Michael Mastronardy Archives - New Jersey Globe

Sadeghi gets Republican line for Ocean County commissioner seat uncontested

March 8, 2023 7:20 pmMarch 8, 2023 7:53 pm

Toms River businessman Frank Sadeghi, an ally of Ocean GOP Chairman George Gilmore and once a candidate for party chairman himself, has won the Ocean County Republican organizational line for an open county commissioner seat uncontested. A number of other...

Eliminated Democrat in Manchester mayoral race slams incumbent mayor

December 9, 2022 11:27 am

Next Tuesday’s mayoral runoff election in Manchester, a solid-red Ocean County township of 45,115 people, is a fight between two fractious wings of the Republican Party. It is Democratic voters, however, who may play a decisive role in electing the...

A preview of N.J.’s December 13 runoffs in Trenton, Perth Amboy, and Manchester

December 7, 2022 1:24 pmDecember 12, 2022 10:07 am

U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Georgia) may have won the nation’s most important runoff election yesterday, but the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-most important are all still to come – and they’re all in New Jersey. Next Tuesday, December 13, voters in...

An open Assembly seat in New Jersey’s most sprawling legislative district

July 25, 2022 11:14 amJuly 25, 2022 3:39 pm

The sad news arrived this weekend that Assemblyman Ron Dancer (R-Plumsted) died at the age of 73 after a lengthy illness. A diligent legislator and a champion of New Jersey’s horse racing industry, Dancer has been the subject of tributes...

Mastronardy leading Gilmore in contest for Toms River county committee seats

June 8, 2022 9:28 am

Michael Mastronardy leads George Gilmore, 27 to 20, in contests for Republican county committee seats in Toms River, with about 7 contests still too close to call. Gilmore, who is seeking to return as Ocean County GOP chairman in an...

Kelly and Haines beat Crispi-backed candidates in Ocean GOP primary

June 7, 2022 11:20 pmJune 7, 2022 11:24 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Ocean County Commissioners Virginia Haines and Jack Kelly, running on the Ocean GOP line, have won renomination against former Toms River Board of Education member Ashley Lamb and pastor Sergio Fossa, who were bracketed...

As Gilmore enters race, Mastronardy sweeps endorsements from top elected officials

May 24, 2022 5:08 pmMay 24, 2022 8:03 pm

Hours after George Gilmore formally announced his intention to seek a return as county chairman, every legislator and countywide elected official in has endorsed rival Michael Mastronardy for the job. The endorsements for Mastronardy, the there-term sheriff, included longtime Gilmore...