Sean Kean Archives

DiMaso ousted after being dropped from Monmouth GOP line

June 8, 2021 9:21 pm

The Monmouth County line proved too much for Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) to overcome. Assemblyman Gerard Scharfenberger (R-Middletown) and Holmdel School Board President Vicky Flynn will go on to the general election. The contest in the 13th district was one...

Kean, Thomson defeat Richter in district 30

June 8, 2021 8:26 pmJune 8, 2021 10:44 pm

Assemblymen Sean Kean (R-Wall) and Ned Thomson (R-Wall) overcame a challenge from Alter Eliezer Richter Tuesday. The incumbents made their bid with organizational support while Richter, a Lakewood resident who mounted an unsuccessful bid for the fourth congressional district’s House...

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...

Ex-N.J. Democratic candidate now advocating for Trump, alleging wild election fraud claims

December 31, 2020 10:45 am

One of the lawyers working with Sidney Powell to make rambling allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election is a Lakewood man who ran for office three times as a Democrat. Lakewood attorney Howard Kleinhendler ran on 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...

Bradley Beach council race too close to call

November 3, 2020 11:24 pmNovember 4, 2020 1:00 pm

The non-partisan race for Bradley Beach Mayor is too close to call. Larry Fox leads Councilman Al Gubitosi 641 votes to 593 votes. They’re running to replace Mayor Gary Engelstad, who did not seek re-election. Gubitosi had some high-profile bipartisan...

Thomson, Kean not ready to endorse in CD3

March 5, 2020 5:03 pm

Assemblymen Ned Thomson and Sean Kean aren’t ready to endorse a candidate in the third district’s Republican primary. “I will, but right now I’m not prepared to do that. But I’m watching. It’s interesting with the counties taking different paths....