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With Ocean GOP filing deadline over, it’s a five-way race for county commissioner

January 18, 2022 7:25 pmJanuary 19, 2022 12:58 am

Five candidates are seeking the support of the Ocean County Republican organization for county commissioner, including incumbents Jack Kelly and Virginia Haines. Jackson Councilman Andrew Kern, Toms River school board member Ashley Lamb, and former Brick Councilman Michael Thulen, Sr....

In Ocean County, Haines faces challenge for county commissioner from a woman 40 years younger

January 18, 2022 12:41 pmJanuary 18, 2022 6:55 pm

Toms River school board member Ashley Palmiere Lamb says she will seek the Republican nomination for Ocean County Commissioner, setting up a fight between a 35-year-old local official and Virginia E. Haines, a 75-year-old incumbent who has been a fixture...

Mastronardy will seek re-election as Ocean sheriff

January 11, 2022 7:38 pm

Republican Michael Mastronardy will seek a fourth term as the Ocean County Sheriff, with County Commissioners Jack Kelly and Virginia Haines also running for re-election. Mastronardy was elected sheriff in 2013 to succeed William Polhemus, who died just six weeks...

Ocean County GOP filing deadline is January 14

December 23, 2021 4:41 pm

The filing deadline to compete for the endorsement of the Ocean County Republican organization is just three week away. Ocean County GOP Chairman Frank Holman announced on Thursday that candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives and for Sheriff and...

Ocean Democrats set to replace county commissioner candidate

September 9, 2021 9:54 am

Ocean County Democrats are expected to certify the selection of political newcomer Catherine Paura as their new candidate for county commissioner. She will replace Rita Kopacz, who won the Democratic primary but withdrew from the race on August 22. The...

Republican official, 88, will seek re-election to a four-year term

January 18, 2021 5:27 pm

Thomas Kelaher, the 88-year-old former mayor of Toms River, is unopposed in his bid for re-election to another four-year term as the Republican State Committeeman from Ocean County. Kelaher, who retired as mayor in 2019, will seek his fourth term...

Lanuto backs Gibbs as ‘Snooki ad’ heats up NJ-3 GOP primary

February 24, 2020 6:05 pmFebruary 26, 2020 4:11 pm

Ocean County GOP chairman Barbara Lanuto has endorsed Kate Gibbs for the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 3rd district. Lanuto’s endorsement follows a vote to support Gibbs by the Ocean County GOP screening committee and comes in advance...