John Curley, a former Red Bank Councilman who came within 346 votes of winning a seat on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders in 2008, will get a second chance. He defeated Atlantic Highlands Councilwoman Kim Spatola by a 36-27 second ballot vote to win the Monmouth GOP line today.
Curley will seek the seat of Freeholder Barbara McMorrow, a Democrat who announced this week that she would not seek re-election to a second term. Democrats, who have a 3-2 majority on the Freeholder Board, have not yet selected their candidate.
