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Republicans Jack Kelly and Virginia E. Haines have indicated that they will compete for reelection to the Ocean County Board of Commissioners in 2022.
Sheriff Michael G. Mastronardy, a Republican, said Thursday that he plans to launch his reelection candidacy in the coming weeks, but only once the Ocean County Police Chiefs Association has endorsed him for a fourth three-year term.
“Together, we have addressed many challenges that have affected Ocean County, including the COVID-19 pandemic,” Kelly said in a prepared statement. “Even with difficult times we have done all we can to make sure our residents are provided quality services and programs while keeping the county property tax rate stable.”
“Jack and I, along with all the commissioners, work hard to make sure Ocean County remains affordable and continues to be a great place to live, work, raise a family and retire,” Haines said in the same statement.
Since 1993, Kelly, 70, of Eagleswood, has served on the board. Haines, 75, of Toms River, has served since 2016 and was executive director of the New Jersey Lottery during Gov. Christine Todd Whitman's administration in the 1990s.
Kelly is the director of law and public safety and the chairman of the Department of Finance on the Board of Commissioners. Haines is the chairwoman of the Department of Parks & Recreation's Natural Lands Trust program and serves as its liaison.
Little Egg Harbor Township Committeewoman Barbara "Bobbi" Jo Crea was elected to serve on Ocean County's governing body earlier this month, becoming only the third woman to do so in the county's 171-year history. The second is Haines.
Crea, 73, campaigned against Gary Quinn, the current chairman of the board, and won a second three-year term. Quinn, 65, of Lacey, was elected to the panel — formerly known as the Board of Freeholders — for the first time in 2018. Commissioner Gerry P. Little, 73, of Surf City, will retire on New Year's Eve after 18 years in office, and Crea will take over in January.
Since 1989, Republicans have not lost a countywide election in Ocean.
