Ronald Dancer
Ronald Dancer (Republican Party) was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 12. He assumed office in 2012. He left office on July 23, 2022.
Dancer (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 12. He won in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Dancer served in the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 30 from 2002 to 2012. He was moved into District 12 by the 2011 redistricting process.
Dancer died on July 23, 2022.[1]
Biography
Dancer's professional experience included working as an interviewer for the Ocean County Adjuster's office. He served in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971. Dancer served as the Mayor of Plumsted from 1990 to 2011.[2]
Committee assignments
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2020-2021
Dancer was assigned to the following committees:
- Agriculture Committee
- Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee
- Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee
2019-2020
Dancer was assigned to the following committees:
- Agriculture Committee
- Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee
- Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee
2016 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2016 legislative session, Dancer served on the following committees:
| New Jersey committee assignments, 2016 |
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| • Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| • Labor |
| • Tourism, Gaming and the Arts |
2015 legislative session
In the 2015 legislative session, Dancer served on the following committees:
| New Jersey committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| • Labor |
| • Tourism, Gaming and the Arts |
2014 legislative session
In the 2014 legislative session, Dancer served on the following committees:
| New Jersey committee assignments, 2014 |
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| • Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| • Labor |
| • Tourism and Gaming |
2010-2012
In the 2010-2012 legislative session, Dancer served on the following committees:
| New Jersey committee assignments, 2010 |
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| • Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| • Labor |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2021
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 (2 seats)
Incumbent Ronald Dancer and incumbent Robert Clifton defeated Michael Palazzolla and Raya Arbiol in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ronald Dancer (R) | 33.4 | 47,595 |
| ✔ |  | Robert Clifton (R) | 32.5 | 46,378 |
| Michael Palazzolla (D) | 17.3 | 24,642 | ||
 | Raya Arbiol (D)  | 16.8 | 23,993 | |
| Total votes: 142,608 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 (2 seats)
Raya Arbiol and Michael Palazzolla advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Raya Arbiol | 50.2 | 5,250 |
| ✔ | Michael Palazzolla | 49.8 | 5,202 | |
| Total votes: 10,452 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 (2 seats)
Incumbent Ronald Dancer and incumbent Robert Clifton defeated Ahmed Basuoni in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ronald Dancer | 49.2 | 9,608 |
| ✔ | | Robert Clifton | 47.7 | 9,312 |
 | Ahmed Basuoni | 3.1 | 602 | |
| Total votes: 19,522 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Clare Farragher (R)
- Eleanor Walker (R)
- Alex Robotin (R)
2019
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 (2 seats)
Incumbent Ronald Dancer and incumbent Robert Clifton defeated David Lande and Malini Guha in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ronald Dancer (R) | 32.1 | 24,577 |
| ✔ | | Robert Clifton (R) | 31.2 | 23,879 |
 | David Lande (D) | 18.9 | 14,449 | |
 | Malini Guha (D) | 17.9 | 13,708 | |
| Total votes: 76,613 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 (2 seats)
David Lande and Malini Guha advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Lande | 51.4 | 3,702 |
| ✔ | | Malini Guha | 48.6 | 3,494 |
| Total votes: 7,196 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 (2 seats)
Incumbent Ronald Dancer and incumbent Robert Clifton advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ronald Dancer | 51.2 | 3,960 |
| ✔ | | Robert Clifton | 48.8 | 3,779 |
| Total votes: 7,739 | |||
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2017
General election
Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2017. All 80 seats were up for election. State assembly members are elected to two-year terms. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on June 6, 2017. The filing deadline for the primary election was April 3, 2017.[3] Legislative districts in the New Jersey General Assembly are multi-member districts, with two representatives in each district. In Democratic and Republican primary elections, the top two candidates move forward to the general election, and the top two candidates in the general election are declared the winners.[4] The following candidates ran in the New Jersey General Assembly District 12 general election.[5][6]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 12 General Election, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Ronald Dancer Incumbent |
29.25% | 30,348 | |
| Republican | Robert Clifton Incumbent |
28.54% | 29,610 | |
| Democratic | Gene Davis | 20.67% | 21,441 | |
| Democratic | Nirav Patel | 19.66% | 20,397 | |
| Libertarian | Anthony J. Storrow | 0.98% | 1,016 | |
| Libertarian | Daniel A. Krause | 0.90% | 938 | |
| Total Votes | 103,750 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||||
Democratic primary election
Gene Davis and Nirav Patel were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 12 Democratic primary election.[7][8]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 12 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Gene Davis |
51.59% | 5,928 |
| Nirav Patel |
48.41% | 5,563 |
| Total Votes | 11,491 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Republican primary election
Incumbent Ronald Dancer and incumbent Robert Clifton defeated Eleanor Walker, Alex Robotin, and John Sheard in the New Jersey General Assembly District 12 Republican primary election.[9][8]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 12 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Ronald Dancer Incumbent |
31.34% | 4,425 |
| Robert Clifton Incumbent |
29.77% | 4,203 |
| Eleanor Walker | 19.22% | 2,713 |
| Alex Robotin | 16.51% | 2,331 |
| John Sheard | 3.16% | 446 |
| Total Votes | 14,118 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
2015
Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 2, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2015.[10] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. David Merwin and Anthony Washington were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Robert Clifton and incumbent Ronald Dancer were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Washington did not appear on the official candidate list for the general election; he was replaced by Robert Kurzydlowski.[11] Dancer and Clifton defeated Merwin, Kurzydlowski and Stephen Zielinski (G) in the general election.[12][13][14][15][16]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 12 General Election, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Dancer Incumbent |
29.5% | 15,164 | |
| Republican | Robert Clifton Incumbent |
28% | 14,433 | |
| Democratic | David Merwin | 20.4% | 10,496 | |
| Democratic | Robert Kurzydlowski | 20.3% | 10,449 | |
| Green | Stephen Zielinski | 1.8% | 945 | |
| Total Votes | 51,487 | |||
2013
Dancer won re-election in the 2013 election for New Jersey General Assembly District 12. Dancer was bracketed with Robert Clifton. He was unopposed in the June 4 Republican primary. He and incumbent Robert Clifton (R) defeated Lawrence J. Furman (D), Nicholas Nellegar (D), and Diane Bindler (FTP) in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.[17][18][19][20]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 12 General Election, 2013 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Dancer Incumbent |
32.8% | 32,188 | |
| Republican | Robert Clifton Incumbent |
31.7% | 31,059 | |
| Democratic | Lawrence J. Furman | 17.5% | 17,119 | |
| Democratic | Nicholas Nellegar | 16.6% | 16,312 | |
| For the People | Diane Bindler | 1.4% | 1,354 | |
| Total Votes | 98,032 | |||
2011
Dancer won election to District 12 in 2011. He and Robert Clifton ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 7. They then defeated Catherine Tinney Rome (D) and William Spedding (D) in the November 8 general election. Dancer was moved out of District 30 via the redistricting process.[21]
| New Jersey General Assembly District 12 General Election, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Dancer Incumbent |
30.2% | 18,090 | |
| Republican | Robert Clifton |
29% | 17,402 | |
| Democratic | William Spedding | 20.4% | 12,253 | |
| Democratic | Catherine Tinney Rome | 20.4% | 12,218 | |
| Total Votes | 59,963 | |||
2009
Dancer won re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly in 2009. He was bracketed with Joseph Malone, III (R) and defeated Democratic challengers John Kocubinski and William Spedding in the November 3, 2009, general election.[22] [23]
| New Jersey Assembly General Election, Thirtieth Legislative District (2009) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Joseph R. Malone, III (R)
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47,325 | |||
| Ronald S. Dancer (R)
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45,901 | |||
| John Kocubinski (D) | 18,400 | |||
| William "Bill" Spedding (D) | 17,836 | |||
Campaign themes
2021
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2019
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Campaign finance summary
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2022
In 2022, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 11 to December 31.
2021
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In 2021, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 4 to January 11.
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2020
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In 2020, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 14 to December 17.
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2019
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In 2019, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 9, 2018, through January 14, 2020.
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2018
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In 2018, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 9 through January 8, 2019.
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2017
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In 2017, the 217th New Jersey State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 10 through January 9, 2018.
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2016
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In 2016, the 217th New Jersey State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 12 through January 10, 2017.
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In 2015, the 216th New Jersey State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 13 through December 31.
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2014
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In 2014, the 216th New Jersey State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 14 through January 12, 2015.
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In 2013, the 215th New Jersey State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 10 to January 13, 2014.
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In 2012, the 215th New Jersey State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 10 to January 9, 2013.
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Endorsements
Presidential preference
2012
Ronald Dancer endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.[24]
See also
2021 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ App, "Assemblyman Ronald Dancer dies at 73, spent two decades in Legislature," accessed July 25, 2022
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidates for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 3, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Amended Certification," September 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed July 26, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official 2013 General Assembly general election candidates," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "New Jersey - Summary Vote Results," November 6, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2013 Official General Election results," accessed December 9, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2011 Official General Assembly Primary Candidate List," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "General Election Results, November 4, 2009," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official 2009 New Jersey Assembly General Election Results," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ Mitt Romney for President, "Mitt Romney Announces Support of New Jersey Leaders," April 11, 2014(Archived)
