Primary Election 2023 In Brick: Where To Vote, Who's On The Ballot

BRICK, NJ — It is Primary Day in New Jersey, and voters will be choosing nominees for the November general election.

In Brick, the municipal primaries are uncontested. Voters are nominating candidates for the final two years of John Ducey's term as mayor, and four council candidates, for full terms.

The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. for voters to cast ballots in person.

New Jersey has a closed primary, which means only Republicans can vote in the Republican primary, and only Democrats can vote in the Democratic primary. You can declare a party affiliation when you register.

Voters who are not affiliated with any party can declare a party affiliation at the polls to vote in one of the primaries.

Vote-by-mail ballots must be returned by 8 p.m. on June 6 and can be deposited at the Brick branch of the Ocean County Library, on Chambers Bridge Road, or at any of the other dropboxes in the county. Dropboxes are under surveillance 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

On Primary Day, June 6, the polls will be open from 6 a.m.-8 p.m. See the Point Pleasant Beach sample ballot.

THE MUNICIPAL PRIMARIES

There are full slates of candidates for each party in Brick, but neither primary is contested.

For the Democrats, Lisa Crate is seeking the nomination for the November ballot for the two-year unexpired term for mayor, open because John Ducey resigned to become a Superior Court judge.

There are four council seats up for full, four-year terms, and four people seeking the Democratic nominations: Vince Minichino and Derrick Ambrosino, who are current council members; Steve Feinman, and Melissa Travers, who was appointed to fill Crate's seat when she was appointed mayor in February.

For the Republicans, the candidates seeking the formal nominations are John Catalano, who is stepping away from his seat in the state Assembly to instead run for mayor; and Mary Jonas Buckley, Theresa Gallagher, James Palmisano, and Rocco Palmier, who are seeking the Republican nominations for the council races.

OCEAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, SURROGATE

There are two Republicans seeking the nomination for the lone three-year Ocean County commissioner seat up for election in November. Current Commissioner Joseph Vicari announced he is not seeking re-election after 40 years of serving on the county board.

Frank Sadeghi received the endorsement of the Regular Republican Club of Ocean County, and Francis "Frank" Quinn is running with the Toms River First Republicans. county commissioners.
Republican Jeffrey Moran is seeking another term as surrogate.

Jeff J. Horn is the Democratic candidate for state Senate, and his Assembly running mates are John LaMacchia and Emma Mammano.

Roxanne L. Barnes is seeking the Democratic nomination for the county commissioner election, and Charles D. Bauer is seeking the Democratic nomination for surrogate.

NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE

In December 2021, the state underwent redistricting, as required by law every 10 years. While the congressional district changed for Point Pleasant Beach, its New Jersey legislative district did not, and residents are still represented by the 10th District.

State Sen. James Holzapfel is seeking the Republican nomination; he has served in the Senate since 2012, and had served in the Assembly before that, from 1994-2011.

Assemblyman Gregory McGuckin is seeking his seventh term, and he is joined on the GOP Assembly ticket by Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Paul Kanitra, who received the support of both the Ocean and Monmouth County Republican clubs to seek the seat currently held by John Catalano. Catalano, who succeeded David Wolfe, is leaving the Assembly and running for mayor in Brick Township.

The winners of the 2023 primary election will gain their party’s nomination for the general election on Nov. 7.