Elections

In unofficial balloting, incumbents cruise to victory in the races for seats on the Boards of Chosen Freeholders for Ocean and Monmouth Counties and the County Clerkships in both counties. OCEAN COUNTY Freeholder: John Bartlett (R-Incumbent); Gerry Little (R-Incumbent) defeated Jimmy Esposito (D); Christian Leitner (D) County Clerk: Scott Colabella (R-Incumbent) defeated Kieran Pillion, Jr ... Re

Newly-reelected Ocean County Freeholder Joe Vicari isn't willing to forgive and forget when it comes to allegations made by his defeated challenger Tim Ryan during the recent campaign. Vicari has filed a civil suit against Ryan and several others, citing libel, defamation, and slander and claiming that Ryan deliberately lied to the voters of Ocean County in his effort to win the office of Freehold

What follows here is not a news story. It is a summary of observations in the course of an election season marked by character attacks in local, county and federal races.

A Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll released Wednesday reveals Democrats hold the early edge over Republicans in the Garden State's midterm Congressional races.

The state comptroller released an audit Wednesday with a recommendation that fire district elections be moved to the same date as the November general election. The report spurred two lawmakers to renew their push to approve legislation that would turn the suggestion into law.

As another season of American Idol is underway, it's amazing to think that the show is already in season 13. Since the show first began, Idol alum have shown that there is life after singing for votes, doing everything from reality TV to winning major movie awards. But one former contestant is looking away from entertainment and towards politics.