Thomas Moran

Thomas Moran

Democratic Party

Education

Graduate

Columbia University, Montclair State University

Thomas Moran was a 2017 Democratic candidate for District 25 of the New Jersey General Assembly.

Biography

Moran earned master's degrees from Columbia University and Montclair State University. His professional experience includes working as an IT professional.

Campaign themes

2017

On their shared campaign website, Lisa Bhimani, Richard Corcoran, and Thomas Moran highlighted the following issues:

“	Gun safety We are committed to keeping New Jersey’s gun safety legislation in place and in looking for opportunities to assist law enforcement and the people of New Jersey take steps to make gun ownership safer, and less likely to result in tragic accident or misuse of firearms. In the first instance we are proud that New Jersey already has strong gun safety laws in place and functioning day to day. We encourage and support enhanced gun safety programs around the issue of storing and handling guns in the home. These are the cases, along with domestic violence, where momentary lapses of judgment can lead to tragic results. The benefits to New Jersey must be preserved by turning back proposals to weaken individual state laws by mandating “reciprocity” in gun regulations across states. If this were to pass, visitors to the state of New Jersey would be subject to permit and carry regulation equal to that of the state they come from. Fiscal Responsibility and the State Budget Many State Senators, Assemblymen and Assemblywomen like to portray themselves as fiscal conservatives and strong guardians of the public purse. However, their actions do not support those claims. In 2010 when Chris Christie was only a month or two in office, he canceled the ARC Tunnel a new rail tunnel between New Jersey and Manhattan. The ARC Tunnel would have more than doubled the capacity of New Jersey Transit and Amtrak to send trains into Manhattan. Both New Jersey Transit and Amtrak were using their full capacity, and New Jersey Transit was using a number of stop gap measures to keep close to satisfying its ridership demands. In canceling the project Chris Christie took on an obligation to pay the Federal Government back $600 million for work already done. However, he was able to redirect part of the Port Authority’s contribution to the tunnel to other bridge and tunnel projects in Hudson County, thereby avoiding bankrupting the Transportation Trust Fund for another 6 years. The New Jersey legislature went along with him in thereby trading the region’s future for a quick fix. These examples are emblematic of how, under the guise of fiscal responsibility, the future of the state is being squandered. The current legislature barely raises a hand to question the budget process and what constitutes sound planning. Women’s Rights A long time has passed since Lisa Bhimani canvased in the Denver area for the Equal Rights Amendment with her mom. The ERA was not adopted but the struggle for equal rights and access seems more like it began there, rather than ended there. Since then tremendous progress has been made. Many have read in the chronicles of Gail Collins (When Everything Changed) and others of the discrimination women faced in the workplace, in the market place (no credit cards or mortgages without a cosigning husband or father), in the doctor’s office and in their churches, among many others places and settings. Much has changed. A woman can in large measure make her way in the world, have and raise children, and live her life according to her own lights and preferences. There remain areas in which women continue to struggle against discrimination. There are “glass ceilings” in many domains. A number of professional and academic disciplines remain largely male enclaves. Most flagrant perhaps is the continued resistance to equal pay for equal work. Healthcare Of concern in this political climate is access to family planning at clinics like Planned Parenthood. These clinics offer women wellness exams, cancer screenings, testing for sexually transmitted diseases, and access to birth control. In 2010, Governor Christie cut funding to family planning service providers like Planned Parenthood by $7.45 million, causing 6 centers to close, and others to decrease their hours of operation. The Republicans in Washington have consistently threatened to cut all federal funding to Planned Parenthood. Centers like Planned Parenthood rely on federal funding for half of their budget As pro-choice candidates, Lisa, Tom and Richard support all the services that Planned Parenthood offers, but wish to point out that federal and state funding go only to the 97% of non-abortion related care that Planned Parenthood provides (see graph below.) This is essential care for low-wage earners and the underserved population.	”
—Lisa Bhimani, Richard Corcoran, and Thomas Moran

Elections

2017

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2017

General election

Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2017. All 80 seats were up for election. State assembly members are elected to two-year terms. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on June 6, 2017. The filing deadline for the primary election was April 3, 2017. Legislative districts in the New Jersey General Assembly are multi-member districts, with two representatives in each district. In Democratic and Republican primary elections, the top two candidates move forward to the general election, and the top two candidates in the general election are declared the winners. Incumbent Michael Carroll (R) and incumbent Anthony Bucco, Jr. (R) defeated Thomas Moran (D) and Richard Corcoran (D) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 25 general election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 25 General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Michael Carroll Incumbent	26.18%	30,323
	Republican	Anthony Bucco, Jr. Incumbent	26.14%	30,278
	Democratic	Thomas Moran	24.04%	27,848
	Democratic	Richard Corcoran	23.64%	27,386
Total Votes				115,835
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Races we watched

Ballotpedia identified eight races to watch in the New Jersey General Assembly 2017 elections: three seats with two Democratic members, three seats with two Republican members, and two seats split between the parties. Based on analysis of these districts' electoral histories, these races had the potential to be more competitive than other races and could possibly have led to shifts in a chamber's partisan balance.

