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.
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)
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)