Monmouth County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is bordered to its west by Mercer and Middlesex Counties,to its south by Ocean County,to its east by the Atlantic Ocean,and to its north by the Raritan Bay. Monmouth County's geographic area comprises 30% water. The county is part of the Jersey Shore region of the state. It has also been categorized under the Central Jersey region,though it was not among the four counties explicitly listed as included in Central Jersey as part of legislation signed into law in 2023.
Union Beach is a borough on the Jersey Shore of Monmouth County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census,the borough's population was 5,723,a decrease of 522 (−8.4%) from the 2010 census count of 6,245,which in turn reflected a decline of 404 (−6.1%) from the 6,649 counted in the 2000 census.
Joseph V. Doria Jr. is an American Democratic Party politician,who served as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs in the cabinet of Governor Jon Corzine from 2007 until his resignation in July 2009. He is a former Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly,State Senator for the 31st Legislative District,and a former Mayor of Bayonne,a position he held from July 1998 to October 2007.
Christopher James Christie is an American politician and former federal prosecutor who served as the 55th governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party,he was the United States Attorney for New Jersey from 2002 to 2008 and a Morris County commissioner from 1995 to 1997. He was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 and 2024.
Raj Mukherji is a senator representing New Jersey's 32nd District and an American businessman and lawyer. He previously served five terms in the New Jersey General Assembly,during which tenure he served as majority whip and deputy speaker. He is a former healthcare and information technology CEO,former deputy mayor of Jersey City,former local prosecutor,and law professor. Mukherji was first elected to the General Assembly in 2013 and reelected in 2015,2017,2019,and 2021,and first elected to the Senate in 2023. He is a former U.S. Marine Corps sergeant who enlisted two weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks. Mukherji serves as vice chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and as a member of the Health,Human Services and Senior Citizens and Military and Veterans’Affairs Committees. In the assembly,he served as chairman of the Judiciary Committee and vice chairman of the Appropriations Committee and Telecommunications and Utilities Committee.
Charles Richman was the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs from 2015 until January 2018,when he was succeeded by Sheila Oliver,who was appointed by the Governor to head the department in her role as Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey. Richman also served as the acting commissioner of the department during three New Jersey gubernatorial administrations.
William Stepien is an American political consultant who served as the campaign manager for Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign beginning in July of that year. A member of the Republican Party,he was the White House Director of Political Affairs in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2018.
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Dawn Marie Addiego is an American politician who represented the New Jersey's 8th legislative district in the New Jersey Senate from 2010 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served in the General Assembly from January 8,2008 to November 22,2010 as a Republican. On November 15,2010,after Phil Haines was confirmed to serve on the New Jersey Superior Court for Burlington County,that county's Republican committee nominated and appointed Addiego to fill Haines' vacant seat for the remainder of his unexpired term.
The Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) was,until its abolition in 2024,an agency of the Government of New Jersey within the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs that was responsible for ensuring that all 566 New Jersey municipalities provided their fair share of low and moderate income housing
A general election was held in the U.S. state of New Jersey on November 3,2009. Primary elections were held on June 2. Most state positions were up in this election cycle,which includes all 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly,as well as Governor and Lieutenant Governor. In addition to the State Legislative elections,numerous county offices and freeholders in addition to municipal offices were up for election. There was one statewide ballot question. Some counties and municipalities may have had local ballot questions as well. Non-partisan local elections,some school board elections,and some fire district elections also happened throughout the year.
Kimberly Ann Guadagno is an American lawyer and politician who served as the first lieutenant governor and 33rd secretary of state of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018.
Operation Bid Rig was a long-term investigation into political corruption in New Jersey conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation,the Internal Revenue Service,and the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2002 to 2014.
Dawn Zimmer is an American politician who served as the 38th mayor of Hoboken,New Jersey. As president of the Hoboken City Council,she became acting mayor after incumbent Peter Cammarano's resignation on July 31,2009 following his arrest on corruption charges. Zimmer is the first female mayor of Hoboken. She was first elected mayor in a special election for the balance of Cammarano's term on November 6,2009 and was re-elected mayor for another four-year term in November 2013. In 2012,2013 and 2014,she was ranked #3,#4 and #5,respectively,on The Hudson Reporter's list of the 50 most influential people in Hudson County.
Chris Christie took office as the 55th Governor of New Jersey on January 19,2010,began his second term on January 21,2014,and left office on January 16,2018.
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey. The New Jersey Civil Service Commission is an independent body within the New Jersey state government under the auspices of the department.
Stronger than the Storm was an advertising campaign to promote tourism in New Jersey in 2013. It portrayed the state as being resilient and having recovered from the impact and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy,which had caused severe damage in Autumn 2012. The media blitz included billboards,radio spots,and television commercials featuring the Jersey Shore and including appearances by the Governor of New Jersey,Chris Christie,and his wife and children. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provided funding for the promotional campaign. The awarding of the contract to marketing firm MWW and the propriety of Christie's use of the ads during a re-election campaign has drawn media and governmental scrutiny. In January 2014,HUD initiated an audit of the expenditure. The audit is one of two simultaneous federal inquiries begun in 2014 involving the Chris Christie administration use of federal funds provided by the Hurricane Sandy relief bill.
Marc-Philip Ferzan is an attorney,currently serving as Senior Managing Director at Ankura Consulting Group. He was formerly the director of the Governor's Office of Recovery and Rebuilding,from November 2012 until resigning in July 2014. The position was created by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie after Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 to coordinate relief and recovery efforts in face of the effects of the storm on the state. After resigning,he became lecturer at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia.
Jennifer Velez is the former Human Services Commissioner for the state of New Jersey. As Commissioner,it was she oversaw New Jersey's Department of Human Services. She served as Commissioner from 2007 to 2015 under Governors Jon Corzine and Chris Christie.
Lori Grifa is a judge of the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey,assigned to the Family Court Division of the Essex County vicinage. She was nominated by Governor Phil Murphy to the position on December 13,2021 and confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on January 10,2022.
