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Jeff Boss
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Jeff Boss was a 2016 NSA Did 911 candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 9th Congressional District of New Jersey.[1]
Boss was also a 2016 Democratic presidential candidate.[2]
Boss was a 2015 Independent ("NSA DID 911") candidate for District 36 of the New Jersey General Assembly.[3]
Boss was a 2014 independent candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from New Jersey.[4] He was defeated by incumbent Cory Booker (D) in the general election.[5]
Boss was previously a 2013 candidate for Governor of New Jersey.[6] He ran for the NSA Did 911 Party in the general election on November 5, 2013. In New Jersey, candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run on the same ticket in the general election. Boss selected Robert Thorne as his running-mate for lieutenant governor.
Boss was an Independent candidate for U.S. Senate, representing New Jersey and a 2011 Democratic candidate for District 32 of the New Jersey State Senate.
Issues
National Security Agency
Boss claimed to have proof that the National Security Agency (NSA) was behind the September 11 terrorist attacks.[7]
Elections
2016
Congress
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Bill Pascrell (D) defeated Hector Castillo (R), Diego Rivera (L), and Jeff Boss (NSA Did 911) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced a primary opponent in June. Pascrell won re-election in the November 8 election.[8][1][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Bill Pascrell Incumbent |
69.7% | 162,642 | |
| Republican | Hector Castillo | 28% | 65,376 | |
| Libertarian | Diego Rivera | 1.4% | 3,327 | |
| NSA did 911 | Jeff Boss | 0.8% | 1,897 | |
| Total Votes | 233,242 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections | ||||
President
Boss was a 2016 Democratic presidential candidate.[2]
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.[10] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Incumbent Gary Schaer and incumbent Marlene Caride were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Forrest Elliott and James Lenoy were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Schaer and Caride defeated Elliott, Lenoy and Jeff Boss ("NSA DID 911") in the general election.[11][12][13][14][15]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 36 General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Gary Schaer Incumbent |
33.1% | 15,125 | |
| Democratic | Marlene Caride Incumbent |
32.4% | 14,788 | |
| Republican | Forrest Elliott | 17.1% | 7,835 | |
| Republican | James Lenoy | 16.4% | 7,510 | |
| NSA Did 911 | Jeff Boss | 0.9% | 430 | |
| Total Votes | 45,688 | |||
2014
Boss ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. Senate, to represent New Jersey. He lost to incumbent Cory Booker (D) in the general election.[5] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Cory Booker Incumbent |
55.8% | 1,043,866 | |
| Republican | Jeff Bell | 42.3% | 791,297 | |
| Libertarian | Joe Baratelli | 0.9% | 16,721 | |
| Independent | Jeff Boss | 0.2% | 4,513 | |
| Independent | Antonio N. Sabas | 0.2% | 3,544 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Eugene Lavergne | 0.2% | 3,890 | |
| Economic Growth | Hank Schroeder | 0.3% | 5,704 | |
| Total Votes | 1,869,535 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections | ||||
2013
Boss ran for Governor of New Jersey in 2013. Originally filing as a Democrat, he ultimately did not qualify for the primary ballot.[16] Boss re-entered the race as a third party candidate affiliated with the NSA Did 911 Party and selected Robert Thorne as his running-mate for lieutenant governor.[17] The pair lost in the general election on November 5, 2013.
- General Election
On November 5, 2013, Chris Christie and Kim Guadagno (R) won re-election as Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey. They defeated the Buono/Silva (D), Kaplan/Bell (L), Welzer/Alessandrini (I), Sare/Todd (I), Araujo/Salamanca (I), Schroeder/Moschella (I) and Boss/Thorne (I) ticket(s) in the general election.
| Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Chris Christie & Kim Guadagno |
60.3% | 1,278,932 | |
| Democratic | Barbara Buono & Milly Silva | 38.2% | 809,978 | |
| Libertarian | Kenneth Kaplan & Brenda Bell | 0.6% | 12,155 | |
| Independent | Steven Welzer & Patricia Alessandrini | 0.4% | 8,295 | |
| Independent | Diane Sare & Bruce Todd | 0.2% | 3,360 | |
| Independent | William Araujo & Maria Salamanca | 0.2% | 3,300 | |
| Independent | Hank Schroeder & Patricia Moschella | 0.1% | 2,784 | |
| Independent | Jeff Boss & Robert Thorne | 0.1% | 2,062 | |
| Total Votes | 2,120,866 | |||
| Election Results Via: New Jersey Department of State | ||||
Primaries
Incumbent Republican Gov. Chris Christie and Democratic state Sen. Barbara Buono each faced a single opponent in the June 4 primary election. Both candidates secured their party’s nomination with approximately 90 percent of the vote.[18]
Former Atlantic City Councilman Seth Grossman was the only Republican to challenge the first-term governor. Grossman’s campaign focused on criticizing Christie’s policies during his first term. On the Democratic side, Buono faced Troy Webster, an adviser to the mayor of East Orange, who emphasized his commitment to supporting working-class and middle-class families. Both Grossman and Webster received endorsements from the weekly publication NJ Today.[19]
Selection of running mates
After primary elections, New Jersey gubernatorial nominees have 30 days to select a running mate. Shortly after launching his re-election campaign, Governor Chris Christie announced that Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno would again be his running mate. Democratic nominee Barbara Buono announced her selection of Milly Silva, executive vice president of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, as her running mate on July 29.[20][21] The ticket competed against the incumbent team of Chris Christie and Kim Guadagno, along with several third-party candidates, in the general election held on November 5, 2013.
