{"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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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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