pmAugust 29, 2019 8:22 pm

The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) has endorsed four Republican incumbents in hotly contested races for the State Assembly in the 2019 mid-term elections. The state’s largest public employee union also declined to back South Jersey Democrats in their bids...

DiMaso tossed from GOP fundraiser

June 9, 2019 3:17 pmJune 9, 2019 3:18 pm

Monmouth County Republicans barred Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) from attending a party fundraiser on Wednesday because she bucked the GOP line in the Holmdel Township Committee primary. DiMaso was told in advance that she had been disinvited from the event,...

Map: The Gender Gap in the New Jersey Legislature

May 13, 2019 11:25 amMay 13, 2019 11:42 am

You can drive from Delaware to New York without going through a district represented by a woman in the New Jersey State Assembly. The majority of Assembly districts a — 23 of 40 (57.5%) elect one man and one woman...

Friedman, Singer get Monmouth Dem nod for Assembly in 13th

March 16, 2019 1:34 pmMarch 16, 2019 6:03 pm

Monmouth County Democrats have selected Matawan-Aberdeen Board of Education president Allison Friedman and Holmdel attorney Barbara Singer to run for State Assembly in the 13th district against freshman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) and her running mate, Monmouth County freeholder Gerald Scharfenberger....

Nelson, Penna win Monmouth Dem freeholder endorsement

March 16, 2019 12:12 pmMarch 16, 2019 1:04 pm

Monmouth County Democrats have picked Moira Nelson, an Action Together Monmouth County activist, and teacher Michael Penna as their candidates for freeholder. Nelson was the top vote-getter with 207 votes. Penna narrowly eked out a win, defeating Asbury Park businessman...

Assembly retirement number now at 4

March 14, 2019 3:45 pmMarch 14, 2019 8:23 pm

The announcement that Patricia Egan Jones (D-Barrington) will retire at the end of her current term brings the total number of Assembly incumbents not seeking re-election to four. The filing deadline for the June primary is April 1. Three Republicans:...

Monmouth Dems face convention contests for freeholder, Assembly

March 13, 2019 5:10 pm

Monmouth County Democrats are gearing up for a hotly contested convention on Saturday, with races for freeholder and State Assembly in three legislative districts. Four candidates are seeking party support for two seats on the freeholder board: Liz Lawrence, an...