Politics & Government

Gov. Christie Wins Monmouth by 71%

Local voters return incumbents to state, county posts.

Today is a good day to be an incumbent.

Voters in Monmouth joined the rest of New Jersey voters on Tuesday in giving Republican Chris Christie a second term as governor, returned their GOP state representatives to Trenton and sent county officeholders back to Freehold. 

In the race for governor, the heavily Republican county exceeded the statewide margin of victory for Christie, giving the governor just less than 71 percent of the vote to Buono’s 28 percent overall. In statewide tallies, Christie garnered 60 percent of the vote to Buono’s 38 percent.

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A Monmouth County Board of Elections map showing preliminary vote tallies is a sea of Christie fans, dotted only sparsely with tiny islands of Buono support.

Buono won only a handful of districts in the county, including one district in Freehold Borough, one district in Aberdeen Township, two in heavily Democratic Red Bank, three in Long Branch, one in Neptune City and several in Neptune Township. The state Senator did carry the city of Asbury Park and the tiny westerly town of Roosevelt, with a population of fewer than 900.

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Voters also gave their incumbent state legislators another shot in Trenton.

In county races, voters leaned toward incumbents, returning representatives to their posts for another term.

Voters supported Republican Shawn Golden as Monmouth County Sheriff over his Democratic challenger Ruben M. Scolavino, 65 percent to 35 percent. 

For two freeholder seats, GOP incumbents Thomas A. Arnone and Serena DiMaso were returned for another term.


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