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Daniel Rodrick recall, Toms River, New Jersey (2025)
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An effort to recall Mayor Daniel Rodrick is underway in Toms River, New Jersey. The recall was approved for signature gathering on August 19, 2025. Recall organizers have 160 days to gather 18,464 valid signatures.[1]
Recall supporters
The recall effort is organized by Toms River residents Phillip Brilliant, Dana Tormollan, and Christopher Raimann. The group's website lists the following as grounds for recalling Rodrick:[2]
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Recall opponents
In response to the recall effort, Rodrick said, "This is the fourth time that the members of the Mo Hill club have claimed to be starting a recall petition. My administration has kept taxes flat for two years in a row, cut the budget by $11 million or 9%, stopped the towers, repealed 15-story zoning downtown – and last, but not least – we met the state’s 10-year affordable housing obligation without having to build any new apartments. These are just our headline accomplishments. We’ve also commissioned several new parks, two spray parks, a municipal pier, and we got grant funding to extend the boardwalk in Ortley Beach. I could go on, but there are too many accomplishments to list,” he said. “The fact is, these are just disgruntled people who fed at the trough of government for decades and they just won’t go away."[4]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in New Jersey
No specific grounds are required for recall in New Jersey. To begin the recall process, at least three registered voters in the jurisdiction must form a recall committee and notify the appropriate election official of the names and addresses of at least three members of the recall committee. To get the recall on the ballot, supporters must collect signatures equal to 25% of the registered voters in the jurisdiction as of the last general election in 160 days.[5][6][7]
Recall context
- See also: Ballotpedia's Recall Report
Ballotpedia covers recall efforts across the country for all state and local elected offices. A recall effort is considered official if the petitioning party has filed an official form, such as a notice of intent to recall, with the relevant election agency.
The chart below shows how many officials were included in recall efforts from 2012 to 2024 as well as how many of them defeated recall elections to stay in office and how many were removed from office in recall elections.
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External links
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- Government website of Toms River, New Jersey
- Committee to Recall Daniel Rodrick website
- Committee to Recall Daniel Rodrick on Facebook
Footnotes
- ↑ Patch, "Toms River Mayor Recall Effort Begins As Petition Is Officially Certified," August 22, 2025
- ↑ Recall Dan Rodrick, "10 Reasons for Recall," accessed September 5, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Jersey Shore Online, "Recall Petition Begins Against Toms River Mayor," July 9, 2025
- ↑ 2022 New Jersey Revised Statutes, "§ 19:27A-6 (2022)," accessed October 16, 2023
- ↑ 2022 New Jersey Revised Statutes, "§ 19:27A-5 (2022)," accessed October 16, 2023
- ↑ 2022 New Jersey Revised Statutes, "§ 19:27A-10 (2022)," accessed October 16, 2023
