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Ronald Dancer

Republican Party

Prior offices:

Mayor Plumstead Township

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New Jersey General Assembly District 12

Years in office: 2012 - 2022

Successor:Alex Sauickie (R)

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New Jersey General Assembly District 30

Years in office: 2002 - 2012

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 2, 2021

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1969 - 1971

Personal

Profession

Interviewer, Ocean County Adjuster’s Office

Contact

Personal LinkedIn

Ronald Dancer (Republican Party) was a member of theNew Jersey General Assembly, representingDistrict 12. He assumed office in 2012. He left office on July 23, 2022.

Dancer (Republican Party) ran for re-election to theNew Jersey General Assembly to representDistrict 12. He won in the general election onNovember 2, 2021.

Dancer served in theNew Jersey General Assembly, representing District 30 from 2002 to 2012. He was moved into District 12 by the2011 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

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:

2015 legislative session

In the 2015 legislative session, Dancer served on the following committees:

2014 legislative session

In the 2014 legislative session, Dancer served on the following committees:

2010-2012

In the 2010-2012 legislative session, Dancer served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2021

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 (2 seats)

IncumbentRonald Dancer and incumbentRobert Clifton defeatedMichael Palazzolla andRaya 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
	Submit photo	Michael Palazzolla (D)	17.3	24,642
		Raya Arbiol (D)	16.8	23,993

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 142,608
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 (2 seats)

Raya Arbiol andMichael 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
✔	Submit photo	Michael Palazzolla	49.8	5,202

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,452
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 (2 seats)

IncumbentRonald Dancer and incumbentRobert Clifton defeatedAhmed 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

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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)

IncumbentRonald Dancer and incumbentRobert Clifton defeatedDavid Lande andMalini 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

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 76,613
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 (2 seats)

David Lande andMalini 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

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,196
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 12 (2 seats)

IncumbentRonald Dancer and incumbentRobert 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

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,739
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2017

See also:New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2017

General election

Elections for theNew Jersey General Assembly took place in 2017. All80 seats were up for election. State assembly members are elected to two-year terms. The general election took place onNovember 7, 2017. A primary election took place onJune 6, 2017. The filing deadline for the primary election wasApril 3, 2017.^[3] Legislative districts in the New Jersey General Assembly aremulti-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
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ronald DancerIncumbent	29.25%	30,348
	Republican	Robert CliftonIncumbent	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 andNirav 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

IncumbentRonald Dancer and incumbentRobert Clifton defeatedEleanor Walker,Alex Robotin, andJohn 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 DancerIncumbent	31.34%	4,425
Robert CliftonIncumbent	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

See also:New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2015

Elections for theNew Jersey General Assembly took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 2, 2015. The general election took place onNovember 3, 2015. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2015.^[10] Since thegeneral assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election.David Merwin andAnthony Washington were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. IncumbentRobert Clifton and incumbentRonald 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 byRobert Kurzydlowski.^[11] Dancer and Clifton defeated Merwin, Kurzydlowski andStephen Zielinski (G) in the general election.^{[12][13][14][15][16]}

New Jersey General Assembly, District 12 General Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ronald DancerIncumbent	29.5%	15,164
	Republican	Robert CliftonIncumbent	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

See also:New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2013

Dancer won re-election in the2013 election forNew Jersey General Assembly District 12. Dancer was bracketed withRobert Clifton. He was unopposed in the June 4 Republican primary. He and incumbentRobert Clifton (R) defeatedLawrence J. Furman (D),Nicholas Nellegar (D), andDiane 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
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ronald DancerIncumbent	32.8%	32,188
	Republican	Robert CliftonIncumbent	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

See also:New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2011

Dancer won election to District 12 in 2011. He andRobert Clifton ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 7. They then defeatedCatherine Tinney Rome (D) andWilliam Spedding (D) in the November 8 general election. Dancer was moved out of District 30 via theredistricting process.^[21]

New Jersey General Assembly District 12 General Election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ronald DancerIncumbent	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

See also:New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2009

Dancer won re-election to theNew Jersey General Assembly in 2009. He was bracketed withJoseph Malone, III (R) and defeatedDemocratic challengersJohn Kocubinski andWilliam 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)		47,325
Ronald S. Dancer (R)		45,901
John Kocubinski (D)		18,400
William "Bill" Spedding (D)		17,836

Campaign themes

2021

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2019

Ronald Dancer did not completeBallotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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2022

In 2022, theNew Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 11 to December 31.

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

Endorsements

Presidential preference

2012

See also:Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Ronald Dancer endorsedMitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.^[24]

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