Ronald S. Dancer

Ronald Stanley Dancer (born May 31, 1949) is an American Republican Party politician who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 12th Legislative District since January 10, 2012. Prior to redistricting, he represented the 30th Legislative District from 2002 until 2012.

Ronald Dancer
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
Assumed office
November 18, 2002
Serving with Robert D. Clifton
Preceded byMelvin Cottrell
Constituency30th District (2002–2012)
12th District (2012-Present)
Deputy Minority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly
Assumed office
January 9, 2018
LeaderJon Bramnick
Preceded byOffice Established [1]
Mayor of Plumsted Township, New Jersey
In office
January 1, 1990 – December 31, 2011
Succeeded byDave Leutwyler
Personal details
Born (1949-05-31) May 31, 1949
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Brenda Dancer
ChildrenTwo
ResidencePlumsted Township, New Jersey
Alma materWesley College (Business Administration)
Rutgers University
WebsiteLegislative Website

Early Life

Dancer was born on May 31, 1949 to Rachel Young and Stanley Dancer, the latter of whom was a professional harness racer.[2][3] 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.[4] He also served in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971.[4]

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.[4] He has served on the Ocean County Board of Social Services since 1997 (as Chair), the Ocean County Natural Lands and Farmland Preservation Advisory Committee since 1998 and the Ocean County Senior Services Advisory Council since 2002. He was on the New Jersey Horse Racing Commission from 1999 to 2002. After retiring as mayor, he now serves as the business administrator for Plumsted Township.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7] 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 other representatives from the 12th District for the 2014-2015 Legislative Session are:[8]

Electoral History

Assembly District 12
New Jersey general election, 2017[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Ronald S. Dancer 30,348 29.3 0.2
Republican Robert D. Clifton 29,610 28.5 0.5
Democratic Gene Davis 21,441 20.7 0.3
Democratic Nirav Patel 20,397 19.7 0.6
Libertarian Anthony J. Storrow 1,016 1.0 N/A
Libertarian Daniel A. Krause 938 0.9 N/A
Total votes '103,750' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2015[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Ronald S. Dancer 15,164 29.5 3.3
Republican Robert D. Clifton 14,433 28.0 3.7
Democratic David W. Merwin 10,496 20.4 2.9
Democratic Robert P. Kurzydlowski 10,449 20.3 3.7
Green Stephen N. Zielinski Sr. 945 1.8 N/A
Total votes '51,487' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2013[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Ronald S. Dancer 32,188 32.8 2.5
Republican Robert D. Clifton 31,059 31.7 2.6
Democratic Lawrence J. Furman 17,119 17.5 2.9
Democratic Nicholas Nellegar 16,312 16.6 3.7
For the People Diane Bindler 1,354 1.4 N/A
Total votes '98,032' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2011[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ronald S. Dancer 22,345 30.3
Republican Robert D. Clifton 21,469 29.1
Democratic William "Bill" Spedding 15,077 20.4
Democratic Catherine Tinney Rome 14,969 20.3
Total votes 73,860 100.0

Assembly District 30
New Jersey general election, 2009[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Joseph R. Malone, III 47,325 36.6 5.0
Republican Ronald S. Dancer 45,901 35.5 4.8
Democratic John Kocubinski 18,400 14.2 4.8
Democratic William "Bill" Spedding 17,836 13.8 4.9
Write-in Personal choice 8 0.01 N/A
Total votes '129,470' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2007[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Joseph R. Malone III 23,120 31.6 1.0
Republican Ronald S. Dancer 22,477 30.7 1.4
Democratic Sharon Atkinson 13,906 19.0 1.7
Democratic Jeffrey Williamson 13,657 18.7 0.7
Total votes '73,160' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2005[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Joseph R. Malone III 36,286 32.6 0.4
Republican Ronald S. Dancer 35,794 32.1 0.6
Democratic Jeffrey Williamson 20,053 18.0 0.6
Democratic Marvin Krakower 19,235 17.3 0.4
Total votes '111,368' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2003[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Joseph R. Malone 25,497 33.0 2.4
Republican Ronald S. Dancer 24,355 31.5 1.9
Democratic Joseph D. Grisanti 14,347 18.6 2.1
Democratic Mitchel Dolobowsky 13,031 16.9 2.2
Total votes '77,230' '100.0'

References
  1. "GENERAL ASSEMBLY". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  2. Litsky, Frank (September 9, 2005). "Stanley Dancer, Harness Racing Champion, Dies at 78". The New York Times. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  3. "Assemblyman Ronald S. Dancer - New Jersey Assembly Republicans". New Jersey Assembly Republicans. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  4. Assemblyman Dancer's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed September 1, 2015.
  5. "Plumsted Township Municipal Directory". Plumsted Township. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  6. via Associated Press. "N.J. Lawmakers keep double dipping", WPVI-TV, March 4, 2008. Accessed June 4, 2009.
  7. Baratta, Kathy. "Dancer tapped to replace Cottrell in N.J. Assembly" Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Tri-Town News, November 21, 2002. Accessed May 31, 2010.
  8. Legislative Roster 2014-2015 Session, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 27, 2014.
  9. "2017-official-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  10. "2015-official-ge-results-nj-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  11. "2013-official-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  12. "2011-official-gen-elect-gen-assembly-results-121411.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  13. "2009-official-gen-elect-gen-assembly-tallies-120109.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  14. "2007-official-general-election-tallies(ga)-12.12.07.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  15. "05831236.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  16. "2003g_a_candidate_tally.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
New Jersey General Assembly
Preceded by
Caroline Casagrande
Declan O'Scanlon		 Member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 12th District
January 12, 2012 – present
With: Robert D. Clifton		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Melvin Cottrell		 Member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 30th District
November 18, 2002 – January 10, 2012
With: Joseph R. Malone		 Succeeded by
Sean T. Kean
Dave Rible
Political offices
Preceded by
?		 Mayor of Plumsted Township, New Jersey
January 1, 1990 – December 31, 2011		 Succeeded by
Dave Leutwyler
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