James Curcio Archives - New Jersey Globe

Democrat retains Atlantic commissioner seat; GOP appears likely to win other county races

November 5, 2025 3:03 am

Democrats have retained their lone seat on the Atlantic County Board of Commissioners, with incumbent Collins Days defeating party-switching Atlantic City Councilman George Tibbitt. Days leads Tibbitt, 8,119 to 5,910. Republicans appear likely to hold the open commissioner-at-large seat with...

Scheffler, Curcio build leads, but freeholder races too close to call

November 6, 2020 4:24 pmNovember 7, 2020 12:55 pm

Atlantic County Sheriff Eric Scheffler appears poised to bat aside a challenge from Republican Joe “Tokyo” O’Donoghue, but other races in the county remain too close to call. Scheffler leads his opponent by 10,691 votes, 69,157 to 58,466. Republican Surrogate...

Scheffler likely wins in Atlantic, but other races too close to call

November 3, 2020 10:50 pmNovember 4, 2020 4:42 am

Democratic Sheriff Eric Scheffler will likely defeat former sheriff’s officer Joe “Tokyo” O’Donoghue, but other countywide races there are too close to call. Scheffler leads O’Donoghue by a little more than 11,000 votes. Democratic At-Large Freeholder Caren Fitzpatrick and Celeste...

Murphy stumps for Atlantic Dems with about 50 hours left in race

November 1, 2020 7:01 pmNovember 2, 2020 3:35 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy headlined a virtual rally boosting countywide candidates in Atlantic County and House challenger Amy Kennedy Sunday evening. Though he gave praise to each of Atlantic’s five Democratic countywide candidates, he made special mention of Kennedy’s race. “As...

Dicht wins primary for Atlantic Surrogate

July 7, 2020 9:25 pm

Ventnor attorney Stephen Dicht will be the Democratic nominee for Atlantic County Surrogate. He defeated Levi Fox on Tuesday and will go on to face Republican incumbent James Curcio, who is seeking re-election to a third term. The run is...

Murphy beats up on Atlantic surrogate’s call to re-open state ‘immediately without restrictions’

April 18, 2020 3:10 pmApril 19, 2020 6:46 pm

An unusually enraged Gov. Phil Murphy today smacked down Atlantic County Surrogate James Curcio for calling on the state to reopen “immediately without restrictions” and “untie the hands of the private sector so it can rescue New Jersey from this...

Atlantic GOP cancels convention, will hold municipal leaders meeting

March 13, 2020 1:50 pm

Atlantic County Republicans have cancelled their convention in response to the coronavirus pandemic and instead will hold a meeting of 23 municipal leaders to award their organization line. “That’s the most prudent course given the circumstances,” said GOP county chairman...