{"id":1896,"date":"2014-11-04T22:20:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T03:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=1896"},"modified":"2014-11-04T22:21:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T03:21:04","slug":"macarthur-bests-belgard-in-race-for-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2014\/11\/macarthur-bests-belgard-in-race-for-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"MacArthur Bests Belgard in Race for Congressional Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_931\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/macarthur_belgard.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-931\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/macarthur_belgard-240x160.png\" alt=\"Tom MacArthur and Aimee Belgard. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/macarthur_belgard-240x160.png 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/macarthur_belgard-290x195.png 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom MacArthur and Aimee Belgard. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Republican Tom MacArthur has beaten his Democratic opponent, Burlington County Freeholder Aimee Belgard, to represent New Jersey&#8217;s third district \u2013 including Brick Township \u2013 in the U.S. Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Belgard, who led in her home county, could not overcome a groundswell of support for MacArthur in Ocean County, where he won by a 60-36 percent margin. In Ocean County, MacArthur received 45,310 votes compared to Belgard&#8217;s 27,152.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press officially called the race at 9:47 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>MacArthur was on hand at the Ocean County GOP victory celebration in Toms River, where he joined Joe Vicari, who also <a title=\"Vicari Cruises to Victory in Freeholder Race, Says Ryan Should Apologize\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/2014\/11\/vicari-cruises-to-victory-in-freeholder-race-says-ryan-should-apologize\/\">emerged a strong victor in the Ocean County freeholder race<\/a> Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2014\/11\/macarthur-bests-belgard-in-race-for-congress\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Tom MacArthur has beaten his Democratic opponent, Burlington County Freeholder Aimee Belgard, to represent New Jersey&#8217;s third district \u2013 including Brick Township \u2013 in the U.S. Congress. Belgard, who led in her home county, could not overcome a groundswell of support for MacArthur in Ocean County, where he won by a 60-36 percent margin. 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