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Foster Lowe
Foster Lowe (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 36. Lowe lost in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Lowe completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Foster Lowe was born in the Bronx, New York. Lowe earned his B.A. in business management from Long Island University in 1968. His professional experience includes working as a managing agent for residential and mixed use properties in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Bergen County. He served in the United States Air Force from October 1968 to October 1972.[1][2]
Elections
2019
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 (2 seats)
Incumbent Gary Schaer and incumbent Clinton Calabrese defeated Foster Lowe and Khaldoun Androwis in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gary Schaer (D) | 30.8 | 16,747 |
| ✔ |  | Clinton Calabrese (D) | 30.5 | 16,622 |
 | Foster Lowe (R)  | 19.4 | 10,561 | |
 | Khaldoun Androwis (R) | 19.3 | 10,496 | |
| Total votes: 54,426 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 (2 seats)
Incumbent Clinton Calabrese and incumbent Gary Schaer defeated Edward Tolga Gonca in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Clinton Calabrese | 47.3 | 3,879 |
| ✔ | | Gary Schaer | 47.3 | 3,878 |
 | Edward Tolga Gonca | 5.3 | 437 | |
| Total votes: 8,194 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 (2 seats)
Khaldoun Androwis and Foster Lowe advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Khaldoun Androwis | 50.0 | 1,447 |
| ✔ | | Foster Lowe | 50.0 | 1,445 |
| Total votes: 2,892 | |||
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2013
Lowe ran in the 2013 election for New Jersey General Assembly District 36. Lowe was bracketed with Rosina Romano. He was unopposed in the June 4 Republican primary. He was defeated by incumbent Gary Schaer (D) and incumbent Marlene Caride (D) in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.[3][4][5][6]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 36 General Election, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Gary Schaer Incumbent |
29.2% | 21,131 | |
| Democratic | Marlene Caride Incumbent |
28.4% | 20,520 | |
| Republican | Rosina Romano | 21.6% | 15,631 | |
| Republican | Foster Lowe | 20.8% | 15,014 | |
| Total Votes | 72,296 | |||
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Foster Lowe completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lowe's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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mayors redevelopment committee, and in 2000 was on the Council. For past 20 years have been municipal chairman of the Republican Party. I was district 36 state assembly candidate in 2013 with Gov. Christie I have been for over the last 40 years a property manager of small properties in Brooklyn and Manhattan in NYC as well as in Bergen County.
Graduated from Long Island University 1968 and was Staff Sgt in US Air Force 1968 to 1972 in Accounting & Finance sections.- Must keep New Jersey from becoming a "Sanctuary" state, as certain current top officials want
- Must not allow people illegally in the country to get drivers license, as our governor has stated he wants
- Must start talking about really reducing taxes and regulations
of our small towns, which our people really do not want to do. For example, in Bergen County we have 70 municipalities,with 70 police chiefs, 70 fire chiefs and almost 70 school districts.
In Bergen County taxes, in some towns that do not even have a high school, can be 10, 15 and 20 thousand dollars..
The marijuana legalization issue is also top priority , Our highways are already super dangerous and can we imagine what could happen on those
in 1966
He spoke the truth about the enemies of that time which was The Soviet Union and he never stopped
about the limits of what government can , but also investments in some things such as infrastructure.
non-stop dealing with the public
to talk to them.
You can t beat the King(Elvis) Can't Help Fallin In Love With You (1961)
municipalities(around 560) many state legislators have very local experience such as I do.
which have become worse than neighboring New York City
Unfortunately the current governor cannot even get along with the senate president who is from the same party
remote areas(Cumberland County) as well as suburban areas(Bergen, Hudson county)
to move out of this state because of the tax situation.. They talk about other states
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See also
2019 Elections
External links
- Foster Lowe's campaign website
- District 36 GOP website
- Project Vote Smart - Foster Lowe
- New Jersey Department of State, Official Primary Results
- New Jersey Department of State, Unofficial general election candidates (dead link)
Footnotes
- ↑ Foster Lowe on Facebook, accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 23, 2019
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed July 26, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official 2013 General Assembly general election candidates," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "New Jersey - Summary Vote Results," November 6, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2013 Official General Election results," accessed December 9, 2013
