Contentious Lacey Township Committee Race Coming Up Soon

Lacey residents will be able to choose from a wide field of candidates for the two, three-year terms up on the Township Committee this November.

Six - including current GOP Mayor Gary Quinn - ended up as the candidates after a tumultuous Republican June primary.

Quinn, Varuna Drive, Forked River, is running with Tim McDonald, Quail Hill Road. Former Democratic committeewoman Helen Dela Cruz, Cara Street, Forked River, is running with Michael dos Santos. Independents Greg Pancza and Barry Bendar are running on the “Honesty-Integrity-Commitment ” ticket.

Each year the Township Committee selects a governing body member to serve as mayor. Quinn has now served two years in a row. He split with current GOP Committeeman Mark Dykoff earlier in the year, after Dykoff punched now-former committeeman David L. Most at a GOP picnic at Gille Park last year.

The current makeup of the Township Committee is all-Republican.