Ronald Dancer Archives - New Jersey Globe

Faced with redrawn seats, incumbents have reserved reactions

February 15, 2022 11:58 amFebruary 15, 2022 9:04 pm

Following the release of two draft legislative maps last week, New Jersey’s 120 legislators have all had the opportunity to review how their own districts would change under each proposal – and for around two dozen of them, the future...

Battle over Murphy budget address headlines new legislature’s first full day

February 14, 2022 4:55 pm

After weeks of committee hearings and one brief Senate session, the 220th New Jersey State Legislature held its first full legislative voting session today, headlined by a seemingly straightforward bill that nevertheless drew significant opposition from Republican lawmakers: whether to...

Initial legislative map proposals leave some incumbents behind

February 8, 2022 5:22 pmFebruary 8, 2022 7:14 pm

Whenever a new political redistricting process begins, one of the most frustrating things to account for is where incumbent legislators already live. Those tasked with redistricting want to draw as logical a map as possible, but they also frequently have...

There’s no such thing as a perfect legislative map

January 14, 2022 2:26 pm

Last Saturday, Legislative Apportionment Commission tiebreaker Philip Carchman released an eight-page document outlining his requirements for the state’s next legislative map and laying out a series of standards he hopes the redrawn districts will fulfill. Among those standards are compactness,...

Thompson, Clifton, Dancer win in the 12th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pmDecember 17, 2021 2:33 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Samuel Thompson (R-Old Bridge), Assemblyman Robert Clifton (R-Matawan), and Assemblyman Ronald Dancer (R-Plumsted) have won re-election to the 12th legislative district. Thompson beat out Democratic Matawan mayor Joseph Altomonte, and the...

Republican constitutional amendment would block automatic VBMs for all voters

November 11, 2020 12:32 pm

Six Republican lawmakers are backing a constitutional amendment that would block future governors from requiring mail-in ballots to be sent to every active registered voter in the state. The measure, sponsored by State Sen. Bob Singer (R-Lakewood) and Assemblyman Sean...

Charges were filed against a small-town N.J. mayor, but sewage scandal probably won’t hurt his re-election bid

September 5, 2020 6:20 pmSeptember 7, 2020 12:03 am

Criminal charges filed against a small-town mayor in a sewage scandal is a very New Jersey kind of story, but in a sort of “heads I win, tails I win” deal, it’s unlikely to affect the outcome of the general...