2019 RECOMMENDED ENDORSEMENTS OF THE FOP LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, the New Jersey State Fraternal Order of Police Board of Directors met and voted to endorse legislative candidates listed below for the November 5th Election. The entire NJ State Assembly has all 80 seats up for grabs. Currently, there are 54 Dems and 26 Reps in the Assembly. At the time of the legislative committee meeting, on September 11th, the FOP Legislative Committee had made Assembly recommendations and only one special State Senate election to be considered. However, since that meeting, Senator Anthony Bucco of the 25th Legislative District died unexpectedly of a heart attack. No decision for replacement in that Senate seat has been recommended at this time.

President Robert W. Fox said, “We are pleased with the good work our Legislative Committee members have done. They have recommended exceptional candidates who support law enforcement and have the interest of our brothers and sisters at heart. “
Listed are the endorsements for the Assembly races and the one State Senate special election.
In total 53 Democrats and 11 Republicans have been endorsed.

STATE SENATE
One special election will be held in the 1st Legislative District (All of Cape May and Parts of Atlantic and Cumberland Counties) to complete the unexpired term of Jeff Van Drew who resigned on January 2, 2019 following his election to Congress. On January 15th Assemblyman Bob Andrezejczak was sworn in to replace Van Drew. The Republican challenger is Michael Testa.

The Committee recommends endorsing Andrezejczak.

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS/CANDIDATES

District 1

R. Bruce Land (D)

Matthew Milam (D)

District 2                                                       

Vincent Mazzeo (D)

John Armato  (D)

District 3

John Burzichelli (D)

Adam Taliaferro (D)

District 4

Paul Moriarty (D)

Gabriela Mosquera (D)

District 5

William Spearman (D)

 William Moen Jr. (D)

District 6

Louis Greenwald (D)

Pamela Lampitt (D)

District 7

Herbert Conaway Jr. (D)

Carol Murphy (D)

District 8

Gina LaPlaca (D)

Mark Natale (D)

District 9

Wayne Lewis (D)

District 10

No endorsement

District 11

Eric Houghtaling (D)

 Joann Downey (D)

District 12

Ronald Dancer (R)

Robert Clifton (R)

District 13

Serena DiMaso (R)

Gerard Scharfenberger (R)

District 14

Wayne DeAngelo (D)

Dan Benson (D)

District 15

Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)

Anthony Verrelli (D)

District 16

Andrew Zwicker (D)

Roy Freiman (D)

District 17

Joseph Egan (D)

District 18

Nancy Pinkin (D)

Robert Karabinchak (D)

District 19

Craig Coughlin (D)

Yvonne Lopez (D)

District 20

Annette Quijano (D)

Jamel Holley (D)

District 21

Jon Bramnick (R)

Nancy Munoz (R)

District 22

Linda Carter (D)

James Kennedy (D)

District 23

No endorsement

District 24

Harold Wirths (R)

District 25

Darcy Dreger (D)

Anthony Bucco, Jr. (R)

District 26

No endorsement

District 27

Mila Jasey (D)

District 28

Ralph Caputo (D)

District 29

Eliana Pintor Marin (D)

Shanique Speight (D)

District 30

Sean Kean (R)

District 31

Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D)

Angela McKnight (D)

District 32

Angelica Jimenez (D)

Pedro Mejia (D)

District 33

Annette Chiaparro (D)

Raj Mukherji (D)

District 34

Thomas Giblin (D)

District 35

Benjie Wimberly (D)

Shavonda Sumter (D)

District 36

Clinton Calabrese (D)

Gary Schaer (D)

District 37

Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D)

Gordon Johnson (D)

District 38

Lisa Swain (D)

Christopher Tully (D)

District 39

Holly Schepsisi (R)

District 40

No endorsements