The Green Papers: New Jersey 2016 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 7 June 2016
✓ General Election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Tuesday 7 June 2016 - Primary . Polling hours 6:00a-8:00p EDT (1000-0000 UTC).
Tuesday 8 November 2016 - General Election . Polling hours 6:00a-8:00p EST (1100-0100 UTC).
 
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 State and Local Government

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


Source: 2016 Election Information from the New Jersey Department of State.


7 June 2016 primary results from
AP Statewide
Politico.


8 November 2016 returns from the New Jersey Department of State.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 14 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2016
 Candidate list (9)
  Elected Democratic 2,148,278 55.45% former Secretary of State Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton
for Vice President: Virginia Senator Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine
(14 Electoral Votes)
FEC P00003392; 28 Nov 16; Tot $583,217,328; Dsb $582,378,679
  Candidate Republican 1,601,933 41.35% Donald John Trump, Sr.
for Vice President: Indiana Governor Michael R. "Mike" Pence
FEC P80001571; 28 Nov 16; Tot $341,062,859; Dsb $333,457,857
  Candidate Libertarian 72,477 1.87% former Governor New Mexico Gary Earl Johnson
for Vice President: former Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William F. "Bill" Weld
FEC P20002671; 28 Nov 16; Tot $11,670,597; Dsb $11,505,633
  Candidate Green 37,772 0.98% Jill E. Stein
for Vice President: Ajamu Baraka
FEC P20003984; 28 Nov 16; Tot $9,485,845; Dsb $5,315,546
  Candidate Constitution 6,161 0.16% Darrell Lane Castle
for Vice President: Scott N. Bradley
FEC P60021102; 28 Nov 16; Tot $71,876; Dsb $67,084
  Candidate Socialist Workers Party 2,156 0.06% Alyson Kennedy
for Vice President: Osborne Hart
FEC P80005473
  Candidate American Delta 1,838 0.05% Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Guerra
for Vice President: Michael Alan Steinberg
FEC P60016342; 31 Dec 16; Tot $8,075,960; Dsb $8,074,914
  Candidate Workers World 1,749 0.05% Monica Gail Moorehead
for Vice President: Lamont G. Lilly
FEC P60004405; 28 Nov 16; Tot $13,278; Dsb $12,839
  Candidate Socialism and Liberation 1,682 0.04% Gloria Estela La Riva
for Vice President: Eugene Puryear
FEC P80005572; 28 Nov 16; Tot $30,851; Dsb $36,030
Total 3,874,046 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 114th 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 (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Robert "Bob" Menendez
FEC S6NJ00289
  Candidate 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 (1)
  Candidate 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 (9)
  Candidate Democratic     Bill Brennan
  Candidate Democratic     Jim Johnson
  Candidate Democratic     former Ambassador to Germany Phil Murphy
  Candidate Democratic     state Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski
  Candidate Republican     state Assemblyman Jack M. Ciattarelli
  Candidate Republican     Nutley Township Commissioner Steven L. Rogers
  Candidate Republican     Joe Rullo
  Candidate Green     Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale
  Candidate Independent     Jeff Boss

