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Matt Anderson elected Monmouth Democratic state committeeman

April 6, 2020 3:18 pmApril 6, 2020 4:07 pm

Matt Anderson, a top advisor to State Sen. Vin Gopal, has won a special election for Democratic state committeeman from Monmouth County. He will fill the seat left vacant last year when Bill Robinson resigned following issues with Democratic congressional...

Monmouth Democrats endorse Biden

April 6, 2020 3:18 pmApril 6, 2020 3:39 pm

Joe Biden won the Monmouth County Democratic organization in a landslide victory over Bernie Sanders, winning 90% of the vote in a contest conducted by vote-by-mail ballots after coronavirus led to the cancellation of their March convention. Biden defeated Sanders...

Schmid wins Monmouth Democratic organization line

April 6, 2020 3:18 pmApril 6, 2020 5:54 pm

Former U.S. Department of State official Stephanie Schmid won the Monmouth County Democratic organization line, defeating former United Nations staffer Christine Conforti and former journalist David Applefield by a wide margin in a contest conducted using vote-by-mail ballots. Schmid defeated...

Red Bank councilman secures pandemic relief donations from more than 100 elected officials

April 1, 2020 6:57 pm

Red Bank Councilman Hazim Yassin secured donation pledges for the NJ Pandemic Relief Fund from a bipartisan coalition of more than 100 Monmouth County elected officials. “Forget about November, forget about politics, and forget about your election. This is a...

Cirincione files petitions for primary challenge to Pallone

March 30, 2020 11:01 amMarch 30, 2020 11:02 am

Russ Cirincione says he has filed nominating petitions with more than 400 signatures to get him on the Democratic primary ballot for Congress in New Jersey’s 6th district. The progressive attorney is challenging Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Long Branch), the...

Monmouth Dems will elect county committee in 2020

March 26, 2020 4:10 pm

Monmouth County Democrats have decided to hold county committee election in the June Democratic primary, bucking a statewide trend of postponing those contests until 2021. Democrats cited issues with their by-laws, which would have required a vote of the county...

Man charged after coughing on Wegmans employee, then saying she has coronavirus

March 24, 2020 2:40 pmMarch 24, 2020 5:24 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy announced today that charges are being brought against a man who got into a dispute of a supermarket employee who “coughed on the woman and told her after doing so that he had coronavirus.” George Falcone, a...