| The Green Papers: New Jersey 2005 Off Year Elections |
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New Jersey
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress Primary: Tuesday 7 June 2005 General Election: Tuesday 8 November 2005 |
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An Amendment to the State Constitution was on the ballot in the General Election on 8 November 2005 and was approved by a majority of the State's voters: it will allow NEW JERSEY to elect its first Lieutenant Governor at the same time the State will next be electing its Governor (Tuesday 3 November 2009). NEW JERSEY State PrimaryTuesday 7 June 2005polls close at 8 PM local time (0000 UTC)
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Jon Corzine • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - Elected Governor of New Jersey, 8 November 2005 |
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Democratic | (pending) • Possible candidates: Congressman Robert Andrews, Congressman Robert Menendez, Congressman Frank Pallone, Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr., Congressman Donald Payne NOTE: These possibilities are largely contingent on exactly who Governor-elect Corzine actually appoints to fill the vacancy in the U.S. Senate resulting from the Senator having been elected Governor, which would then give such appointee a leg up in the 2006 Democratic Primary for the full term in the Senate. |
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Republican | (pending) • Possible candidate in 2006: State Senator Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (son of former NJ Governor/9-11 Commission chairman Tom Kean) |
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| Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Frank Lautenberg • First elected: 2002 Previously served in the Class 1 NJ Senate seat to which he was first elected: 1982 and re-elected: 1988, 1994-- was not a candidate for his Party's nomination for the Class 1 seat in 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2001, 2005. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer, All Governors | |||||
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Democratic | Governor Richard James Codey • Became acting Governor 15 November 2004 upon the resignation of Governor James E. "Jim" McGreevey • Chair up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2005 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Open Chair - Acting Governor Codey announced on 31 January 2005 that he will not be a candidate for the full 4-year term resulting from the Gubernatorial Election in November 2005 |
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Democratic | 1,152,347 | 53.03% | U.S. Senator Jon S. Corzine | |
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Republican | 948,372 | 43.64% | Douglas R. Forrester | |
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Independent | 26,422 | 1.22% | Hector L. Castillo • Slogan: Education Not Corruption |
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Independent; (Libertarian) | 13,700 | 0.63% | Jeffrey Pawlowski • Slogan: Libertarian Party |
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Independent; (Green) | 11,179 | 0.51% | Matthew J. Thieke • Slogan: The Green Party |
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Independent | 8,603 | 0.40% | Edward Forchion • Slogan: Legalize Marijuana-(G.R.I.P.) |
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Independent | 4,914 | 0.23% | Michael Latigona • Slogan: One New Jersey |
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Independent | 3,762 | 0.17% | Wesley K. "Wes" Bell • Slogans: Repeal Casino Taxes, Cut Waste, Shake Up Trenton, Repeal N.J.D.E.P., Restore Rebates, End Pay To Play, Stop State Corruption, Cut Waste, Balance Budget, Restore Rebates, Exempt Marine Construction, Restore Rebates, Repeal N.J.D.E.P., Balance Budget, Cut State Spending, Balance Budget. |
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Independent; (Socialist Workers Party) | 2,023 | 0.09% | Angela L. Lariscy • Slogan: Socialist Workers Party |
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Independent | 1,850 | 0.09% | Constantino Rozzo • Slogan: Socialist Party USA |
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| Total | 2,173,172 | 100.00% | |||
| 109th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 7 Democratic (7 Undetermined); 6 Republican (6 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 | Democratic | Congressman Robert E. Andrews • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 2 | Republican | Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 3 | Republican | Congressman Jim Saxton • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 4 | Republican | Congressman Christopher H. Smith • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 5 | Republican | Congressman Scott Garrett • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 6 | Democratic | Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 7 | Republican | Congressman Mike Ferguson • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 8 | Democratic | Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 9 | Democratic | Congressman Steven R. Rothman • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 10 | Democratic | Congressman Donald M. Payne • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 11 | Republican | Congressman Rodney P. Frelinghuysen • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 12 | Democratic | Congressman Rush Holt • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 13 | Democratic | Congressman Robert "Bob" Menendez • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
| • Constitution | |
| • Democratic | |
| • Green | |
| • Independent | |
| • Libertarian | |
| • Marijuana | |
| • Natural Law | |
| • Not readily classifiable | |
| • Republican | |
| • Socialist Party USA | |
| • Socialist Workers Party |
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