New Jersey 2015 General Election

The Green Papers: New Jersey 2015 General Election

This page is for offices up for election in 2015. Find 2016 elections here.

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New Jersey
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	8,807,501	(2.84% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	14	(2.60% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	12	(2.76% of 435)
Capital:	Trenton

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New Jersey 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 114^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Robert "Bob" Menendez • Appointed by Governor Jon S. Corzine to fill the vacancy caused by Corzine having resigned this seat 17 January 2006 upon taking the Oath of Office as Governor of the State; first elected: 2006; re-elected: 2012. [Previously served in the U.S. House to which he was first elected in 1992: subsequently re-elected in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004] • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • 6 March 2015: Facing potential Federal Corruption charges. 1 April 2015: Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury re: corruption charges.
	Candidate list

		*Democratic*		*Senator Robert "Bob" Menendez* • FEC S6NJ00289

		Republican		Jeff Bell • FEC S8NJ00012

Class 2		Democratic	Senator Cory A. Booker • First elected: 16 October 2013 in a Special Election re: passing of Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (Democratic). Re-elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list

		*Democratic*		*Senator Cory A. Booker* • FEC S4NJ00185

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2013, 2017. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Republican	Governor Christopher J. "Chris" Christie • First elected: 2009; re-elected: 2013 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2017 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit
	Candidate list

		Democratic		state Senator Raymond J. "Ray" Lesniak

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2013, 2017. Office created effective with the Gubernatorial Election of 2009. Elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; following his/her nomination, the Gubernatorial candidate has 30 days to select a running mate.

		Republican	Lieutenant Governor Kimberly M. "Kim" Guadagno • First elected: 2009; re-elected: 2013 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2017

114^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2016, 2018. No Term Limit. 114^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 6 Democratic (6 Undetermined); 6 Republican (6 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 1		Democratic	Congressman Donald W. Norcross • First elected in concurrent general and special elections [re: to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Robert Ernest "Rob" Andrews (Democratic)]: 4 November 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		Democratic		Alexander "Alex" Law • FEC H6NJ01188; 30 Sep 15; Tot $13,966; Dsb $12,470
		*Democratic*		*Congressman Donald W. Norcross* • FEC H4NJ01084; 30 Sep 15; Tot $679,688; Dsb $448,761

		Republican		Robert W. Patterson • FEC H6NJ01204

		Socialist Party USA		Gavin Bard • FEC H6NJ01196

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 2		Republican	Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		Democratic		Tino Rozzo

		*Republican*		*Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo* • FEC H2NJ02037; 30 Sep 15; Tot $448,401; Dsb $230,894

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 3		Republican	Congressman Thomas "Tom" MacArthur • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman Thomas "Tom" MacArthur* • FEC H4NJ03130; 30 Sep 15; Tot $590,308; Dsb $309,224

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 4		Republican	Congressman Christopher Henry "Chris" Smith • First elected: 1980 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman Christopher Henry "Chris" Smith* • FEC H8NJ04014; 30 Sep 15; Tot $195,053; Dsb $112,532

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 5		Republican	Congressman Ernest Scott "Scott" Garrett • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		Democratic		Josh Gottheimer • FEC H6NJ05171; 30 Sep 15; Tot $1,031,255; Dsb $97,064

		Republican		Michael J. Cino
		*Republican*		*Congressman Ernest Scott "Scott" Garrett* • FEC H8NJ05052; 30 Sep 15; Tot $564,733; Dsb $244,120

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 6		Democratic	Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. • First elected in a special election for the 100th Congress-- but never sworn in because Congress had adjourned-- (re: to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman James J. Howard) and concurrently elected to the 101st Congress: 1988. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		Democratic		Jun Choi • FEC H2NJ07168; 30 Sep 15; Tot $1,000; Dsb $5,550
		*Democratic*		*Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.* • FEC H8NJ03073; 30 Sep 15; Tot $801,913; Dsb $540,523