This district was a Race to Watch because the presidential candidate opposite of the incumbents' party won the district in the 2016 elections, and both of the incumbents' margins of victory in the previous election were 10 points or less. Incumbents Anthony Bucco, Jr. (R) and Michael Carroll (R) ran for re-election in 2017. Bucco was first elected to the chamber in 2009. He received 29.5 percent of the vote in 2015. Carroll was first elected in 1995. He received 28.2 percent of the vote in 2015. Democrats Richard Corcoran and Thomas Moran received 21.6 percent of the vote and 20.8 percent in 2015, respectively. District 25 was one of 28 New Jersey state legislative districts that Democrat Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election. Clinton carried District 25 by 0.2 points. In 2012, Republican Mitt Romney won District 25 by 8.3 points. As of 2017, District 25 overlapped with the following counties: Morris and Somerset.

Democratic primary election

Thomas Moran and Richard Corcoran were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 25 Democratic primary election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 25 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Thomas Moran	50.66%	8,522
Richard Corcoran	49.34%	8,299
Total Votes		16,821
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Incumbent Anthony Bucco, Jr. and incumbent Michael Carroll were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 25 Republican primary election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 25 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Anthony Bucco, Jr. Incumbent	51.17%	8,954
Michael Carroll Incumbent	48.83%	8,546
Total Votes		17,500
Source: New Jersey Department of State

2015

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2015

Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 2, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2015. Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Richard Corcoran and Thomas Moran were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Michael Carroll and incumbent Anthony Bucco, Jr. were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Carroll and Bucco defeated Corcoran and Moran in the general election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 25 General Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Anthony Bucco, Jr. Incumbent	29.5%	13,974
	Republican	Michael Carroll Incumbent	28.2%	13,372
	Democratic	Richard Corcoran	21.6%	10,230
	Democratic	Thomas Moran	20.8%	9,849
Total Votes				47,425

Endorsements

2017

In 2017, Lisa Bhimani, Richard Corcoran, and Thomas Moran's endorsements included the following:

• AFL-CIO
• American Federation of Teachers
• Amalgamated Transit Union
• Health Professionals and Allied Employees
• New Jersey Education Association
• Planned Parenthood

See also

• State legislative elections, 2017
• New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2017
• State legislative special elections, 2017
• New Jersey General Assembly
• New Jersey State Legislature

External links

Suggest a link

• Official campaign website
• New Jersey Legislature website

Footnotes

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Current members of the New Jersey General Assembly

Leadership

Representatives

District 1

Antwan McClellan (R)

Erik Simonsen (R)

District 2

Don Guardian (R)

Claire Swift (R)

District 3

Dave Bailey (D)

Heather Simmons (D)

District 4

Dan Hutchison (D)

Cody Miller (D)

District 5

William Moen (D)

William Spearman (D)

District 6

Louis Greenwald (D)

Melinda Kane (D)

District 7

Carol Murphy (D)

Balvir Singh (D)

District 8

Andrea Katz (D)

Michael Torrissi (R)

District 9

Gregory Myhre (R)

Brian Rumpf (R)

District 10

Paul Kanitra (R)

Gregory McGuckin (R)

District 11

Margie Donlon (D)

Luanne Peterpaul (D)

District 12

Robert Clifton (R)

Alex Sauickie (R)

District 13

Victoria Flynn (R)

Gerard Scharfenberger (R)

District 14

Wayne DeAngelo (D)

Tennille McCoy (D)

District 15

Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)

Anthony Verrelli (D)

District 16

Mitchelle Drulis (D)

Roy Freiman (D)

District 17

Joseph Danielsen (D)

Kevin Egan (D)

District 18

Robert Karabinchak (D)

Sterley Stanley (D)

District 19

Craig Coughlin (D)

Yvonne Lopez (D)

District 20

Reginald Atkins (D)

Annette Quijano (D)

District 21

Michele Matsikoudis (R)

Nancy Muñoz (R)

District 22

Linda Carter (D)

James Kennedy (D)

District 23

John DiMaio (R)

Erik Peterson (R)

District 24

Dawn Fantasia (R)

Michael Inganamort (R)

District 25

Christian Barranco (R)

Aura Dunn (R)

District 26

Brian Bergen (R)

Jay Webber (R)

District 27

Rosy Bagolie (D)

Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)

District 28

Garnet Hall (D)

Cleopatra Tucker (D)

District 29

Eliana Marin (D)

Shanique Speight (D)

District 30

Sean Kean (R)

Avi Schnall (D)

District 31

William Sampson (D)

Barbara Stamato (D)

District 32

John Allen (D)

Jessica Ramirez (D)

District 33

Julio Marenco (D)

Gabriel Rodriguez (D)

District 34

Carmen Morales (D)

Michael Venezia (D)

District 35

Alaa Abdelaziz (D)

Shavonda Sumter (D)

District 36

Clinton Calabrese (D)

Gary Schaer (D)

District 37

Shama Haider (D)

Ellen Park (D)

District 38

Lisa Swain (D)

Chris Tully (D)

District 39

Robert Auth (R)

John Azzariti (R)

District 40

Al Barlas (R)

Christopher DePhillips (R)

Democratic Party (52)

Republican Party (28)