Sandford Ross Archives - New Jersey Globe

Do Republicans have a VBM problem?

March 23, 2022 1:14 pmMarch 24, 2022 9:52 am

A former Republican councilman who lost a court-ordered special election yesterday in Old Bridge blamed his defeat on the lack of trust by GOP voters in vote-by-mail ballots. “Republicans think it’s a scam. It’s not,” said Mark Razzoli. “ The...

N.J. Republicans win two special elections in towns Biden carried

March 16, 2022 5:49 pm

Republicans have won two local elections in New Jersey this year in towns that Joe Biden carried in 2020, something that could be a harbinger of where the state is headed during the 2022 mid-term elections. The GOP flipped a...

Republicans win special election in South Toms River

March 15, 2022 9:08 pmMarch 16, 2022 9:32 am

Republican Sandford Ross won a do-over election for South Toms River Borough Council on Tuesday, defeating Democrat George Rutzler and officially ending the 2020 cycle. A judge ordered a new election after Ross and Rutzler ended the November 2020 elected...

It’s Election Day in New Jersey, again

March 15, 2022 6:00 amMarch 14, 2022 9:23 pm

Good morning, New Jersey. The polls are now open in South Toms River, where a do-over of a November 2020 general election for a seat on the borough council is being rerun 497 days later. Extended court fights and slow-moving...

Campaign 2020 might end on Tuesday with do-over election in South Toms River

March 14, 2022 12:42 pmMarch 14, 2022 9:11 pm

One of New Jersey’s longest campaigns could get settled tomorrow when voters in South Toms River return to the polls to decide a borough council election that ended in a tie in November 2020. In that race, Councilman Sandford Ross...

Two more partisan do-over elections set for March

February 16, 2022 10:05 am

A likely Republican pickup of a Democratic borough council seat in blue-leaning Maywood on Tuesday was the first of three winter do-over partisan elections that could offer a small glimpse of what New Jersey might look like in November 2022....

South Toms River special election set for March 15

December 9, 2021 2:39 pm

A special election for a contested seat on the South Toms River Borough Council has been set for March 15, 2022 – a date that comes more than 16 months after the election was originally held in November 2020. The...