Polling
Christie was favored to win re-election, with his campaign raising nearly double that of Buono's in the primary and maintaining a double-digit advantage in the polls throughout the election season.[22] In the final week before the general election, polling averages showed him with approximately a 24 percent advantage.[23]
Public financing
Since 1977, New Jersey gubernatorial primary and general election candidates have been eligible to participate in a public funding program. Under this system, candidates who raise a minimum amount of money are dispensed tax-generated funds, controlled by the state election law enforcement commission, in direct proportion to campaign donations given from the public. In the 2013 election cycle, the qualifying threshold for primary election candidates was $380,000.[24] The purpose of the program is to lessen the influence of corporate contributions in elections. On February 2, 2013, then-presumptive Democratic nominee Barbara Buono's campaign reported that it had surpassed the $380,000 mark.[25] By that time, Christie's campaign had raised $2 million. Unlike in the 2009 election, when Christie participated in the public financing program during both the primary and general election phases, he chose to wait until after the 2013 primary to opt into the program. By qualifying, Christie became eligible to receive approximately $8 million in public matching funds. The qualifying terms also required him to participate in two debates with Buono before the general election.[25]
In New Jersey, candidates who qualify for and accept public financing are subject to a spending limit on their gubernatorial campaigns. As of 2013, the maximum allowable expenditure for such candidates was $12.2 million, with a cap of $8.2 million in public matching funds.[26] New Jersey employs a two-to-one matching program for qualified contributions. It is detailed in Title 19 Chapter 25 Sub Chapter 15 of the New Jersey State Statutes.
2012
Boss ran for U.S. Senate in 2012. However, he did not appear on the general election ballot.[27]
2011
- See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2011
Boss ran in the 2011 election for New Jersey Senate District 32. Boss was defeated by Democratic incumbent Nicholas Sacco in the primary on June 7, 2011. The general election took place on November 8, 2011.[28]
| New Jersey State Senate District 32 Democratic Primary, 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Nicholas Sacco Incumbent |
95.3% | 10,211 |
| Jeff Boss | 4.7% | 505 |
| Total Votes | 10,716 | |
Recent news
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2016
- New Jersey's 9th Congressional District
- Presidential election, 2016
- New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013
- United States Senate elections in New Jersey, 2014
- New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2015
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New Jersey Secretary of State, "Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Federal Election Commission, "2016 Presidential Form 2 Filers," accessed April 2, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial candidate list for General Assembly," accessed June 29, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "General election candidates for U.S. Senate," accessed August 13, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Politico, "2014 New Jersey Senate Election Results," accessed November 5, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor - Official List," August 8, 2013
- ↑ Jeff Boss campaign website, "500 people admitting on tape...," accessed April 23, 2012
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "New Jersey House 09 Results," November 8, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 3, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedprimarylist - ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for Governor - Official List," June 28, 2013
- ↑ NJToday, "Primary election results," accessed June 5, 2013
- ↑ NJ Today, "EDITORIAL: Troy Webster For Governor," April 14, 2013
- ↑ NorthJersey.com, "Barbara Buono picks union leader Milly Silva as running mate," July 25, 2013
- ↑ NJ.com, "Buono announces Milly Silva as her lieutenant governor pick," July 29, 2013
- ↑ NJ News 12, "Poll: Christie remains popular in NJ," accessed April 15, 2013
- ↑ RealClearPolitics, "New Jersey Governor - Christie vs. Buono," accessed November 3, 2013
- ↑ NJ.com, "Sen. Buono raises almost $250K in first month of campaigning," January 2, 2013
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 The Star-Ledger, "Buono qualifies for public matching funds in N.J. governor's race," February 4, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Press Release," June 19, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Jeff Boss campaign website, "Home," accessed January 6, 2012
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2011 Official State Senate Primary Candidate List," accessed April 10, 2014
