Meet the Candidates

by: Juan Melli

Mon Apr 10, 2006 at 07:08:10 PM EDT

This is the most recent listing of candidates that have filed petitions for federal office. The first candidate listed in each category is the incumbent. The number after their names indicates the number of petition signatures submitted, and I also included the slogans of some of the candidates running without the party endorsement.

US Senate: Bob Menendez (D) 8029 James D. Kelly Jr (D) 1300 Thomas H. Kean Jr. (R) 4202 John P. Ginty (R) 1742

House Districts 1: Rob Andrews (D)

2: Frank LoBiondo (R) 804 Viola Thomas-Hughes (D) 298 Henry David Marcus (D) 207 "Change the Course!"

3: Jim Saxton (R) 949 Richard Sexton (D) 293

4: Chris Smith (R) 675 Gary Schiavone (D) 310

5: Scott Garrett (R) 513 Michael Cino (R) 300 Paul Aronsohn (D) 495 Camille M. Abate (D) 427 "A New Spine For Congress"

6: Frank Pallone Jr (D) 310 Leigh-Ann Bellew (R) 278

7: Mike Ferguson (R) 896 Linda Stender (D) 532

8: Bill Pascrell (D) 4301 Jose Sandivol (R) 407

9: Steve Rothman (D) 1020 Vincent Micco (R) 321

10: Donald Payne (D) 1244 Deshon Porter (D) 211

11: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R) 699 Tom Wyka (D) 332

12: Rush Holt (D) 1216 Joseph Sinagra (R) 225

13: Special election for unexpired term Albio Sires (D) 530 James Geron (D) 268

13: For full term Albio Sires (D) 3229 Joseph Vas (D) 594 John Guarini (R) 255

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Anyone know anything... (0.00 / 0)

about the second district congressional candidates. I haven't been able to find out anything about Marcus, except i think i like the slogan. Thomas-Hughes seems promising but I can't locate much at all on here either. Some help here please.

by: foxylevi @ Mon Apr 10, 2006 at 19:14:29 PM CDT

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Henry Marcus (4.00 / 1)

politicsnj says:

She will face Henry David Marcus, a former elected Justice of the Peace in West Hartford, Connecticut

by: Juan Melli @ Mon Apr 10, 2006 at 19:48:51 PM CDT

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My morning in Trenton (4.00 / 2)

As I sat patiently waiting for Ms. Hernandez to fill-out my paperwork, John Ginty and entourage strolled in, proudly announcing their 1742 signatures. I thought as I left the office - interesting how similar our situations were from the far ends of the spectrum.... He's running in a blue state as conservative they come, I'm running in a red district as progressive as they come.

...And may all voices be heard in this great democracy of ours.

Today was one to tell your grandkids - "the day before I turned 40 - I filed my petition to run for Congress."

Jim Buell (the last Dem in NJ-11 to run) said to me - "everybody has to run for Congress once in their lives". I thought to myself - "once?" ;-)

by: Tom Wyka @ Mon Apr 10, 2006 at 20:39:55 PM CDT

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My experience 4 years ago (4.00 / 1)

4 years ago, i was the one who went to Trenton to deliver the petitions for Vij Pawar, who was the Democrat challenging Frelinghuysen in that election. I had to sit down on a bench and wait with my petition, and i was seated between one Republican challenging Menendez and one Republican challenging Payne for Congress. I sat there thinking and started to talk to them about their races. I realized that they had an even harder battle than I did for my candidate. As Tom elequently said, that is the beauty of living in our country, in every district, no matter how red, those of us who are progressive SHOULD have someone to support and believe in. I'm proud to say that today in all 13 districts we were able to find candidates to carry our flag
Chip

"the Blue underground in Red Morris"

by: BootGOP @ Mon Apr 10, 2006 at 21:31:59 PM CDT

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