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Daniel Cruz
Daniel Cruz (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent New Jersey. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on June 4, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. Senate New Jersey
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate New Jersey on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andrew Kim (D) | 53.6 | 2,161,491 |
 | Curtis Bashaw (R) | 44.0 | 1,773,589 | |
 | Christina Khalil (G)  | 1.1 | 45,443 | |
 | Kenneth Kaplan (L) | 0.6 | 24,242 | |
 | Patricia Mooneyham (Vote Better Party) | 0.4 | 17,224 | |
| Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party) | 0.2 | 9,806 | ||
| Total votes: 4,031,795 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bob Menendez (Independent)
- Nick Carducci (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey
Andrew Kim defeated Patricia Campos Medina and Lawrence Hamm in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andrew Kim | 74.8 | 392,602 |
 | Patricia Campos Medina | 16.1 | 84,286 | |
 | Lawrence Hamm | 9.1 | 47,796 | |
| Total votes: 524,684 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kevin Cupples (D)
- Tammy Murphy (D)
- Bob Menendez (D)
- Kyle Jasey (D)
- Patrick Merrill (D)
- Joseph Signorello (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey
Curtis Bashaw defeated Christine Serrano-Glassner, Justin Murphy, and Albert Harshaw in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Curtis Bashaw | 45.6 | 144,869 |
 | Christine Serrano-Glassner | 38.4 | 121,986 | |
 | Justin Murphy | 11.3 | 35,954 | |
 | Albert Harshaw | 4.7 | 15,064 | |
| Total votes: 317,873 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gregg Mele (R)
- Daniel Cruz (R)
- Peter Vallorosi (R)
- Shirley Maia-Cusick (R)
- Michael Estrada (R)
- Alex Zdan (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Cruz in this election.
2021
See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2021
General election
General election for New Jersey State Senate District 24
Incumbent Steven Oroho defeated Frederick Cook in the general election for New Jersey State Senate District 24 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Steven Oroho (R) | 69.4 | 52,628 |
| Frederick Cook (D) | 30.6 | 23,240 | ||
| Total votes: 75,868 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 24
Frederick Cook advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 24 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Frederick Cook (Write-in) | 100.0 | 483 | |
| Total votes: 483 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 24
Incumbent Steven Oroho defeated Daniel Cruz in the Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 24 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steven Oroho | 82.6 | 14,721 |
 | Daniel Cruz | 17.4 | 3,105 | |
| Total votes: 17,826 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Daniel Cruz did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Daniel Cruz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cruz's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, Dan learned the value of hard work from an early age as he was raised in a single family household, by his mother and late grandmother, with strong conservative values. As a child Dan and his mother had it rough, moving from place to place because of financial difficulties. Dan's mother never attended college but worked in a factory as a machine operator to provide food and shelter. After developing a debilitating back injury, Dan's mother sent him to Puerto Rico to live with relatives at the age of seven. Once in Puerto Rico, Dan attended school and worked as an errand boy on a local farm, milking cows and feeding horses.
As an adult, Dan used the lesson of his childhood to become very disciplined and have a keen focus on living a successful life. Twenty-two years ago his focus led him to his life partner and wife, Onida. The couple have been together for twenty years and have three beautiful children. Like Dan, Onida is a career educator with 16 years of in Education. In addition to being educators, Dan and Onida are small business owners that have had interruptions to their business as a result of COVID-19. They have first-hand experiences of the financial turmoil and devastating repercussions as small business owners during the nationwide pandemic in their community and throughout the State of New Jersey.Make New Jersey Great Again
- Bringing Politics Back to the People
- I will fight for our Gun Rights and against Cancel Culture
Criminal Justice
Culture and Society
Economic Affairs
Education
Government Operations
Health
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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