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Brenda Taube
Brenda Taube was a 2017 Republican candidate for District 2 of the New Jersey General Assembly.
Biography
Taube earned her bachelor's degree in business and business law from Stockton University. Her professional experience includes working as the assistant director of the New Jersey Small Business Development Center and as a Margate commissioner from 2011 to 2015.[1][2]
Campaign themes
2017
Taube's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
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I will represent the people of the 2nd district with honesty, integrity and a passion to always do what's right and in the best interests of all of us. As a business woman I know what it means to meet a payroll. I will put my private sector experience to work for you to help reform business regulations so that we can retain and grow jobs and stop the exodus of our NJ businesses and residents. We should be doing everything we can to promote business - not to discourage it. Of course, to keep businesses here and create jobs, we need to lower the tax burden of this state. I am proud that during my four-year tenure on Margate City Commission, there were no municipal tax increases. We need to bring this same fiscal discipline to Trenton. I will work hard for the citizens I represent and the people of District 2 will always be first and foremost - politics aside. "Assemblywoman" is not just a title, it's an important position requiring a serious commitment and responsibility to the people I have the opportunity to serve.[3] |
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| —Brenda Taube[4] | ||
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.[5] 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.[6] The following candidates ran in the New Jersey General Assembly District 2 general election.[7][8]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 2 General Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Vincent Mazzeo Incumbent |
28.56% | 27,601 | |
| Democratic | John Armato |
26.58% | 25,683 | |
| Republican | Vince Sera | 21.54% | 20,814 | |
| Republican | Brenda Taube | 21.33% | 20,611 | |
| Independent, Honest, Reliable | Heather Gordon | 1.25% | 1,208 | |
| Green | Mico Lucide | 0.74% | 718 | |
| Total Votes | 96,635 | |||
| 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 district was split between the parties following the 2015 elections, both incumbents had margins of victory that were less than five percent, and an incumbent of the opposite party from the 2016 presidential winner did not file for re-election. In the 2015 elections, all four candidates for District 2 were within five points of each other. Incumbents Chris Brown (R) and Vincent Mazzeo (D) received 26.5 percent of the vote and 25.5 percent, respectively. Their challengers Colin Bell (D) and Will Pauls (R) received 24.4 percent and 23.6 percent, respectively. Brown was first elected in 2011 and Mazzeo was first elected in 2013. Brown did not file for re-election in 2017 in order to run for the District 2 state Senate seat. District 2 was one of 28 New Jersey state legislative districts that Democrat Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election. Clinton carried District 2 by 11.4 points. In 2012, Democrat Barack Obama won District 2 by 20.8 points. As of 2017, District 2 contained parts of Atlantic County.
Democratic primary election
The following candidates ran in the New Jersey General Assembly District 2 Democratic primary election.[9][10]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 2 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Vincent Mazzeo Incumbent |
37.46% | 7,197 |
| John Armato |
29.13% | 5,596 |
| Ernest Coursey | 20.05% | 3,852 |
| Jim Carney | 6.65% | 1,278 |
| Theresa Watts | 4.81% | 925 |
| Rizwan Malik | 1.90% | 365 |
| Total Votes | 19,213 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Republican primary election
Vince Sera and Brenda Taube were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 2 Republican primary election.[11][10]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 2 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Vince Sera |
50.70% | 5,551 |
| Brenda Taube |
49.30% | 5,398 |
| Total Votes | 10,949 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
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
Footnotes
- ↑ Brenda Taube 2017 campaign website, "About Brenda Taube," accessed August 18, 2017
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Brenda Taube," accessed August 18, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Brenda Taube 2017 campaign website, "Issues," accessed August 18, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
