Party switcher needs to mend fences with ex-foes
Toms River councilman flips to GOP, cities Dem shift to left
Ocean
Toms River councilman switches parties
Dan Rodrick flips from Democrat to Republican
Ducey wins race for Brick Dem chairman
Mayor scores lopsided victory over councilman
Key Ocean county pols may be out in Stafford
Conservative upset could mean legislators get fired
GOP legislators endorse Singh
Republican congressional candidate Hirsh Singh has picked up the endorsements of two Republican legislators from the Ocean County portion of New Jersey’s 2nd district. Assemblyman Brian Rumpf (R-Little Egg Harbor) and Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove (R-Long Beach) join the Ocean County Republican organization in supporting Singh for the open House seat of retiring Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-Ventnor). “Hirsh Singh is the candidate we need for Congress in South Jersey," Rumpf said.
In Memoriam
Gene Ritchings, who founded the Ocean County Young Republican Club in the 1940’s, passed away on March 15. He was 91. Ritchings ran for the State Assembly twice in the 1950’s in GOP primaries against incumbent Lettie Savage. He ran local campaigns in Point Pleasant and in Ocean County for decades and was the president of the Independent Voter League, which worked to oust longtime Point Pleasant Mayor Ralph Carlson
Ocean County line goes to Kim, Welle and Van Drew
Menendez also gets organization endorsement
Carol Buckalew Dies
Carol Buckalew, the wife of civic leader and prominent political insider Joseph Buckalew for 62 years, passed away on March 9. She was 85. She was a New Jersey delegate to the 1984 Republican National Convention, pledged to Ronald Reagan, and was one of the owners of WOBM, Ocean County’s first radio station. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 3-7 PM at the D’Elia Funeral Home in Lakewood, and
Hugin wins Ocean County
There's no real news here: Bob Hugin won the endorsement of the Ocean County Republican Organization tonight in his bid for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. “Ocean County delivers the highest number of Republican votes of any county in New Jersey and we are fully behind Bob Hugin,” said Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore. “We need a Senator that New Jersey can be proud of again, and we
GOP businessman urged to seek House seat
A trucking company executive with close ties to former Gov. Chris Christie is being courted to run for Rodney Frelinghuysen’s congressional seat in New Jersey’s 11th district. Jerry Langer, who served on Christie’s presidential campaign finance committee and on his gubernatorial transition team, has been mulling a bid for Congress since Frelinghuysen announced his retirement on Monday. Former Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and Ocean County GOP Chairman George Gilmore are