Michael Mastronardy Archives - New Jersey Globe

Ocean Republicans sweep county races

November 5, 2025 1:58 am

Republicans swept all of today’s countywide contests in Ocean County, as they have since the last Democratic win in 1989. Sheriff Michael Mastronardy defeated Democrat Regina Discenza, a former Lacey school board member, with 69% of the vote. Jack Kelly...

After GOP primaries, big changes coming to Ocean County government

June 10, 2025 9:09 pm

Thanks to a series of retirements this year, Ocean County’s local government is set to look quite a bit different come 2026, continuing the turnover that has been reshaping the county since Ocean GOP Chairman George Gilmore retook control three...

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...