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Christine Lui Chen

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Christine Lui Chen
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Democratic Party

Education

Graduate

Columbia University

Personal
Profession
Neuroscientist
Contact

Personal website

Christine Lui Chen was a 2017 Democratic candidate for District 23 of the New Jersey State Senate.

Biography

Chen studied neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University. She earned her master's degree at Columbia University and her MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Her professional experience includes working as a neuroscientist and as a businesswoman.[1]

Campaign themes

2017

Chen's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Combating New Jersey’s highest property taxes in the nation:

  • I propose a multi-part solution to lower property taxes:
1) Reduce expenses by leveraging shared services across municipalities. The state has 565 distinct municipalities and even more school districts which leads to inefficient layers of administrators and support staff that are often doing similar jobs in close proximity.
2) As a small business leader, I’ve seen first-hand that NJ is not competitive for new businesses. I propose small business incubators and microloan programs to keep NJ run by New Jerseyans. New businesses would generate new revenue which lowers property taxes.
3) Evaluate shifting state and local tax revenue reliance on property taxes to be more in line with other states. NJ is overly dependent on property taxes with 48% of state & local revenues coming from property taxes compared with the U.S. average of 33%

Addressing our biggest financial crisis, the state's pension:

  • Cut back on hedge fund investments and make sure our pension is invested wisely, at lower cost. In 2015, $728 million was paid in fees and bonuses to Wall Street firms to manage less than a third of pension investments.
  • Holding down discretionary spending and implementing a shared-service model for financial management across government
  • Use of digital technology to streamline operations, improve services and democratize access so that state and municipal governments can be held accountable to budgets and spending

Ending dark money, gerrymandering, and political corruption:

  • As a political-outsider, I will be a fierce proponent for reforming our political system in the following ways:
1) Fix our broken elections
2) Change how elections are funded
3) End secret money

Meeting our energy needs while protecting our environment:

  • Expanding solar energy programs to set NJ up to be a leader in solar production and job creation
  • Investing in clean energy storage
  • Increasing funding and providing market incentives for energy efficiency

Job training and small businesses to fuel job growth:

  • As a business leader, I’ve seen how legislation can kindle or kill innovation and job growth. NJ must be more competitive to attract entrepreneurs and small businesses to start and grow here. I propose leveraging best practices from Pennsylvania’s Ben Franklin Technology Partnership which, in 2016 alone, supported 1412 companies, launched 446 products, and resulted in 1383 new jobs.[2]
 ”
—Christine Lui Chen[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 Michael Doherty (R) defeated Christine Lui Chen (D) in the New Jersey State Senate District 23 general election.[6][7]

New Jersey State Senate, District 23 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Michael Doherty Incumbent 59.06% 35,676
     Democratic Christine Lui Chen 40.94% 24,730
Total Votes 60,406
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Christine Lui Chen ran unopposed in the New Jersey State Senate District 23 Democratic primary election.[8]

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New Jersey State Senate, District 23 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Christine Lui Chen
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Incumbent Michael Doherty ran unopposed in the New Jersey State Senate District 23 Republican primary election.[8]

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New Jersey State Senate, District 23 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Michael Doherty Incumbent
Source: New Jersey Department of State

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Chen for Senate, "Why Christine Is Running," accessed August 14, 2017
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. ↑ Chen for Senate, "Priorities," accessed August 14, 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


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