James Keady
Jim Keady (Democratic 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 Democratic primary on July 7, 2020.
Keady was a Democratic candidate for New Jersey's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House. Keady lost the primary on June 5, 2018.
Keady was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 3rd Congressional District of New Jersey.[1] Keady was defeated by Frederick John Lavergne in the Democratic primary.[2]
Keady was a 2015 Democratic candidate for District 30 of the New Jersey General Assembly.
Elections
2020
See also: New Jersey's 4th Congressional District election, 2020
New Jersey's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Democratic primary)
New Jersey's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 4
Incumbent Chris Smith defeated Stephanie Schmid, Hank Schroeder, Michael Rufo, and Andrew Pachuta in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chris Smith (R) | 59.9 | 254,103 |
 | Stephanie Schmid (D)  | 38.3 | 162,420 | |
 | Hank Schroeder (Make Change Happen Party) | 0.8 | 3,195 | |
 | Michael Rufo (L) | 0.6 | 2,583 | |
 | Andrew Pachuta (Common Sense Party) | 0.5 | 2,067 | |
| Total votes: 424,368 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4
Stephanie Schmid defeated Christine Conforti and David Applefield in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4 on July 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stephanie Schmid | 67.4 | 38,444 |
 | Christine Conforti | 25.1 | 14,331 | |
 | David Applefield | 7.4 | 4,244 | |
| Total votes: 57,019 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jim Keady (D)
- Tiffany Kaszuba (D)
- Hassan Shehadeh (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4
Incumbent Chris Smith defeated Alter Eliezer Richter in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4 on July 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Smith | 94.8 | 51,636 |
| Alter Eliezer Richter | 5.2 | 2,853 | ||
| Total votes: 54,489 | |||
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2018
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 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Smith (R) | 55.4 | 163,065 |
 | Josh Welle (D) | 43.1 | 126,766 | |
| Michael Rufo (L) | 0.5 | 1,387 | |
 | Edward Stackhouse Jr. (Ed the Barber Party) | 0.4 | 1,064 | |
 | Brian Reynolds (Check This Column Party) | 0.3 | 851 | |
 | Felicia Stoler (The Inclusion Candidate Party) | 0.3 | 844 | |
| Allen Yusufov (Time for Change Party) | 0.1 | 371 | ||
| Total votes: 294,348 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4
Josh Welle defeated Jim Keady in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh Welle | 57.1 | 16,905 |
 | Jim Keady | 42.9 | 12,682 | |
| Total votes: 29,587 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mike Keeling (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4
Incumbent Chris Smith advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Smith | 100.0 | 25,930 |
| Total votes: 25,930 | |||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Tom MacArthur (R) defeated Frederick John Lavergne (D) and Lawrence Berlinski Jr. (Constitution Party) in the general election on November 8, 2016. MacArthur faced no challenger in the Republican primary, while Lavergne defeated Jim Keady in the Democratic primary. The primary elections took place on June 7, 2016. MacArthur won re-election in the November 8 election.[3][4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Tom MacArthur Incumbent |
59.3% | 194,596 | |
| Democratic | Frederick John Lavergne | 38.9% | 127,526 | |
| Constitution | Lawrence Berlinski Jr. | 1.8% | 5,938 | |
| Total Votes | 328,060 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Frederick Lavergne |
62.8% | 32,963 | ||
| Jim Keady | 37.2% | 19,526 | ||
| Total Votes | 52,489 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections |
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2015
Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 2, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2015.[6] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. James Keady and Jimmy Esposito were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Sean Kean and incumbent David Rible were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Esposito did not appear on the official candidate list for the general election; he was replaced by Lorna Phillipson.[7][8] Kean and Rible defeated Keady, Phillipson and Hank Schroeder (Economic Growth) in the general election.[9][10][11]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 30 General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Sean Kean Incumbent |
34.5% | 19,826 | |
| Republican | David Rible Incumbent |
33.9% | 19,459 | |
| Democratic | James Keady | 15.9% | 9,148 | |
| Democratic | Lorna Phillipson | 13.7% | 7,867 | |
| Economic Growth | Hank Schroeder | 1.9% | 1,101 | |
| Total Votes | 57,401 | |||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jim Keady did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "New Jersey Primary Results," June 7, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "New Jersey House 03 Results," November 8, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidates for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Amended Certification," August 21, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary election results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
