Regina Discenza Archives - New Jersey Globe

50 municipal primaries we’re watching on Tuesday

June 1, 2026 5:30 amJune 3, 2026 5:11 am

Here’s a list of 50 municipalities with contested primary elections the New Jersey Globe will be watching when the polls close on Tuesday evening: Bernards: Kirsten Light, a former school board member, is challenging organization-backed candidates Paul Humbert, a 74-year-old...

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...

Connors, Gove, Rumpf win in the 9th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pmFebruary 8, 2022 11:06 am

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Christopher Connors (R-Lacey), Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove (R-Barnegat), and Assemblyman Brian Rumpf (R-Little Egg Harbor) have won re-election to the 9th legislative district. Connors defeated attorney and 2019 Democratic freeholder candidate David...

Independent filing deadline is June 8

May 21, 2021 1:50 pm

The deadline for independent candidates to file for the November 2 general election is at 4 PM on June 8, the date of the primary election. For decades, independents had to file at the same time Democrats and Republicans filed...