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Longtime Morris County Sheriff Edward Rochford, who won re-election earlier this month.

(Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger)

All nine of the county sheriffs in New Jersey who collect a pension on top of their six-figure salary won re-election last week.

A report from New Jersey Watchdog reveals that 17 of the state's 21 sheriffs are what the website calls, "double-dippers."

Eight of the 17 are Democrats and nine are Republicans. Voters in Bergen, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren counties gave their sheriffs who already collection pensions another term in office.

Ocean's new sheriff will also be getting two paychecks when Toms River police chief Michael Mastronardy takes the reigns.

Mastronardy defeated Democrat George “Bob” Armstrong earlier this month and will replace Acting Sheriff William Sommeling, who has been serving in that role since the death of William Polhemus. Sommeling also pockets a pension on top of his paycheck.

Mastronardy will be paid an annual pension of $149,100 when he steps down as chief. He'll also get $189,553 in unused sick time and $48,372 in unused vacation time for a total of $237,925. The sheriff position will pay a minimum of $109,000.

The highest-paid sheriff in New Jersey is Bergen's Michael Saudino, who is paid $138,000 on top of his $129,984 pension. Saudino is the former police chief in Emerson.

The only four sheriffs not on the New Jersey Watchdog list of double-dippers are:

• Frank Balles, Atlantic

• Shaun Golden, Monmouth

• Frank Schillari, Hudson

• Jean E. Stanfield, Burlington

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