New Jersey 2007 Off Year Election

The Green Papers: New Jersey 2007 Off Year Election

This page is for offices up for election in 2007. Find 2008 elections here.

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New Jersey
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Electoral Votes:	15	(2.79% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:	13	(2.99% of 435)
2000 Census:	8,424,354	(2.99% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	6,245,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	4,710,768
Capital:	Trenton

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New Jersey State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110^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 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 election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 2		Democratic	Senator Frank R. 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

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2005, 2009. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Democratic	Governor Jon S. Corzine • First elected: 2005 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2009 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
	Thursday 12 April 2007 - New Jersey Governor Corzine Critically Injured in Motor Vehicle Crash Governor Jon S. Corzine (D-New Jersey) was badly hurt in an accident involving his SUV, at the time being driven by a State Trooper, along the Garden State Parkway near Atlantic City earlier this evening. The Governor was airlifted to a hospital in Camden, NJ where- after surgery- he was listed in critical, but stable, condition with a broken leg and numerous chest injuries. State Senate President Richard Codey (Democrat) has taken over, for the time being, as Acting Governor of the State pending Governor Corzine's recovery; this is Senator Codey's third stint as the State's Acting Governor, the longest such service being in the wake of the resignation of former Governor Jim McGreevey back in 2004. 'The Green Papers' earnestly wishes Governor Corzine a speedy and most healthy recovery from his injuries.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2009, 2013. 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.

110^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 7 Democratic (7 Undetermined); 6 Republican (5 Undetermined, 1 Open)

CD 1 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Robert E. Andrews • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 2 {map}		Republican	Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 3 {map}		Republican	Congressman H. J. "Jim" Saxton • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - Announced retirement 9 November 2007

CD 4 {map}		Republican	Congressman Christopher H. "Chris" Smith • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 5 {map}		Republican	Congressman Ernest Scott "Scott" Garrett • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 6 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 7 {map}		Republican	Congressman Mike Ferguson • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 8 {map}		Democratic	Congressman William J. "Bill" Pascrell, Jr. • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 9 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Steven R. Rothman • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 10 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Donald M. Payne • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 11 {map}		Republican	Congressman Rodney P. Frelinghuysen • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 12 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Rush D. Holt • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 13 {map}		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 election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

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): 10 incumbents
	• Republican: 6 incumbents
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 an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.