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

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

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman Donald W. Norcross
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
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
Renominated - 7 June 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (5) - 115th Congress
  Elected Democratic 183,231 59.98% Congressman Donald W. Norcross
FEC H4NJ01084; 28 Nov 16; Tot $2,424,324; Dsb $2,327,195
  Candidate Republican 112,388 36.79% Robert W. "Bob" Patterson
FEC H6NJ01204; 28 Nov 16; Tot $211,083; Dsb $203,719
  Candidate We Deserve Better 5,473 1.79% Scot John Tomaszewski
FEC H4NJ01142; 28 Nov 16; Tot $9,984; Dsb $36,034
  Candidate Libertarian 2,410 0.79% William F. "Bill" Sihr, IV
FEC H6NJ01212
  Candidate AMERICANINDEPENDENTS.ORG 1,971 0.65% Michael "Mike" Berman
FEC H4NJ01159
Total 305,473 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 1994
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 7 June 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (7) - 115th Congress
  Elected Republican 176,338 59.21% Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo
FEC H2NJ02037; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,594,472; Dsb $1,595,273
  Candidate Democratic 110,838 37.22% David Hagerty Cole
FEC H4NJ02157; 28 Nov 16; Tot $127,574; Dsb $127,269
  Candidate Libertarian 3,773 1.27% John Ordille
FEC H2NJ02177
  Candidate Make Government Work 2,653 0.89% James Keenan, Jr.
FEC H6NJ02194; 15 Nov 16; Tot $502; Dsb $502
  Candidate Representing the 99% 1,574 0.53% Steven "Steve" Fenichel
FEC H6NJ02210
  Candidate People's Independent Progressive 1,387 0.47% Eric Beechwood
FEC H6NJ02186
  Candidate For Political Revolution 1,232 0.41% Gabriel Brian Franco
FEC H6NJ02202
Total 297,795 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Thomas "Tom" MacArthur
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 7 June 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (3) - 115th Congress
  Elected Republican 194,596 59.32% Congressman Thomas "Tom" MacArthur
FEC H4NJ03130; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,909,618; Dsb $1,884,277
  Candidate Democratic 127,526 38.87% Frederick John LaVergne
FEC H4NJ03163; 31 Mar 16; Tot $600; Dsb $0
  Candidate Constitution 5,938 1.81% Lawrence Wayne Berlinski, Jr.
FEC H6NJ03150
Total 328,060 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Christopher Henry "Chris" Smith
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 1980
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 7 June 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (4) - 115th Congress
  Elected Republican 211,992 63.72% Congressman Christopher Henry "Chris" Smith
FEC H8NJ04014; 28 Nov 16; Tot $728,030; Dsb $631,259
  Candidate Democratic 111,532 33.52% Lorna Phillipson
FEC H6NJ04158; 28 Nov 16; Tot $252,134; Dsb $194,227
  Candidate Economic Growth 5,840 1.76% Hank Schroeder
FEC H6NJ04182
  Candidate Libertarian 3,320 1.00% Jeremy Marcus
FEC H6NJ04174
Total 332,684 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 5
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Ernest Scott "Scott" Garrett
First elected: 2002
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 7 June 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (3) - 115th Congress
  Elected Democratic 172,587 51.11% Joshua S. "Josh" Gottheimer
FEC H6NJ05171; 28 Nov 16; Tot $4,769,356; Dsb $4,676,894
  Candidate Republican 157,690 46.70% Congressman Ernest Scott "Scott" Garrett
FEC H8NJ05052; 28 Nov 16; Tot $2,469,516; Dsb $4,347,384
  Candidate Libertarian 7,424 2.20% Claudio Belusic
FEC H6NJ05205
Total 337,701 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 6
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
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
Renominated - 7 June 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (4) - 115th Congress
  Elected Democratic 167,895 63.73% Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.
FEC H8NJ03073; 28 Nov 16; Tot $2,398,443; Dsb $1,820,979
  Candidate Republican 91,908 34.89% Brent J. Sonnek-Schmelz
FEC H6NJ06229; 28 Nov 16; Tot $74,484; Dsb $64,180
  Candidate Green 1,912 0.73% Rajit B. Malliah
FEC H6NJ06237
  Candidate Libertarian 1,720 0.65% Judith "Judi" Shamy
FEC H6NJ06245
Total 263,435 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 7
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Leonard Lance
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 2008
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 7 June 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (4) - 115th Congress
  Elected Republican 185,850 54.08% Congressman Leonard Lance
FEC H6NJ12136; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,118,327; Dsb $1,259,271
  Candidate Democratic 148,188 43.12% Peter Jacob
FEC H6NJ07151; 28 Nov 16; Tot $320,803; Dsb $302,860
