The Green Papers: New Jersey 2011 Off-Year Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2011. Find 2012 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2000 Census:8,424,354 (2.99% of 281,998,273)
2002, 2008 Electoral Votes:15(2.79% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:13(2.99% of 435)
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 State and Local Government

New Jersey 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties


New Jersey lost 1 U.S. House seat in the 2010 Census and will elected 12 Representatives in 2012.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 112th 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
  Candidate Democratic     Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker
  Candidate Democratic     Jeffrey" Jeff" Boss
FEC S8NJ00418
  Candidate Democratic     Gwendolyn Charidy "Gwen" Diakos
FEC S2NJ00353
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Robert "Bob" Menendez
FEC S6NJ00289; 30 Sep 11; Tot $5,291,697; Dsb $817,164
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Joseph M. "Joe" Kyrillos, Jr.
  Candidate Republican     Ian S. Linker
FEC S2NJ00338; 30 Sep 11; Tot $17,014; Dsb $15,488
  Candidate Republican     Joseph R. Rullo
FEC S2NJ00361
  Candidate Independent     Lawrence J. "Larry" Donahue
  Candidate No Party Affiliation     Jonathan Bannon Maher
FEC S2NJ00346

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: 2009, 2013. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Christopher J. "Chris" Christie
First elected: 2009
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2013
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

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.

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Kimberly M. "Kim" Guadagno
First elected: 2009
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2013

112th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
7 Democratic (7 Undetermined);
6 Republican (6 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 1 Democratic Congressman Robert E. "Rob" Andrews
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Robert E. "Rob" Andrews
FEC H0NJ01066; 30 Sep 11; Tot $280,126; Dsb $505,653

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 2 Republican Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo
First elected: 1994
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Absecon School Board Member Michael "Mike" Assad
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo
FEC H2NJ02037; 30 Sep 11; Tot $622,380; Dsb $396,467

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 3 Republican Congressman Jon Runyan
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Jon Runyan
FEC H0NJ03153; 30 Sep 11; Tot $607,065; Dsb $233,603

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 4 Republican Congressman Christopher H. "Chris" Smith
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Douglas Anthony "Doug" DeMeo
FEC H2NJ04140
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Christopher H. "Chris" Smith
FEC H8NJ04014; 30 Sep 11; Tot $94,785; Dsb $95,008

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 5 Republican Congressman Ernest Scott "Scott" Garrett
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Ernest Scott "Scott" Garrett
FEC H8NJ05052; 30 Sep 11; Tot $929,358; Dsb $225,934

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 6 Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.
FEC H8NJ03073; 30 Sep 11; Tot $691,025; Dsb $400,258
  Candidate Republican     Borough of Highlands Mayor Anna C. Little

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 7 Republican Congressman Leonard Lance
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     former Edison Mayor Jun H. Choi
FEC H2NJ07168; 30 Sep 11; Tot $313,374; Dsb $65,669
  Candidate Democratic     Nizam "Niz" Kamal
FEC H2NJ07150
  Candidate Democratic     Edward "Ed" Potosnak, III
FEC H0NJ07212; 30 Sep 11; Tot $155,739; Dsb $60,055
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Leonard Lance
FEC H6NJ12136; 30 Sep 11; Tot $379,567; Dsb $138,335

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 8 Democratic Congressman William J. "Bill" Pascrell, Jr.
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman William J. "Bill" Pascrell, Jr.
FEC H6NJ08118; 30 Sep 11; Tot $684,396; Dsb $252,057

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 9 Democratic Congressman Steven R. "Steve" Rothman
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Jason-Paul Nezmer "J. Paul" Castle
FEC H2NJ00031; 30 Jun 11; Tot $0; Dsb $0
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Steven R. "Steve" Rothman
FEC H6NJ09165; 30 Sep 11; Tot $427,343; Dsb $337,531
  Candidate Democratic     former Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes
FEC H4NJ09095; 30 Sep 11; Tot $13,084; Dsb $2,445

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 10 Democratic Congressman Donald M. Payne
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Donald M. Payne
FEC H0NJ10026; 30 Sep 11; Tot $152,205; Dsb $132,693
  Candidate Democratic     Newark Councilman Ronald C. "Ron" Rice

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 11 Republican Congressman Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
First elected: 1994
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
FEC H2NJ05014; 30 Sep 11; Tot $280,288; Dsb $153,878
  Candidate Libertarian     Jim Gawron

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 12 Democratic Congressman Rush D. Holt
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Rush D. Holt
FEC H6NJ12144; 30 Sep 11; Tot $682,604; Dsb $367,528

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - Seat lost in 2010 apportionment - No election in 2012 - map
CD 13 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)
 Candidate list to be moved to another district once redistricting is complete
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Albio Sires
FEC H6NJ13191; 30 Sep 11; Tot $223,950; Dsb $164,397
  Candidate Republican     Washington Flores
FEC H2NJ13158
  Candidate Republican     Michael Joseph Shurin
FEC H2NJ13141; 30 Sep 11; Tot $22,000; Dsb $1,439
 

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): 9 incumbents, 18 candidates
  Republican: 8 incumbents, 13 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Libertarian: 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
  No Party Affiliation: 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.

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.


 


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