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Ghalib Mahmoud
Ghalib Mahmoud was a 2017 Republican candidate for District 34 of the New Jersey General Assembly. Mahmoud did not appear on the official general election list provided by the New Jersey Department of State website.[1]
Elections
2017
General election
Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2017. All 80 seats were up for election. State assembly members are elected to two-year terms. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on June 6, 2017. The filing deadline for the primary election was April 3, 2017.[2] Legislative districts in the New Jersey General Assembly are multi-member districts, with two representatives in each district. In Democratic and Republican primary elections, the top two candidates move forward to the general election, and the top two candidates in the general election are declared the winners.[3] Incumbent Sheila Oliver (D) and incumbent Thomas Giblin (D) defeated Nicholas Surgent (R) and Tafari Anderson (R) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 34 general election.[1][4]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 34 General Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Sheila Oliver Incumbent |
43.01% | 34,340 | |
| Democratic | Thomas Giblin Incumbent |
41.02% | 32,751 | |
| Republican | Nicholas Surgent | 8.31% | 6,637 | |
| Republican | Tafari Anderson | 7.65% | 6,110 | |
| Total Votes | 79,838 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||||
Democratic primary election
Incumbent Sheila Oliver and incumbent Thomas Giblin were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 34 Democratic primary election.[5][6]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 34 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Sheila Oliver Incumbent |
51.64% | 15,754 |
| Thomas Giblin Incumbent |
48.36% | 14,753 |
| Total Votes | 30,507 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Republican primary election
Nicholas Surgent and Ghalib Mahmoud were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 34 Republican primary election.[7][6]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 34 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Nicholas Surgent |
53.25% | 1,147 |
| Ghalib Mahmoud |
46.75% | 1,007 |
| Total Votes | 2,154 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
See also
- State legislative elections, 2017
- New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2017
- State legislative special elections, 2017
- New Jersey General Assembly
- New Jersey State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed August 11, 2017 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "NJDOSGE" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
