Stephen Dicht Archives - New Jersey Globe

Scheffler, Curcio build leads, but freeholder races too close to call

November 6, 2020 4:24 pmNovember 7, 2020 12:55 pm

Atlantic County Sheriff Eric Scheffler appears poised to bat aside a challenge from Republican Joe “Tokyo” O’Donoghue, but other races in the county remain too close to call. Scheffler leads his opponent by 10,691 votes, 69,157 to 58,466. Republican Surrogate...

Scheffler likely wins in Atlantic, but other races too close to call

November 3, 2020 10:50 pmNovember 4, 2020 4:42 am

Democratic Sheriff Eric Scheffler will likely defeat former sheriff’s officer Joe “Tokyo” O’Donoghue, but other countywide races there are too close to call. Scheffler leads O’Donoghue by a little more than 11,000 votes. Democratic At-Large Freeholder Caren Fitzpatrick and Celeste...

Murphy stumps for Atlantic Dems with about 50 hours left in race

November 1, 2020 7:01 pmNovember 2, 2020 3:35 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy headlined a virtual rally boosting countywide candidates in Atlantic County and House challenger Amy Kennedy Sunday evening. Though he gave praise to each of Atlantic’s five Democratic countywide candidates, he made special mention of Kennedy’s race. “As...

Atlantic Democrats bank on coattails while Risley leans on record

October 27, 2020 4:02 pm

Democrats in Atlantic County are hoping former Vice President Joe Biden and House challenger Amy Kennedy’s coattails will win them another seat on the county’s freeholder board. “At the end of the day, if Biden and Amy do well, we’re...

Dicht wins primary for Atlantic Surrogate

July 7, 2020 9:25 pm

Ventnor attorney Stephen Dicht will be the Democratic nominee for Atlantic County Surrogate. He defeated Levi Fox on Tuesday and will go on to face Republican incumbent James Curcio, who is seeking re-election to a third term. The run is...

Murphy beats up on Atlantic surrogate’s call to re-open state ‘immediately without restrictions’

April 18, 2020 3:10 pmApril 19, 2020 6:46 pm

An unusually enraged Gov. Phil Murphy today smacked down Atlantic County Surrogate James Curcio for calling on the state to reopen “immediately without restrictions” and “untie the hands of the private sector so it can rescue New Jersey from this...

Dicht will challenge Curcio for Atlantic surrogate

March 7, 2020 3:56 pmMarch 11, 2020 10:28 am

Stephen Dicht, a Ventnor attorney who represented a woman arrested for assaulting a police officer on a beach in Wildwood last summer, is expected to become the Democratic candidate for Atlantic County Surrogate. He was the only candidate to file...