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 7		Republican	Congressman Leonard Lance • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		Democratic		Peter Jacob • FEC H6NJ07151

		Republican		York Cook • FEC H6NJ07144; 30 Sep 15; Tot $6,015; Dsb $29
		*Republican*		*Congressman Leonard Lance* • FEC H6NJ12136; 30 Sep 15; Tot $306,652; Dsb $197,469
		Republican		David Larsen

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 8		Democratic	Congressman Albio Sires • First elected: 2006 (in a special election to fill a vacant seat of Congressman Robert "Bob" Menendez [who was appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate] and to a full term) • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Albio Sires* • FEC H6NJ13191; 30 Sep 15; Tot $141,738; Dsb $130,475

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 9		Democratic	Congressman William J. "Bill" Pascrell, Jr. • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman William J. "Bill" Pascrell, Jr.* • FEC H6NJ08118; 30 Sep 15; Tot $614,587; Dsb $352,977
		Democratic		Michael J. Wildes • 28 April 2014: Filed with the FEC to run in 2016. • FEC H4NJ09095; 30 Sep 15; Tot $16,173; Dsb $1,154

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 10		Democratic	Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. • First elected in a special election for the 112th Congress (re: to fill the seat of his late father, Congressman Donald M. Payne) and concurrently to a full term in the 113th Congress: 6 Novemebr 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 11		Republican	Congressman Rodney P. Frelinghuysen • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman Rodney P. Frelinghuysen* • FEC H2NJ05014; 30 Sep 15; Tot $579,875; Dsb $342,029

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 12		Democratic	Congressman Bonnie Watson Coleman • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Bonnie Watson Coleman* • FEC H4NJ12149; 30 Sep 15; Tot $310,312; Dsb $219,390

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.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 8 incumbents, 14 candidates
	• Republican: 8 incumbents, 11 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates)
	• Green (affiliates)
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Conservative USA
	• Natural Law (affiliates)
	• Socialist Party USA: 1 candidate
	• Unity
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Not readily classifiable
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"Apparently not a candidate" indicates that someone we once listed as a candidate for an elective office will not, in fact, be running for that office (primarily because said candidate is not listed on an official ballot provided by a jurisdiction's election authorities, where that candidate has not previously withdrawn his/her candidacy or otherwise indicated no longer [or even ever] being a candidate for that office).

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution Links to State Constitutions
	• http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/lawsconstitution/consearch.asp
Election Authority
	• New Jersey Division of Elections
	• New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission
Legislature Links to State Legislatures
	• New Jersey Legislature
Democratic
	• New Jersey Assembly Democratic Majority
	• New Jersey Senate Democrats
	• The New Jersey Democratic State Committee
Republican
	• New Jersey Assembly Republicans
	• New Jersey Republican State Committee
	• New Jersey Senate Republican Caucus
Third Party
	• American Independents
	• Conservative Party USA New Jersey
	• Natural Law Party of New Jersey
	• New Jersey Conservative Party
	• New Jersey Independents
	• New Jersey Libertarian Party
	• Socialist Party of New Jersey
	• The Constitution Party of New Jersey
	• The Green Party of New Jersey
	• The Unity Party of New Jersey
Media & others
	• Asbury Park Press
	• centraljersey.com - Packet Publications - Princeton
	• Courier-Post - Camden
	• Daily Record - Morris County
	• myCentralJersey - Courier News - Bridgewater, Home News Tribune - East Brunswick
	• New Jersey Globe
	• NJ.com- Everything Jersey Star-Ledger, Trenton Times, Jersey Journal and other NJ newspapers
	• NJBiz.com
	• NJTV - New Jersey Public Television - Englewood
	• NorthJersey.com
	• phillyBurbs.com
	• PolitickerNJ.com
	• Politics1.com - New Jersey
	• Press of Atlantic City
	• The New Jersey Herald - Sussex County
	• the Trentonian
	• The Westfield Leader