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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...

Quijano entirely missing from spring legislative session

July 1, 2022 12:28 pmJuly 4, 2022 7:09 pm

Assembly Majority Conference Leader Annette Quijano (D-Elizabeth), Elizabeth’s primary representative in the state legislature since 2008, was re-elected to a sixth full term last November. But during the legislature’s entire spring session, she did not make a single appearance in...

Dancer wants to bar municipalities from allowing noncitizen voting in local elections

June 3, 2022 10:01 am

Should noncitizens be able to vote in local elections? That’s an issue Congress has left up to local governments themselves, and a small number of municipalities around the country – most notably New York City and San Francisco – have...

Dancer says state should foot the bill when its mistakes cause do-over elections

April 13, 2022 3:04 pmApril 13, 2022 3:17 pm

Assemblyman Ron Dancer (R-Plumsted) announced today that he will introduce legislation requiring the state to reimburse counties and municipalities for the costs of do-over elections if the cause of the election was a state-made mistake. “Local special elections can cost...

Clifton, Dancer win nods in District 12

June 8, 2021 8:21 pm

Incumbent Assemblymen Robert Clifton (R-Matawan) and Ron Dancer (R-New Egypt) swatted away a challenge from Ahmed Basuoni Tuesday. Clifton and Dancer had organizational lines in Burlington and Ocean Counties, while Basuoni ran off-the-line under the slogan “For Love of America.”...

Dancer to introduce bill requiring polling places to supply masks

April 29, 2021 4:49 pm

Assemblyman Ronald Dancer (R-Plumsted) will introduce a bill requiring every polling place in the state supply face coverings to avoid turning away unmasked voters, he announced Thursday. The move comes a day after Gov. Phil Murphy said unmasked individuals would...

Seven candidates file to run for governor in June primary election

April 5, 2021 10:39 pmApril 6, 2021 11:41 am

Click HERE for the latest update: The dust has mostly settled on New Jersey’s filing deadline, with four Republicans and three Democrats competing to run for governor. Former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, who became the front runner in January after former...