  Candidate Libertarian 5,343 1.55% Dan O'Neill
FEC H6NJ07193
  Candidate Conservative 4,254 1.24% Arthur T. Haussmann, Jr.
FEC H6NJ07185
Total 343,635 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 8
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman Albio Sires
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
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
Renominated - 7 June 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (4) - 115th Congress
  Elected Democratic 134,733 77.04% Congressman Albio Sires
FEC H6NJ13191; 31 Dec 16; Tot $635,397; Dsb $582,587
  Candidate Republican 32,337 18.49% Agha Khan
FEC H6NJ08167
  Candidate Wake Up America 4,381 2.51% Pablo Olivera
FEC H2NJ08224
  Candidate Libertarian 3,438 1.97% Dan Delaney
FEC H6NJ08175
Total 174,889 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 9
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman William J. "Bill" Pascrell, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 1996
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 7 June 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (4) - 115th Congress
  Elected Democratic 162,642 69.73% Congressman William J. "Bill" Pascrell, Jr.
FEC H6NJ08118; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,741,279; Dsb $1,340,151
  Candidate Republican 65,376 28.03% Hector L. Castillo
FEC H6NJ09231; 28 Nov 16; Tot $99,472; Dsb $99,455
  Candidate Libertarian 3,327 1.43% Diego Rivera
FEC H6NJ09256
  Candidate NSA Did 911 1,897 0.81% Jeff Boss
FEC H6NJ09249
Total 233,242 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 10
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
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
Renominated - 7 June 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (4) - 115th Congress
  Elected Democratic 190,856 85.67% Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr.
FEC H2NJ10154; 28 Nov 16; Tot $537,596; Dsb $478,843
  Candidate Republican 26,450 11.87% David H. Pinckney
FEC H0NJ10133
  Candidate Women of Power 3,719 1.67% Joanne Miller
FEC H0NJ10182
  Candidate New Beginning's 1,746 0.78% Aaron Walter Fraser
FEC H4NJ10085
Total 222,771 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 11
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 1994
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 7 June 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (4) - 115th Congress
  Elected Republican 194,299 58.00% Congressman Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
FEC H2NJ05014; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,962,778; Dsb $1,643,077
  Candidate Democratic 130,162 38.86% Joseph M. "Joe" Wenzel
FEC H6NJ11146
  Candidate Financial Independence 7,056 2.11% Thomas DePasquale
FEC H6NJ11153
  Candidate Libertarian 3,475 1.04% Jeff Hetrick
FEC H6NJ11161
Total 334,992 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 12
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman Bonnie Watson Coleman
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 7 June 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (7) - 115th Congress
  Elected Democratic 181,430 62.86% Congressman Bonnie Watson Coleman
FEC H4NJ12149; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,098,521; Dsb $1,004,492
  Candidate Republican 92,407 32.02% Steven J. Uccio
FEC H6NJ12201
  Candidate Legalize Marijuana Party 6,094 2.11% Robert Edward "Ed" Forchion
FEC H2NJ03191
  Candidate Teddy Roosevelt Progressive 2,775 0.96% Robert Shapiro
FEC H6NJ12235
  Candidate Libertarian 2,482 0.86% Thomas Fitzpatrick
FEC H6NJ12219
  Candidate Green 2,135 0.74% Steven "Steve" Welzer
FEC H8NJ04154
  Candidate We The People 1,311 0.45% Michael R. Bollentin
FEC H6NJ12227
Total 288,634 100.00%  
 

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, 19 candidates
  Republican: 8 incumbents, 17 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Constitution (affiliates): 2 candidates
  Green (affiliates): 4 candidates
  Libertarian: 11 candidates
Other Third Parties
  American Delta: 1 candidate
  AMERICANINDEPENDENTS.ORG: 1 candidate
  Conservative: 1 candidate
  Economic Growth: 1 candidate
  Financial Independence: 1 candidate
  For Political Revolution: 1 candidate
  Legalize Marijuana Party: 1 candidate
  Make Government Work: 1 candidate
  New Beginning's: 1 candidate
  NSA Did 911: 1 candidate
  Socialism and Liberation: 1 candidate
  People's Independent Progressive: 1 candidate
  Representing the 99%: 1 candidate
  Socialist Workers Party: 1 candidate
  Teddy Roosevelt Progressive: 1 candidate
  Wake Up America: 1 candidate
  We Deserve Better: 1 candidate
  We The People: 1 candidate
  Women of Power: 1 candidate
  Workers World: 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 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.

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.


 


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