Daniel Francisco
Daniel Francisco (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 4th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on June 7, 2022.
Francisco completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: New Jersey's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 4
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chris Smith (R) | 66.9 | 173,288 |
 | Matthew Jenkins (D)  | 31.4 | 81,233 | |
 | Jason Cullen (L) | 0.7 | 1,902 | |
 | David Schmidt (We the People) | 0.5 | 1,197 | |
 | Hank Schroeder (Independent) | 0.3 | 905 | |
 | Pam Daniels (Progress with Pam) | 0.2 | 437 | |
| Total votes: 258,962 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4
Matthew Jenkins advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matthew Jenkins | 100.0 | 20,655 |
| Total votes: 20,655 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4
Incumbent Chris Smith defeated Mike Crispi, Steve Gray, and Mike Blasi (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Smith | 57.8 | 33,136 |
 | Mike Crispi | 36.8 | 21,115 | |
 | Steve Gray | 4.0 | 2,305 | |
 | Mike Blasi (Unofficially withdrew) | 1.3 | 751 | |
| Total votes: 57,307 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Robert Shapiro (R)
- David Burg (R)
- Tricia Flanagan (R)
- Daniel Francisco (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Daniel Francisco completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Francisco's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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At age 25, my work caused a Congressional field hearing into fraud and corruption within the ObamaCare navigator program. I received an award from Congressman Darrell Issa for our ground-breaking investigation.
For over a decade I have been a Second Amendment activist in New Jersey - storyboarding leading investigations and undercover videos into corrupt institutions and political icons. My work with NJ2AS has been cited and acted upon by Governor Christie back in 2015. In 2021, I became a plaintiff in federal court, backed by the Firearms Policy Coalition, to overturn the constitutionality of the "justifiable need" in NJ state statutes (Francisco v. Cooke). Defeating this would give every lawful New Jerseyan the right to carry a handgun without government prejudice.
Above all, I am an evangelist of natural rights and individual sovereignty - subjects sorely lacking in the New Jersey liberty movement.- There is no more principled voice on firearms rights, and my activism and risk-taking speaks volumes above empty rhetoric. Every New Jerseyan and American deserves the unrestricted right to bear arms.
- The education system must be divorced from government bureaucracy and swiftly decentralized. Federal agencies should have no say in the education policies of the states. This begins with federal abolition of the Department of Education, and then working downwards. Give power to the people, not government monopolies.
- The most sovereign entity is the individual. There is nothing more sacred. Any violation of individual natural rights is a civil tragedy, and those who seek to restrict or harm individuals must be invoked as the face of tyranny.
One protects the individual sovereignty of people and families, not only from bad actors, but from elicit government tyranny. To deny any individual this natural right, is to say they do not have sovereignty over their body and property. To say they do not have sovereignty over their body, is to call them a slave. It is not a coincidence that many of the gun control policies that emerged from the south were born during the post-Reconstruction era. I am personally engaged in the battle for carry rights as a plaintiff in Federal court (Francisco v. Cooke).
Every decision should be predicated on a foundation of human deference.
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By the time I reached my early 20s, I began officiating high-level, semi-professional adult matches throughout New Jersey. I rose through the ranks making relationships with assignors, mentors, coaches, and players for 20 years. In 2016, I had the honor of being inducted into the New Jersey Soccer Association Hall of Fame, a distinction whose list of inductees are many of my heroes i looked up to while growing up within the sport.
You may ask - "what does this have to do with politics?". Soccer officiating is the living embodiment of relationship building and salesmanship. In politics, we get caught up in "process" (the "laws" in soccer). The best officials know when to bend or ignore the rules when they don't serve the greater good of match temperature or the players. They must build relationships and equity with the players, managers, and other officials. Unknown characters are quickly dismissed. They can smell your weakness, but also your lack of compassion. "I'm sorry" goes a long, long way. They value your humanity above all else, even if it means occasionally working outside the scope of regulatory prescription.
I have taken the lessons of the field everywhere in my life. I try at all times to remain human; to remember that people are more important than policy. That nuance is a necessity and not a suggestion. That deference to people is always desirable over institutions or identities.
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See also
2022 Elections
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