Bob Patterson (New Jersey)

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Bob Patterson

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July 7, 2020

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Bob Patterson (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on July 7, 2020.

Patterson was also a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of New Jersey.

Elections

2020

See also: New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Republican primary)

New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 2

Incumbent Jeff Van Drew defeated Amy Kennedy, Jenna Harvey, and Jesse Ehrnstrom in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Van Drew (R)	51.9	195,526
		Amy Kennedy (D)	46.2	173,849
		Jenna Harvey (Justice Mercy Humility Party)	1.1	4,136
		Jesse Ehrnstrom (L)	0.8	3,036

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 376,547
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 2

Amy Kennedy defeated Brigid Callahan Harrison, Will Cunningham, John Francis III, and Robert Turkavage in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 2 on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Kennedy	62.1	43,414
		Brigid Callahan Harrison	22.3	15,560
		Will Cunningham	12.8	8,946
	Submit photo	John Francis III	1.5	1,061
	Submit photo	Robert Turkavage	1.3	938

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,919
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jack Surrency (D)
• Ashley Bennett (D)
• Frederick John LaVergne (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 2

Incumbent Jeff Van Drew defeated Bob Patterson in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 2 on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Van Drew	82.4	45,226
		Bob Patterson	17.6	9,691

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,917
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Richter (R)
• Brian Fitzherbert (R)

2016

See also: New Jersey's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Donald Norcross (D) defeated Bob Patterson (R), Bill Sihr (L), Michael Berman (AmericanIndependents.org), and Scot John Tomaszewski (We Deserve Better) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Norcross defeated Alex Law in the Democratic primary on June 7, 2016. Norcross won re-election in the November 8 election.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 1 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Donald Norcross Incumbent	60%	183,231
	Republican	Bob Patterson	36.8%	112,388
	We Deserve Better	Scot John Tomaszewski	1.8%	5,473
	Libertarian	Bill Sihr	0.8%	2,410
	AmericanIndependents.org	Michael Berman	0.6%	1,971
Total Votes				305,473
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections

U.S. House, New Jersey District 1 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Donald Norcross Incumbent	70.3%	56,753
Alex Law	29.7%	23,986
Total Votes		80,739
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections

Campaign themes

2020

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2016

The following issues were listed on Patterson's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Rebuild South Jersey: For more than 50 years, our political representatives have neglected South Jersey. It’s time to make South Jersey great again by making South Jersey a manufacturing powerhouse. We can bring modern manufacturing and other high-wage jobs to South Jersey by investing in new construction, defense-related industries, and medical-research projects. Protect American Jobs and Revive the American Dream: Washington politicians are in cahoots with Wall Street. Too many politicians support unbalanced trade deals that hurt middle-income workers and ship good-paying American jobs overseas. They also embrace immigration policies that have flooded the U.S. labor market with foreigners, robbing American workers. Secure America’s Borders: It’s also time to make sure jobs in America go to American workers, not refugees flooding our country through porous and insecure borders. Bob supports building a wall along America’s southern border, creating a foolproof entry-and-exit system, and establishing an airtight employment-verification system. Put Main Street Ahead of Wall Street: Washington politicians throw taxpayer money at Wall Street and well-connected lobbyists. It’s time to stop corporate welfare and start supporting America’s vital economic sectors that will help the working and middle classes. Improve American Health through Cures: Bob supports universal health-care coverage for all American citizens, but also believes we have to focus on lowering health-care costs. We can do that by investing resources in finding cures for cancer, Alzheimer's, and diabetes. We can achieve affordable care and actually improve lives by beating, rather than simply treating, these debilitating diseases. Bob had called for transforming the South Jersey-Philadelphia region into a medical-research enterprise zone that fast-tracks the discovery of cures and vaccines for these diseases.	”
—Bob Patterson's campaign website, http://www.bobpattersonforcongress.com/issues

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Footnotes

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New Jersey's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Cory Booker (D)

Andrew Kim (D)

Representatives

District 1

Donald Norcross (D)

District 2

Jeff Van Drew (R)

District 3

Herbert Conaway (D)

District 4

Chris Smith (R)

District 5

Josh Gottheimer (D)

District 6

Frank Pallone (D)

District 7

Thomas Kean (R)

District 8

Robert Menendez (D)

District 9

Nellie Pou (D)

District 10

LaMonica McIver (D)

District 11

Mikie Sherrill (D)

District 12

Bonnie Coleman (D)

Democratic Party (11)

Republican Party (3)