Ronald S. Dancer

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American politician (1949–2022)

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::summary American politician (1949–2022) ::

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FieldValue
nameRonald S. Dancer
state_assemblyNew Jersey
district12th
term_start1January 10, 2012
term_end1July 23, 2022
alongside1Robert D. Clifton
predecessor1Caroline Casagrande
Declan O'Scanlon
state_assembly2New Jersey
district230th
term_start2November 18, 2002
term_end2January 10, 2012
alongside2Joseph R. Malone
predecessor2Melvin Cottrell
successor2Sean T. Kean
Dave Rible
office3Deputy Minority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly
term_start3January 9, 2018
term_end3July 23, 2022
leader3Jon Bramnick
predecessor3Office Established
office4Mayor of Plumsted Township, New Jersey
term_start4January 1, 1990
term_end4December 31, 2011
successor4Dave Leutwyler
birth_nameRonald Stanley Dancer
birth_date
birth_placeTrenton, New Jersey, U.S.
death_date
death_placePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
spouseBrenda Dancer
children2
partyRepublican
alma_materWesley College (Business Administration)
Rutgers University
website
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| name = Ronald S. Dancer | state_assembly = New Jersey | district = 12th | term_start1 = January 10, 2012 | term_end1 = July 23, 2022 | alongside1 = Robert D. Clifton | predecessor1= Caroline Casagrande Declan O'Scanlon | successor1 = | state_assembly2 = New Jersey | district2 = 30th | term_start2 = November 18, 2002 | term_end2 = January 10, 2012 | alongside2 = Joseph R. Malone | predecessor2= Melvin Cottrell | successor2 = Sean T. Kean Dave Rible | office3 = Deputy Minority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly | term_start3 = January 9, 2018 | term_end3 = July 23, 2022 | leader3 = Jon Bramnick | predecessor3= Office Established | successor3 = | office4 = Mayor of Plumsted Township, New Jersey | term_start4 = January 1, 1990 | term_end4 = December 31, 2011 | successor4 = Dave Leutwyler | birth_name = Ronald Stanley Dancer | birth_date = | birth_place = Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | spouse = Brenda Dancer | children = 2 | party = Republican | alma_mater = Wesley College (Business Administration) Rutgers University | occupation = | website =

Ronald Stanley Dancer (May 31, 1949 – July 23, 2022) was an American Republican Party politician. He spent nearly 20 years in the New Jersey General Assembly, initially representing the 30th legislative district between 2002 and 2012. He later redistricted to the 12th legislative district in 2012, serving until his death in 2022.

Early life

Dancer was born on May 31, 1949, to Rachel Young and Stanley Dancer, the latter of whom was a professional harness racer. He attended the Peddie School, Wesley College (majoring in Business Administration) and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. He also served in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971. In 1970 Ronald became the youngest driver ever to compete in harness racing’s Hambletonian.

Mayor of Plumsted

Dancer's first elected office was serving on the Plumsted Township committee. He was chosen as mayor in 1990 and continued to be selected for one-year terms until 2011 when he retired from the committee. For a period of time, he held two elected positions—Plumsted Township committeeperson and Assemblyman. This dual position, often called double dipping, was allowed under a grandfather clause in the state law enacted by the New Jersey Legislature and signed into law by Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine in September 2007 that prevented dual-office-holding but allows those who had held both positions as of February 1, 2008, to retain both posts.

New Jersey Assembly

In November 2002, Republican County Committee representatives from the 30th Legislative District (which at the time was made up of portions of Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, and Ocean counties) chose Dancer to fill the vacancy created by Melvin Cottrell's death; Dancer defeated Howell Township Councilmember Joseph DiBella by a 106–72 margin. He had been re-elected to two year terms four times from the 30th District before winning twice from the 12th District.

Committees

  • Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Military and Veterans' Affairs
  • Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations
  • Tourism, Gaming and the Arts

District 12

Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The representatives from the 12th District for the 2022—23 Legislative Session are:

Personal life and death

Dancer and his wife, Brenda, had two children, and lived in New Egypt, New Jersey. He died at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on July 23, 2022, at the age of 73.

