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Alp Basaran
Alp Basaran (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 9th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on July 7, 2020.
Basaran completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Alp Basaran grew up in Fort Lee, New Jersey. He earned a B.A. in economics, history, and political science from Vanderbilt University in 2004 and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law in 2008 with a specialization in business law and policy.
Basaran founded Aslan Capital Advisors LLC, an independent strategic advisory firm. Previously, Basaran was an M&A lawyer in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Pepper Hamilton LLP.
Basaran twice received the Immigration Equality Safe Haven Award for pro bono representation of LGBTQ and HIV-positive asylum seekers.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2020
New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Democratic primary)
New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9
Incumbent Bill Pascrell defeated Billy Prempeh and Chris Auriemma in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bill Pascrell (D) | 65.8 | 203,674 |
 | Billy Prempeh (R)  | 31.9 | 98,629 | |
 | Chris Auriemma (Veteran For Change Party) | 2.3 | 7,239 | |
| Total votes: 309,542 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9
Incumbent Bill Pascrell defeated Zinovia Spezakis and Alp Basaran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on July 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Pascrell | 80.6 | 52,422 |
 | Zinovia Spezakis | 16.9 | 10,998 | |
 | Alp Basaran | 2.4 | 1,592 | |
| Total votes: 65,012 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Blake Michael (D)
- Michael Wildes (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9
Billy Prempeh defeated Timothy Walsh (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on July 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Billy Prempeh | 74.2 | 10,055 |
| Timothy Walsh (Unofficially withdrew) | 25.8 | 3,500 | ||
| Total votes: 13,555 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Alp Basaran completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Basaran's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Alp arrived in New Jersey when he was four years old and grew up undocumented. His parents did not speak English, and they worked at minimum wage jobs in the hopes that Alp might one day achieve the American Dream.
After graduating Fort Lee High School, Alp attended Vanderbilt University, graduating magna cum laude with three majors and two honors theses. Alp then went on to receive a law degree from UCLA School of Law.
After racking up an absurd amount of student loan debt, Alp moved back to Fort Lee and worked as a corporate lawyer in Manhattan for nearly a decade. In addition, Alp provided free legal services for persecuted LGBTQ and HIV+ refugees and twice received the Immigration Equality Safe Haven Award.
Alp continues to live in Fort Lee with his wife and two small children.- Single-Payer Healthcare
- Education For All
- Immigration Amnesty
We have entered a dark era in America. Wealth inequality has reached historic proportions, and an entire presidency is now devoted to further entrenching that inequality. We will fight back and save the American Dream through our single-payer healthcare, education for all, and immigration amnesty policies, as well as our racial justice, Green New Deal, and anti-corruption plans.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff, "Email communication with Alp Basaran," February 12, 2021
