Election Guide

Rosen Pledges Continued Freeholder Fight

Democrat candidate for Freeholder says 2012 campaign already begun

The dust from this year's election has settled. Or has it? Democrat challenger Michele Rosen's bid for longtime Freeholder Joseph Vicari's seat was unsuccessful, but after the results came in Tuesday, she pledged to be back for 2012. "Next year's campaign starts now," Rosen said at the county Democrats' party at The Tuscan House in Toms River. In 2012, Freeholders John Bartlett's and Gerry Little's respective terms expire. Vicari easily fended off Rosen's challenge by capturing more than 65 percent of the vote, with 67,880 votes to Rosen's 35,961 tallies. Rosen regularly attended Freeholder and county Board of Health meetings, and during public comment sessions would raise questions on spending and contracts, with officials pointing out …

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Few Ocean Voters Come Out for Uncontested Races

Only 5.9 percent of county's registered voters went to polls Tuesday, with no contests for county, state seats

With no state or countywide races to propel Democrat and Republicans to the polls, only 5.9 percent of the county’s 365,288 voters took time to nominate candidates for the November general election to fill 12 Legislative seats and one on the freeholder board in Tuesday’s primary election. There were no contests for party nominations for any of the races to narrow the field for Legislative seats in four districts and a seat on the all-Republican freeholder board. An off-year election already expected to bring few voters to the polls saw only 13.6 percent of the county’s 103,300 Republicans and 9.95 percent of 74,543 Democrats cast ballots, according to unofficial returns from Ocean County Clerk Scott M. Colabella. Voters were left with a …

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yournjnets

12:38 pm on Thursday, October 6, 2011

Dan can you explain to us about Enron, Lucent, Bear Stearns, Lehman ,airlines, banks how about golden parachutes do you think that is a cause to raise the price any idea how much bob nardelli of hd got? please wake up piney repukes corp greed is the real terrorist along with republicon sheep   more ›