Electoral history

Assembly District 12

|title = 30th Legislative District General Election, 2021 | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Sean T. Kean (incumbent) | votes = 54,541 | percentage = 36.76% | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Ned Thomson (incumbent) | votes = 52,678 | percentage = 35.50% | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Stephen Dobbins | votes = 20,800 | percentage = 14.02% | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Matthew Filosa | votes = 20,366 | percentage = 13.73% | votes = 148,385 | percentage = 100.0 | winner = Republican Party (United States) | loser = Democratic Party (United States) | title = 30th Legislative District General Election, 2019 | candidate = Sean Kean (incumbent) | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 24,810 | percentage = 36.35% | candidate = Ned Thomson (incumbent) | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 23,078 | percentage = 33.82% | candidate = Steven Farkas | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 9,781 | percentage = 14.33% | candidate = Jason Celik | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 9,391 | percentage = 13.76% | candidate = Hank Schroeder | party = The Other Candidate | votes = 1,186 | percentage = 1.74% | votes = 68,246 | percentage = 100% | winner = Republican Party (United States) | title = New Jersey general election, 2017 | candidate = Ronald S. Dancer | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 30,348 | percentage = 29.3 | change = 0.2 | candidate = Robert D. Clifton | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 29,610 | percentage = 28.5 | change = 0.5 | candidate = Gene Davis | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 21,441 | percentage = 20.7 | change = 0.3 | candidate = Nirav Patel | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 20,397 | percentage = 19.7 | change = 0.6 | candidate = Anthony J. Storrow | party = Libertarian Party (United States) | votes = 1,016 | percentage = 1.0 | change = N/A | candidate = Daniel A. Krause | party = Libertarian Party (United States) | votes = 938 | percentage = 0.9 | change = N/A | votes = 103,750 | percentage = 100.0

|party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Ronald S. Dancer |votes = 15,164 |percentage = 29.5 |change = 3.3 |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Robert D. Clifton |votes = 14,433 |percentage = 28.0 |change = 3.7 |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = David W. Merwin |votes = 10,496 |percentage = 20.4 |change = 2.9 |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Robert P. Kurzydlowski |votes = 10,449 |percentage = 20.3 |change = 3.7 |party = Green Party of the United States |candidate = Stephen N. Zielinski Sr. |votes = 945 |percentage = 1.8 |change = N/A | votes = 51,487 | percentage = 100.0

|party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Ronald S. Dancer |votes = 32,188 |percentage = 32.8 |change = 2.5 |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Robert D. Clifton |votes = 31,059 |percentage = 31.7 |change = 2.6 |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Lawrence J. Furman |votes = 17,119 |percentage = 17.5 |change = 2.9 |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Nicholas Nellegar |votes = 16,312 |percentage = 16.6 |change = 3.7 |party = For the People |candidate = Diane Bindler |votes = 1,354 |percentage = 1.4 |change = N/A | votes = 98,032 | percentage = 100.0

|party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Ronald S. Dancer |votes = 22,345 |percentage = 30.3 |change = |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Robert D. Clifton |votes = 21,469 |percentage = 29.1 |change = |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = William "Bill" Spedding |votes = 15,077 |percentage = 20.4 |change = |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Catherine Tinney Rome |votes = 14,969 |percentage = 20.3 |change = | votes = 73,860 | percentage = 100.0

