United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2012

United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2012
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 November 6, 2012
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Party Democratic Republican
U.S. Senator before election

Bob Menendez
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

TBD
Elections in New Jersey

The 2012 United States Senate election in New Jersey will take place on November 6, 2012 concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is running for re-election to a second full term.

Contents

Background

Bob Menendez became the first Hispanic-American U.S. senator to represent New Jersey in January 2006 when former U.S. senator Jon Corzine appointed him to the seat after having resigned to become governor of New Jersey, following his election in November 2005.[1] In November 2006, Menendez defeated Republican state senator Thomas Kean, Jr. with 53.3% of the vote.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Potential

Declined

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Exploring

Potential

Declined

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Michael
Doherty		 Kim
Guadagno		 Woody
Johnson		 Tom
Kean Jr.		 Joseph
Kyrillos		 Anna
Little		 Tim
Smith		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling July 15-18, 2011 300 ± 5.7% 7% 10% 9% 36% 3% 4% 2% — 30%

Minor Parties

Gavin Bard, alternative journalist and anarcho-syndicalist, has declared he will run as an independent. Campaign tenets he has already made public include opposing any regulation placed on the internet, not spending any money on his actual campaign, attempting to abolish CEOs in order to shift power of company decisions directly to the workers, and convincing Sega to make the final game in the Shenmue series.[18][19]

Greg Pason, National Secretary of the Socialist Party USA, has declared he will run for US Senate as the Socialist Party candidate. Pason was nominated by the Socialist Party of New Jersey's State Committee in November of 2011. He has run for US Senate in 2000, 2002, and 2006, as well as for Governor of New Jersey in 2009 and 1997. On his campaign website, Pason says that he is running on a "platform of peace, social justice, and economic democracy."[20][21][22]

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Robert
Menendez (D)		 Jennifer
Beck (R)		 Other Undecided
Fairleigh Dickinson University January 3–9, 2011 802 ± 3.5% 42% 29% — 29%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Robert
Menendez (D)		 Lou
Dobbs (R)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling January 6–9, 2011 520 ± 4.3% 47% 35% — 18%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Robert
Menendez (D)		 Lou
Dobbs (I)		 Other Undecided
Fairleigh Dickinson University January 4–10, 2010 801 ± 3.5% 37% 34% — 28%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Robert
Menendez (D)		 Michael
Doherty (R)		 Other Undecided
Farleigh Dickinson University September 19–25, 2011 800 ± 3.5% 49% 30% — 22%
Public Policy Polling July 15–18, 2011 480 ± 4.5% 48% 35% — 17%
Fairleigh Dickinson University January 3–9, 2011 802 ± 3.5% 40% 30% — 30%
Fairleigh Dickinson University Feb. 23-Mar. 1, 2010 801 ± 3.5% 40% 27% 8% 25%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Robert
Menendez (D)		 Kim
Guadagno (R)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling July 15–18, 2011 480 ± 4.5% 48% 34% — 18%
Public Policy Polling January 6–9, 2011 520 ± 4.3% 45% 30% — 24%
Fairleigh Dickinson University January 3–9, 2011 802 ± 3.5% 47% 26% — 27%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Robert
Menendez (D)		 Woody
Johnson (R)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling July 15–18, 2011 480 ± 4.5% 48% 30% — 22%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Robert
Menendez (D)		 Tom
Kean Jr. (R)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling July 15–18, 2011 480 ± 4.5% 44% 39% — 16%
Public Policy Polling January 6–9, 2011 520 ± 4.3% 41% 39% — 19%
Fairleigh Dickinson University January 3–9, 2011 802 ± 3.5% 44% 34% — 22%
Fairleigh Dickinson University Feb. 23-Mar. 1, 2010 801 ± 3.5% 38% 39% 6% 17%
Fairleigh Dickinson University Jan. 23-Feb. 1, 2010 801 ± 3.5% 35% 45% 2% 15%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Robert
Menendez (D)		 Joseph
Kyrillos (R)		 Other Undecided
Farleigh Dickinson University September 19–25, 2011 800 ± 3.5% 49% 28% — 22%
Public Policy Polling July 15–18, 2011 480 ± 4.5% 48% 29% — 23%
Fairleigh Dickinson University January 3–9, 2011 802 ± 3.5% 41% 29% — 30%

