Middletown Election 2025: All The Candidate Profiles

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — Nov. 4 will be the New Jersey governor's election and also an election for Middletown Township Committee and school board.

You can vote early in person all this week at Croydon Hall in Middletown, at 900 Leonardville Road, Leonardo, NJ 07737. Voting is held in the Assembly Hall. It's open for early voting through Sunday, November 2.

Hours are 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday.

Here is how the ballot will look in Middletown: https://assets01.aws.connect.c...

For Middletown school board, choose three:

• James Dobis Transparency and Accountability Meet James Dobis, Running For Election To Middletown School Board
• Chris Aveta Students, Parents, Taxpayers slate Aveta was on the Middletown Board of Education from 2010-2014, and was board president in 2013. He was voted off the board when he ran for re-election in 2015. Meet Chris Aveta, Running For Middletown School Board
• James Cody Students, Parents, Taxpayers Meet James Cody, Running For Middletown School Board

Like his running mate Aveta, Cody has been on the Middletown school board before. He was first elected to the school board in 2011; read his profile from that time: Meet New BOE Member James Cody. Cody was on the Middletown school board when it voted down a redistricting proposal in 2017; he says in this article why he voted against redistricting at that time: Middletown Board Of Ed. Kills Redistricting Idea (2017) Also, he has a prior DWI conviction, from 2005.

• Sara Weinstein Students, Parents, Taxpayers Weinstein ran unsuccessfully for Middletown school board last year, and she is now running again. In 2024, she ran with Kate Farley and Farley lost her seat on the board. Meet Sara Weinstein, Running For Election To Middletown School Board

The Students, Parents, Taxpayers is the only slate that received campaign donations from several companies that hold contracts with the Middletown school district. Middletown Mayor Tony Perry also donated to that slate. Read that story: Companies That Do Business With Middletown School District Donated To Students, Parents, Taxpayers Slate

• Current Board member Leonora Lacqua-Caminiti She has been on the board for multiple terms now, and ran last time with Joe Fitzgerald. Meet Leonora Lacqua-Caminiti, Running For Re-Election To Middletown School Board
• Current Board member Joseph Fitzgerald, Putting Education First Fitzgerald is currently fighting six criminal charges of illegal weapons possession. He was arrested June 30; Monmouth County prosecutors allege he was having an extramarital affair and was going to confront the other woman's husband, with several weapons, including a loaded handgun, in his pick-up truck. Fitzgerald denies the charges. He has also been convicted for DUIs in California, in 2002 and 2006. Meet Joe Fitzgerald, Running For Re-Election To Middletown School Board
• Erin Torres, Accountability Community Transparency Meet Erin Torres, Running For Middletown School Board

For Middletown Township Committee, choose two:

• Rick Hibell (R) Official Candidate Monmouth County Republican Organization Meet Rick Hibell, Republican Running For Re-Election To Middletown Twp. Committee
• Kevin Settembrino (R) Official Candidate Monmouth County Republican Organization Meet Kevin Settembrino, Republican Running For Re-Election To Middletown Twp. Committee
• Shawn Wallach (D) Monmouth County DemocratsMeet Shawn Wallach, Democrat Running For Middletown Township Committee
• Jeremy Seideman (D) Monmouth County Democrats Meet Jeremy Seideman, Democrat Running For Middletown Township Committee

• Election date: Nov. 4
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• You can vote at your regular polling location, use the secure drop box in town or mail your ballot back.