After a long illness, a state legislator from Ocean County who spent nearly 20 years in the General Assembly passed away.
Over three decades, Ron Dancer worked in government. The Republican was Mayor of Plumsted from 1990 to 2011, and from 2002 until his passing, he was an Assemblyman for the state's
12th Legislative District which represents parts of Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean Counties. This includes Allentown, Chesterfield, Englishtown, Jackson, Manalapan, Matawan, Millstone (Monmouth), New Hanover, North Hanover, Old Bridge, Plumsted, Roosevelt, Upper Freehold and Wrightstown
On social media, governor
Phil Murphy said that state flags would be flown at half-staff "in his honor and memory."