See also

References

  1. ^ Chen, David W. (December 8, 2005). "Corzine Is Said to Have Picked a Replacement". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/politics/08senate.html. Retrieved December 29, 2010. 
  2. ^ Isherwood, Darryl R. (October 6, 2011). "Tinton Falls resident to challenge Menendez in primary". PolitickerNJ. http://www.politickernj.com/51517/tinton-falls-resident-challenge-menendez-primary. Retrieved October 23, 2011. 
  3. ^ Hernandez, Raymond (February 24, 2011). "Menendez Gears Up for 2012 Senate Race, With Christie Looming as a Factor". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/nyregion/25menendez.html. Retrieved October 23, 2011. 
  4. ^ Wilhol, Joshua (June 8, 2011). "Booker Says He Won't Run For Senate". WestWard, NJ Patch. http://westward.patch.com/articles/booker-says-he-wont-run-for-senatel. Retrieved June 8, 2011. 
  5. ^ http://www.politico.com/blogs/davidcatanese/0611/Cory_Booker_for_Senate.html
  6. ^ a b c d e f g D'Aprile, Shane (December 12, 2010). "New Jersey GOP lacking a name to face a more vulnerable Menendez". The Hill. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/133281-new-jersey-gop-lacking-a-name-to-face-a-more-vulnerable-menendez. Retrieved December 29, 2010. 
  7. ^ Pizarro, Max (June 12, 2011). "Source: Kyrillos sets up exploratory committee for U.S. Senate run". PolitickerNJ. http://www.politickernj.com/48527/source-kyrillos-sets-exploratory-committee-us-senate-run. Retrieved December 19, 2011. 
  8. ^ http://blog.nj.com/perspective/2011/04/sen_diane_allen_on_lessons_fro.html
  9. ^ a b Greenbaum, Mark (November 30, 2010). "Opinion: Will Christie wage battle to defeat Menendez in 2012?". The Record. http://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/christie_113010.html. Retrieved December 29, 2010. 
  10. ^ Halbfinger, David M. (November 24, 2009). "Lou Dobbs Weighs Senate Run, as a Steppingstone". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/nyregion/25dobbs.html. Retrieved December 29, 2010. 
  11. ^ McPike, Erin (January 24, 2011). "Republicans Raise Prospect of Johnson Senate Bid in N.J.". RealClearPolitics. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/01/23/republicans_raise_prospect_of_johnson_senate_bid_in_new_jersey_108637.html. Retrieved January 24, 2011. 
  12. ^ Pizarro, Max (November 11, 2011). "Little 'leaning' toward U.S. Senate run". PolitickerNJ. http://www.politickernj.com/52451/little-wants-run-us-senate. Retrieved November 12, 2011. 
  13. ^ a b "Field is clearing for Kyrillos run for U.S. Senate". The Star-Ledger. December 18, 2011. http://blog.nj.com/njv_auditor/2011/12/field_is_clearing_for_kyrillos.html. Retrieved December 19, 2011. 
  14. ^ Friedman, Matt (January 5, 2011). "N.J. Assemblyman Jay Webber resigns as Republican state chairman". The Star-Ledger. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/01/nj_assemblyman_jay_webber_resi.html. Retrieved January 5, 2011. 
  15. ^ Margolin, Josh (November 3, 2010). "Gov. Christie, U.S. Sen. Menendez expected to clash in long-awaited N.J. political battle". The Star-Ledger. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/gov_christie_us_sen_menendez_p.html. Retrieved December 29, 2010. 
  16. ^ http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2011/06/crowley-back-to.php
  17. ^ Pizarro, Max (September 21, 2011). "Linker ends his conservative bid for the U.S. Senate". PolitickerNJ. http://www.politickernj.com/51116/linker-ends-his-conservative-bid-us-senate. Retrieved October 23, 2011. 
  18. ^ https://twitter.com/#!/lightfantastic/status/147423002206810113
  19. ^ https://twitter.com/#!/lightfantastic/status/147423002206810113
  20. ^ http://www.votepason2012.org/
  21. ^ http://www.socialistpartymoc.org/electoral-action/
  22. ^ http://www.stewartalexanderforpresident2012.org/Endorsements.html

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