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Amy Cores

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Amy Cores
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Democratic Party

Education

Bachelor's

Florida State University

Graduate

Florida State University

Law

Rutgers-Camden School of Law

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Personal website

Amy Cores was a 2017 Democratic candidate for District 30 of the New Jersey State Senate.

Biography

Cores earned her B.A. in history and a minor in music from the Florida State University, her master's degree from Florida State University, and her J.D from Rutgers-Camden School of Law. Her professional experience includes working as a lawyer at Cores & Associates, L.L.C.[1]

Campaign themes

2017

Cores' campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Early Childhood Education

  • Expanding early childhood education is a core issue to assist working class families in New Jersey. Families are often forced to choose between having a second income used to pay solely for the cost of child care and/or pre-school or having one parent stay at home. This affects all aspects of the economy, but more importantly may lead to children being less prepared for Kindergarten. With the amount of money we are spending on State taxes and real estate taxes, we can afford to expand pre-school programs to all children.

Renewable Energy

  • In New Jersey we need to invest in renewable energy. We currently face two major proposals for traditional energy sources that are opposed by the citizens. The first is the proposed power lines in the Middletown, NJ area. The second is the natural gas pipeline. When these utility monopolies receive the bulk of the subsidies and have the bulk of the politicians in their pockets, we need to elect people who are focused on the future. And the future is renewable energy.

Making College Affordable and Taking on Student Debt

  • Within the last ten years, total student debt in our economy has more than doubled and now exceeds $1.2 trillion. Nationally, nearly 7 out of every 10 new graduates of four-year colleges are in debt, and these indebted graduates carry an average balance of nearly $30,000. New Jersey’s class of 2015 graduated with an average of almost $19,000 in debt. Student debt has surpassed credit card debt, car loan debt, and home equity lines of credit to be the second largest source of consumer debt.
  • And this is not just an issue for borrowers: It is holding our economy back. This debt prevents people from forming families, buying homes, and starting small businesses. It sends the wrong signal to future students whom we need to complete college to drive economic growth.
  • Right now we cannot look to the federal government to tackle the reform of the back breaking educational costs in this country. We need our state representatives to do what we can at the state level.

Small Business

  • Our fine Universities, Princeton and Rutgers, along with other State colleges, take those brilliant HS children and teach helps them reach their goals. This is why a company like Johnson & Johnson has made NJ home since 1896, spurning off entrepreneurs who have fueled innovation in every generation.
  • To keep us moving in the right direction, I will propose a NJ standard tax deduction for small businesses and start up ventures—like the one available to individual filers, along with special tax incentives for the building of NJ technology centers and renewable energy companies. We envision building rental spaces for shared office, laboratory, manufacturing and shipping facilities. These tech centers will create communities of entrepreneurs, at various stages of corporate growth, working together to bring jobs and financial opportunity to NJ.[2]
 ”
—Amy Cores[3]

Elections

2017

See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2017

General election

Elections for the New Jersey State Senate took place in 2017. All 40 seats were up for election. 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.[4][5] Incumbent Robert Singer (R) defeated Amy Cores (D) in the New Jersey State Senate District 30 general election.[6][7]

New Jersey State Senate, District 30 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Robert Singer Incumbent 60.17% 30,735
     Democratic Amy Cores 39.83% 20,343
Total Votes 51,078
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Amy Cores ran unopposed in the New Jersey State Senate District 30 Democratic primary election.[8]

Ballotpedia will publish vote totals here after they become available.
New Jersey State Senate, District 30 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Amy Cores
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Incumbent Robert Singer ran unopposed in the New Jersey State Senate District 30 Republican primary election.[8]

Ballotpedia will publish vote totals here after they become available.
New Jersey State Senate, District 30 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Robert Singer Incumbent
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Endorsements

2017

In 2017, Cores' endorsements included the following:[9]

  • AFT New Jersey
  • New Jersey State AFL-CIO

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Amy Cores 2017 campaign website, "About Amy," accessed August 15, 2017
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. ↑ Amy Cores 2017 campaign website, "Issues," accessed August 15, 2017
  4. ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
  5. ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidate for State Senate for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
  6. ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for State Senate for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
  7. ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 New Jersey Department of State, "Official Primary Results: State Senate," accessed July 14, 2017
  9. ↑ Amy Cores 2017 campaign website, "Endorsements," accessed August 15, 2017


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