New Jersey Minor Party Candidates for Legislature

New Jersey has all its legislative elections in odd years. This year, the Libertarian Party has 22 candidates for the legislature; the Green Party has 10; the Conservative Party has 2. The petition deadline for each of these candidates is in early June. Since each candidate needs 100 signatures, it is likely that all, or almost all, will succeed in getting on the ballot. Two years ago the Libertarians had 7, the Greens had 6, and the Conservative Party had one.

The lawsuit filed by the three parties mentioned above may perhaps be settled successfully in June 2007. That lawsuit covers a multitude of election law issues. They include the ability of circulators to petition outside their home districts; campaign finance laws that discriminate against unqualified parties relative to qualified parties; and the state’s failure to draft a regulation on how an unqualified party becomes entitled to a registration tally.

The Socialist Party, which is not part of the lawsuit, has one candidate for the legislature this year. In 2005 it had three.


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  1. It is true that while at work I was caught trying to recall the exact number of candidates in New Jersey for the Green Party this year. We are currently in the petitioning process that ends on June 5th. I would expect that the number of General Assembly candidates for the Green Party of New Jersey will be fifteen (15) with three (3)additional candidates possible. We will also have one (1) candidate for Freeholder in Camden County and three (3) candidates for Aberdeen town council.

    Thank you,
    George DeCarlo
    Chair – GPNJ
    geodecarlo@yahoo.com
    908-342-1275 (c)

  2. FINAL UPDATE: Green Party of NJ(GPNJ.org) has 13 General Assembly, 1 Freeholder (Camden County), and 4 Council-at-Large (Aberdeen) candidates.

    District 03
    Assembly Margie MacWilliams
    Assembly Charles Woodrow

    District 05
    Assembly Mark Heacock
    Assembly Rich L. Giovanoni

    Camden County
    Freeholder Marc Schwegel

    District 6
    Assembly Michael Gellman

    District 10
    Assembly Elizabeth Arnone
    Assembly Matthew Q. Dimon

    District 13
    Aberdeen Council-at-Large
    Council Alice Osipowitz
    Council Philip W. Petrignani
    Council Paul Rinear
    Council Mark E. Teichman

    District 15
    Assembly Nicoholas Mellis
    Assembly Kenneth Wolski

    District 21
    Assembly George DeCarlo
    Assembly Ryan P. Reyes

    District 26
    Assembly Michael Spector
    Assembly Matthew Norton

    Thank you,
    George DeCarlo
    Chair – GPNJ
    geodecarlo@yahoo.com
    908-342-1275 (c)

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