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David W. Cook (New Jersey)
David W. Cook (Other) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 8th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Cook completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: New Jersey's 8th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 8
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Menendez Jr. (D)  | 72.9 | 70,837 |
| Marcos Arroyo (R) | 24.2 | 23,540 | ||
| Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party) | 0.9 | 894 | ||
 | Dan Delaney (L) | 0.7 | 687 | |
 | David W. Cook (Other) | 0.7 | 647 | |
 | Pablo Olivera (Labour Party) | 0.4 | 361 | |
| John Salierno (Truth and Merit) | 0.2 | 226 | ||
| Total votes: 97,192 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8
Robert Menendez Jr. defeated David Ocampo Grajales and Ane Roseborough-Eberhard in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Menendez Jr. | 83.0 | 26,490 |
 | David Ocampo Grajales | 11.7 | 3,749 | |
 | Ane Roseborough-Eberhard | 5.2 | 1,668 | |
| Total votes: 31,907 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Eugene Mazo (D)
- Ricardo Luis Rojas (D)
- Brian Varela (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8
Marcos Arroyo defeated Ana Rivera in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Marcos Arroyo | 100.0 | 3,127 | |
 | Ana Rivera (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Total votes: 3,127 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
David W. Cook completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cook's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I have been a member of both parties who have controlled government for my lifetime because I agreed with their words and was disappointed by their actions. Finally it is clear that the Parties are the problem. Both Parties have some good ideas but when the party affiliation is more important than the local needs the people must be served. We are not, the politicians ignore their voters because they are funded by big party donors. WE NEED REAL AMERICANS IN OFFICE
- The average length of Congressional service is 8.9 years- meaning they are accountable for everything we're forced to deal with today. In NJ, all of our reps have the financial wealth and or political connections to create real change as individuals, and now their children are running for office too. I NEED the power of government to be able to help others, because I don't have their money or connections. The rich have done great for themselves, Lets see how the median net worth families can prosper when we're represented in government!
- Elected office is a form of Public Service and should not be profitable to the holder. I will support TERM LIMITS and try to remove big money from elections
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Campaign website
Cook's campaign website stated the following:
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We are NOT as divided as the parties want us to believe The politicians become wealthy and detached from the voters the longer they're there, There's no incentive for them to change on their own so we must act. I believe we should offer amnesty to the Wealthy career Politicians who got rich off government service if they leave and stop. We then need to lower the lavish operating expenses offered to staff, and finally set term limits along with protections against passing offices to their family members at the end of their eligibility.[1] |
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| —David W. Cook's campaign website (2022)[2] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate U.S. House New Jersey District 8 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ David W. Cook for NJ's 8th Congressional District, “On the Issues,” accessed August 25, 2022
