mobanmarketTOMS RIVER, NJ — Kevin Geoghegan, ousted from the Toms River Township Council, has submitted a petition to run for the Ward 2 seat formerly held by Toms River Mayor Daniel Rodrick.
Geoghegan is one of three candidates — two Republicans and one Democrat — who filed petitions Monday to seek the final year of Rodrick’s council term.
Also seeking the one-year term are William Byrne, Rodrick’s handpicked candidate, and Democrat Susan Gato Payne.
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George Lobman, who was appointed in January to fill the Ward 2 seat, stated at the time he would not be seeking election to the seat in November.
Geoghegan served on the council in an at-large seat from 2020 through last year. He was defeated in the Republican primary in June 2023, along with his running mates and then-Mayor Maurice Hill.
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Byrne is a resident of Holiday City in the Silverton section, where Council Vice President Lynn O’Toole lives.
Geoghegan and Byrne will face off in the Republican primary on June 4.
Payne Gato is a registered nurse and the former director of nursing at Ocean Endosurgery Center.
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