New Jersey 2009 General Election

The Green Papers: New Jersey 2009 General Election

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New Jersey
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 2 June 2009
General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2009

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
Tuesday 2 June 2009 polling hours 6:00a EDT (1000 UTC) to 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 3 November 2009 polling hours 6:00a EST (1100 UTC) to 8:00p EST (0100 UTC).

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New Jersey State and Local Government

The state legislators who are meeting over the two years from 2008 through 2009 make up the 213th NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE.

5 December 2009: Official 3 November 2009 General Election Results.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111^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; re-elected: 2008 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 2014

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. • Renominated - 2 June 2009 Primary

	Republican	1,174,445	48.45%	former US Attorney Christopher J. "Chris" Christie • For Lieutenant Governor: Monmouth County Sheriff Kimberly M. "Kim" Guadagno

	Democratic	1,087,731	44.88%	Governor Jon S. Corzine • For Lieutenant Governor: State Senator Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen County)

	Independent	139,579	5.76%	Christopher "Chris" Daggett • For Lieutenant Governor Frank J. Esposito Slogan: Independent for NJ
	Independent; (Libertarian)	4,830	0.20%	Kenneth R. "Kenny" Kaplan • For Lieutenant Governor: John Paff Slogan: Libertarian Party
	Independent	3,585	0.15%	Gary T. Steele • For Lieutenant Governor: Nancy Pennella Slogan: Leadership, Independence, Vision
	Independent	2,869	0.12%	Jason Cullen • For Lieutenant Governor: Gloria Leustek Slogan: People Not Politics
	Independent	2,598	0.11%	David R. Meiswinkle • For Lieutenant Governor: Noelani Musicaro Slogan: Middle Class Empowerment
	Independent	2,563	0.11%	Kostas Petris • For Lieutenant Governor: August Petris Slogan: For The People
	Independent; (Socialist Party USA)	2,085	0.09%	Gregory "Greg" Pason • For Lieutenant Governor: Costantino "Tino" Rozzo Slogan: Socialist Party USA
	Independent	1,625	0.07%	Gary Stein • For Lieutenant Governor: Cynthia Stein Slogans: Rock The Boat, Giv'm Heck Gary, Nice N Easy, Fools Rush In, Stormy Weather, Just in Time, All The Way, Where Are You, I Have Dreamed, They All Laughed, These Foolish Things, A Fine Romance, Lear'n The Blues, Without A Song, Something Stupid, Street Of Dreams, All Alone, How About You, Pennies From Heaven, My Shining Hour, Love And Marriage
	Independent	1,021	0.04%	Joshua Leinsdorf • For Lieutenant Governor: VACANCY (was Joanne Miller) Slogan: Fair Election Party
	Independent	753	0.03%	Alvin Lindsay, Jr. • For Lieutenant Governor: Eugene Harley Slogan: Lindsay for Governor

	Write-in	108	0.00%	Write-In • Personal Choice
Total		2,423,792	100.00%

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.

Vacant		Lieutenant Governor [vacant office] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2009 • Vacant Office - first election in 2009

111^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 8 Democratic (8 Undetermined); 5 Republican (5 Undetermined)

CD 1 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Robert E. "Rob" Andrews • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 2 {map}	Republican	Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3 {map}	Democratic	Congressman John H. Adler • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 4 {map}	Republican	Congressman Christopher H. "Chris" Smith • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 5 {map}	Republican	Congressman Ernest Scott "Scott" Garrett • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 6 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 7 {map}	Republican	Congressman Leonard Lance • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 8 {map}	Democratic	Congressman William J. "Bill" Pascrell, Jr. • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 9 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Steven R. Rothman • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 10 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Donald M. Payne • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 11 {map}	Republican	Congressman Rodney P. Frelinghuysen • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 12 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Rush D. Holt • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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 2 November 2010

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): 11 incumbents, 1 candidate
	• Republican: 5 incumbents, 1 candidate
Major Third Parties
	• Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
	• Socialist Party USA: 1 candidate
Independents
	• Independent: 10 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 1 candidate
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.

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