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Jeff Boss
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NSA Did 911 Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2016

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

See also: New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2016

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]

U.S. House, New Jersey District 9 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBill 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

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 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 Green check mark transparent.pngGary Schaer Incumbent 33.1% 15,125
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMarlene 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

See also: United States Senate elections in New Jersey, 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.

U.S. Senate, New Jersey General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngCory 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

See also New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 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 Green check mark transparent.pngChris 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

See also United States Senate elections in New Jersey, 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
Green check mark transparent.pngNicholas Sacco Incumbent 95.3% 10,211
Jeff Boss 4.7% 505
Total Votes 10,716

Recent news

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 New Jersey Secretary of State, "Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed September 7, 2016
  2. 2.0 2.1 Federal Election Commission, "2016 Presidential Form 2 Filers," accessed April 2, 2015
  3. New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial candidate list for General Assembly," accessed June 29, 2015
  4. New Jersey Division of Elections, "General election candidates for U.S. Senate," accessed August 13, 2014
  5. 5.0 5.1 Politico, "2014 New Jersey Senate Election Results," accessed November 5, 2014
  6. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor - Official List," August 8, 2013
  7. Jeff Boss campaign website, "500 people admitting on tape...," accessed April 23, 2012
  8. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016
  9. CNN, "New Jersey House 09 Results," November 8, 2016
  10. New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
  11. New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
  12. New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 3, 2015
  13. New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  14. New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  15. New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
  16. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named primarylist
  17. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for Governor - Official List," June 28, 2013
  18. NJToday, "Primary election results," accessed June 5, 2013
  19. NJ Today, "EDITORIAL: Troy Webster For Governor," April 14, 2013
  20. NorthJersey.com, "Barbara Buono picks union leader Milly Silva as running mate," July 25, 2013
  21. NJ.com, "Buono announces Milly Silva as her lieutenant governor pick," July 29, 2013
  22. NJ News 12, "Poll: Christie remains popular in NJ," accessed April 15, 2013
  23. RealClearPolitics, "New Jersey Governor - Christie vs. Buono," accessed November 3, 2013
  24. NJ.com, "Sen. Buono raises almost $250K in first month of campaigning," January 2, 2013
  25. 25.0 25.1 The Star-Ledger, "Buono qualifies for public matching funds in N.J. governor's race," February 4, 2013
  26. New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Press Release," June 19, 2012 (dead link)
  27. Jeff Boss campaign website, "Home," accessed January 6, 2012
  28. New Jersey Department of State, "2011 Official State Senate Primary Candidate List," accessed April 10, 2014


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