Assembly District 30

|party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Joseph R. Malone, III |votes = 47,325 |percentage = 36.6 |change = 5.0 |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Ronald S. Dancer |votes = 45,901 |percentage = 35.5 |change = 4.8 |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = John Kocubinski |votes = 18,400 |percentage = 14.2 |change = 4.8 |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = William "Bill" Spedding |votes = 17,836 |percentage = 13.8 |change = 4.9 |party = Write-in candidate |candidate = Personal choice |votes = 8 |percentage = 0.01 |change = N/A | votes = 129,470 | percentage = 100.0

|party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Joseph R. Malone III |votes = 23,120 |percentage = 31.6 |change = 1.0 |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Ronald S. Dancer |votes = 22,477 |percentage = 30.7 |change = 1.4 |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Sharon Atkinson |votes = 13,906 |percentage = 19.0 |change = 1.7 |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Jeffrey Williamson |votes = 13,657 |percentage = 18.7 |change = 0.7 | votes = 73,160 | percentage = 100.0

|party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Joseph R. Malone III |votes = 36,286 |percentage = 32.6 |change = 0.4 |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Ronald S. Dancer |votes = 35,794 |percentage = 32.1 |change = 0.6 |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Jeffrey Williamson |votes = 20,053 |percentage = 18.0 |change = 0.6 |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Marvin Krakower |votes = 19,235 |percentage = 17.3 |change = 0.4 | votes = 111,368 | percentage = 100.0

|party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Joseph R. Malone |votes = 25,497 |percentage = 33.0 |change = 2.4 |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Ronald S. Dancer |votes = 24,355 |percentage = 31.5 |change = 1.9 |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Joseph D. Grisanti |votes = 14,347 |percentage = 18.6 |change = 2.1 |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Mitchel Dolobowsky |votes = 13,031 |percentage = 16.9 |change = 2.2 | votes = 77,230 | percentage = 100.0

References

References

  1. "GENERAL ASSEMBLY". Wayback Machine.
  2. Litsky, Frank. (September 9, 2005). "Stanley Dancer, Harness Racing Champion, Dies at 78". [[The New York Times]].
  3. "Assemblyman Ronald S. Dancer – New Jersey Assembly Republicans". New Jersey Assembly Republicans.
  4. [https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/352/assemblyman-dancer Assemblyman Dancer's legislative web page], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 27, 2022.
  5. Hoof Beats Magazine - November 1971 Issue
  6. "Plumsted Township Municipal Directory". Plumsted Township.
  7. via ''[[Associated Press]]''. [https://6abc.com/archive/6038619/ "N.J. Lawmakers keep double dipping"], ''[[WPVI-TV]]'', March 4, 2008. Accessed June 4, 2009.
  8. Baratta, Kathy. [http://tritown.gmnews.com/news/2002-11-21/Front_page/100.html "Dancer tapped to replace Cottrell in N.J. Assembly"] {{webarchive. link. (July 11, 2011 , ''Tri-Town News'', November 21, 2002. Accessed May 31, 2010.)
  9. Article IV, New Jersey State Constitution (1947).
  10. [https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster?district=12 Legislative Roster for District 12], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 11, 2022.
  11. Wildstein, David. (July 23, 2022). "Ronald Dancer, longtime assemblyman, dies at 73". New Jersey Globe.
  12. Liu, Olivia. (July 23, 2022). "Assemblyman Ronald Dancer dies at 73, spent two decades in legislature". [[The Asbury Park Press]].
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  14. (November 30, 2021). "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For GENERAL ELECTION 11/02/2021 Election". [[Secretary of State of New Jersey]].
  15. (April 11, 2019). "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For PRIMARY ELECTION 06/04/2019 Election". [[Secretary of State of New Jersey]].
  16. "2017-official-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf". New Jersey Secretary of State.
  17. "2015-official-ge-results-nj-general-assembly.pdf". New Jersey Secretary of State.
  18. "2013-official-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf". New Jersey Secretary of State.
  19. "2011-official-gen-elect-gen-assembly-results-121411.pdf". New Jersey Secretary of State.
  20. "2009-official-gen-elect-gen-assembly-tallies-120109.pdf". New Jersey Secretary of State.
  21. "2007-official-general-election-tallies(ga)-12.12.07.pdf". New Jersey Secretary of State.
  22. "05831236.pdf". New Jersey Secretary of State.
  23. "2003g_a_candidate_tally.pdf". New Jersey Secretary of State.

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