Shore-area Congressman Frank Pallone will formally announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate today at a press conference in Trenton. Pallone, 61, told the Associated Press that he’s in the race to fill the term of the late Senator Frank Lautenberg. A special election will be held on Oct. 16 to fill the seat. Pallone […]

Asbury Park Democratic Chairman Guiseppe “Joe” Grillo [above] is one of three plaintiffs in a lawsuit to stop the special election in October to fill the state’s vacant U.S. Senate seat. Republican Governor Chris Christie set the date for the election on Oct. 16. The winner will fill the seat left vacant by the death […]

Asbury Park residents received campaign literature and phone calls last week stating that the Asbury Park Democrats are endorsing the A-Team city council ticket in tomorrow’s election. But according to Asbury Park Democratic Committee Chairman Joe Grillo, the Democratic Committee is not endorsing anyone in the election. “We, formally, are not endorsing anyone,” Grillo [pictured […]

The incumbent-led Forward Asbury Park ticket has found a replacement for Joe Grillo, who announced Sunday morning that he was pulling out of the race because of family and job commitments. Will Potter, 46, will seek a place on the ballot with the ticket, which includes incumbents John Loffredo, Susan Henderson and Kevin Sanders. Also […]

Citing demands of family and job, a member of the incumbent-led Forward Asbury ticket has dropped out of the race for city council. “The needs of my job and my needs for my family and my responsibilities as chair of the Asbury Park Democratic Organization made by candidacy untenable,” said Joe Grillo [above]. “Every bone […]

Deputy Mayor John M. Loffredo has announced that he’s running for a fourth term on the Asbury Park city council. All five council seats are up for grabs in the nonpartisan May 14 election. The current council’s terms end on June 30, with new four-year terms beginning July 1. After 12 years as a council […]

The incumbent council members running for re-election in the Asbury Park city council elections this May have announced that candidates Joe Grillo and Gregory Hopson have joined their ticket. Deputy Mayor John G. Loffredo, Councilwoman Sue Henderson and Councilman Kevin Sanders are running to renew their four-year terms. Grillo works as the executive director of […]

Joe Grillo has announced his candidacy in the 2013 city council election. Grillo, 36, lives on Cookman Avenue with his wife, planning board member Seresa Grillo, and their three-year-old daughter, Leonora. Grillo works as the executive director of the Monmouth County Democrats and is the chairperson of the Asbury Park Democratic organization. Previously, he was […]

Monmouth County’s Republicans and Democrats united to fundraise for the first time in their history yesterday at the Stone Pony, and have collected $100,000 and counting for Sandy relief. “We took the governor’s and the president’s lead by forgetting about parties and doing what needs to be done,” Joe Grillo, executive director of the Monmouth […]

This Sunday, Republicans and Democrats in Monmouth County are putting their differences aside to raise money for Hurricane Sandy relief. “We’re putting politics aside in the name of disaster relief,” said Joe Grillo, chair of the Asbury Park Democrats and executive director of the Monmouth County Democrats, when planning began. “This is such a large […]