Aissa Heath

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Aissa Heath

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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

June 8, 2021

Personal

Religion

Roman Catholic

Aissa Heath (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 20. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 8, 2021. Heath unofficially withdrew from the race but appeared on the primary election ballot on June 8, 2021.

Heath completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2021

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

Incumbent Annette Quijano and Reginald W. Atkins won election in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Annette Quijano (D)	50.8	26,276
✔		Reginald W. Atkins (D)	49.2	25,477

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 51,753
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on June 8, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Annette Quijano	36.8	8,785
✔		Reginald W. Atkins	34.0	8,105
	Submit photo	Diane Murray-Clements	12.6	3,015
	Submit photo	Christian Veliz	11.6	2,778
		Ricky Castaneda (Unofficially withdrew)	2.6	615
	Submit photo	Aissa Heath (Unofficially withdrew)	2.4	563

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,861
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2021

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Aissa Heath completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Heath's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

My name is Aissa Catherine Heath and I am progressive running for State Assembly in LD-20. I was born and raised in Elizabeth, NJ. I come from a working-class background and held various jobs; everything from being a maintenance worker in a senior home to being a sales associate in retail to working as a data analyst at a non-profit research organization. I know what it's like to work over 40 hours and juggling attending college, I know what it's like to grow up relying on school meals to survive, and I know what it's like living each day to survive. I'm running for office because I'm tired of being told to wait for change and being sold out by people who have nothing to lose while our community struggles. I want to uplift working people and make our voices heard.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• We can't wait for minor incremental change, we need real bold change today.
• Housing is a human right and no one should be kicked out on street period, especially during a pandemic.
• Union County doesn't just need people who look like us, we need people who act like us, who live like us, who care like us.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am passionate about healthcare, worker's rights, and housing.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I look up to the activist in my community and throughout the State of New Jersey who put their blood, sweat, and tears to fight for the most marginalized in our community. I look up to people like Bernie Sanders, Cori Bush, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and other progressive leaders who bring topics like Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and Workers Rights to the forefront of political conversation. Finally, I look up to my mom who works incredibly hard to survive and takes care of my two siblings who both have a chronic mental illness. I do what I do to make sure other families don't have to work over 50 hours a week just to survive.

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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)