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Democrats hold on to 11th Assembly district seats

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Democratic Assemblywomen Margie Donlon and Luanne Peterpaul won second terms after turning aside Republican challengers seeking to flip the 11th Legislative District. Donlan and Peterpaul defeated Republicans Andrew Wardell, mayor of Neptune City, and U.S. Green Building Council co-chair Jessica Ford. The Monmouth County-based district had remained under GOP control with few interruptions for decades until Democrats won its Assembly seats in 2015. Republicans regained control of them in 2021, but Democrats flipped them again two years ago.

Janice Kirkel is a lifelong award-winning journalist who has done everything from network newscasts to national and local sports reports to business newscasts to specialized reporting and editing in technical areas of business and finance such as bankruptcy, capital structure changes and reporting on the business of the investment business.