June 2 was the petition deadline for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, to file petitions in New Jersey for the November 3, 2015 election. There are 80 Assembly seats. There are seven Green Party nominees, three Libertarian nominees, and one Socialist Party nominee, according to the unofficial list on the state’s election web page. See the list here. At the very end of the list is a summary of all the parties and also the slogans chosen by various independent candidates. The state’s tally at the end of the list does not seem to square with the actual list itself, but the list so far is unofficial. No petitions have been checked yet, so it is possible some of the listed candidates will not appear on the ballot.
Richard, the petitions have been checked by the state but they are subject to public challenge until June 8.
There is at least one other Green candidate and one other Socialist Party candidate I am aware of that are not on the list so far, so it’s possible that there may be additions in next day or two (or that they didn’t collect enough signatures and therefore didn’t submit petitions.)
Are petition challenges uncommon in New Jersey? Some of the candidates are barely over the required 100. One is exactly at 100.
Maybe the summary or the list has changed, but I count the same number of candidates:
7 Greens
3 Libertarians
1 Socialist
8 Independents of various SHAPES STRIPES COLORS
I recall that the the NJ Conservative Party used to run a number of candidates. Have they disappeared?
Yes, the Conservative Party of NJ has disappeared. It last ran candidates for federal or state office in 2005.
I am surprised that in the 2015 election there are no candidates of the D-R Party. I am guessing that the party’s leader, Eugene LaVergne, has some legal problems that derailed his efforts to run lots of legislative candidates this year.
Petition challenges are quite common in new jersey.
The NJ Conservative Party is defunct, having effectively dissolved itself after endorsing Chris Christie the first time he ran for governor. The party still officially exists though, and is one of the minor parties available as a registration option in new jersey.