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Faris Zwirahn
Faris Zwirahn (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 16. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 8, 2021.
Zwirahn completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2021
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 (2 seats)
Incumbent Roy Freiman and Sadaf Jaffer defeated Vincent Panico and Joseph A. Lukac, III in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Roy Freiman (D) | 26.7 | 40,992 |
| ✔ |  | Sadaf Jaffer (D)  | 25.7 | 39,512 |
| Vincent Panico (R) | 24.0 | 36,924 | ||
 | Joseph A. Lukac, III (R) | 23.6 | 36,251 | |
| Total votes: 153,679 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 (2 seats)
Sadaf Jaffer and incumbent Roy Freiman defeated Faris Zwirahn in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sadaf Jaffer | 44.2 | 9,383 |
| ✔ | | Roy Freiman | 41.8 | 8,889 |
 | Faris Zwirahn | 14.0 | 2,979 | |
| Total votes: 21,251 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Chris Fistonich (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 (2 seats)
Vincent Panico and Joseph A. Lukac, III advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Vincent Panico | 50.9 | 10,113 | |
| ✔ | | Joseph A. Lukac, III | 49.1 | 9,763 |
| Total votes: 19,876 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Faris Zwirahn completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Zwirahn'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 the end of my Fulbright, it was clear that my friends who were arrested along with me had been disappeared. I knew my fate would be the same if I returned to Syria, so I applied for and received political asylum in the United States. More importantly, seven years later, in 2017, I was granted the honor of becoming an American citizen right here in the Garden State. I was sworn in as a U.S. citizen within months of Trump being sworn in as President. It was only a matter of weeks before my family was banned from the country due to the so called “Muslim ban” and it became clear that my political activism would continue. I knew then that as soon as I became eligible for public office, I wanted to serve our community and enact change.
- I am running to serve our community because I intimately understand the needs of struggling families and I want to do my part to give back to this country.
- I am seeking elected office to put the issues that matter on the table, and get us all to think about the best way forward. My platform centers around three issues: (1) well-being of working families; (2) equity; and (3) government reform.
- I am now running to be the first Arab-American and Muslim to serve in the NJ legislature.
Implement COVID-19 relief policies that centers those most marginalized, including hazard pay and childcare subsidies.
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
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