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Joanne Kuniansky
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Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party) is running for election for Governor of New Jersey. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.[source]
Elections
2025
See also: New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2025
General election
General election for Governor of New Jersey
Mikie Sherrill, Jack Ciattarelli, Vic Kaplan, and Joanne Kuniansky are running in the general election for Governor of New Jersey on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
 | Mikie Sherrill (D) | |
 | Jack Ciattarelli (R) | |
 | Vic Kaplan (L) | |
| Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party) | ||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Karen Zaletel (Independent)
- Lily Benavides (G)
- Stephen Zielinski (G)
- Gerardo Cedrone (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of New Jersey
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of New Jersey on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mikie Sherrill | 34.0 | 286,244 |
 | Ras Baraka | 20.7 | 173,951 | |
 | Steve Fulop | 16.0 | 134,573 | |
 | Josh Gottheimer | 11.6 | 97,384 | |
 | Sean Spiller | 10.6 | 89,472 | |
 | Stephen Sweeney | 7.1 | 59,811 | |
| Total votes: 841,435 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jack Ciattarelli | 67.8 | 316,283 |
 | Bill Spadea | 21.7 | 101,408 | |
 | Jon Bramnick | 6.2 | 29,130 | |
 | Mario Kranjac | 2.7 | 12,782 | |
 | Justin Barbera | 1.4 | 6,743 | |
 | Hans Herberg (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Total votes: 466,346 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Fazzone (R)
- Roger Bacon (R)
- Monica Brinson (R)
- Robert Canfield (R)
- Edward R. Durr (R)
Endorsements
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2024
See also: United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. Senate New Jersey
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate New Jersey on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andrew Kim (D) | 53.6 | 2,161,491 |
 | Curtis Bashaw (R) | 44.0 | 1,773,589 | |
 | Christina Khalil (G) | 1.1 | 45,443 | |
 | Kenneth Kaplan (L) | 0.6 | 24,242 | |
 | Patricia Mooneyham (Vote Better Party) | 0.4 | 17,224 | |
| Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party) | 0.2 | 9,806 | ||
| Total votes: 4,031,795 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bob Menendez (Independent)
- Nick Carducci (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey
Andrew Kim defeated Patricia Campos Medina and Lawrence Hamm in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andrew Kim | 74.8 | 392,602 |
 | Patricia Campos Medina | 16.1 | 84,286 | |
 | Lawrence Hamm | 9.1 | 47,796 | |
| Total votes: 524,684 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kevin Cupples (D)
- Tammy Murphy (D)
- Bob Menendez (D)
- Kyle Jasey (D)
- Patrick Merrill (D)
- Joseph Signorello (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey
Curtis Bashaw defeated Christine Serrano-Glassner, Justin Murphy, and Albert Harshaw in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Curtis Bashaw | 45.6 | 144,869 |
 | Christine Serrano-Glassner | 38.4 | 121,986 | |
 | Justin Murphy | 11.3 | 35,954 | |
 | Albert Harshaw | 4.7 | 15,064 | |
| Total votes: 317,873 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gregg Mele (R)
- Daniel Cruz (R)
- Peter Vallorosi (R)
- Shirley Maia-Cusick (R)
- Michael Estrada (R)
- Alex Zdan (R)
Endorsements
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2023
See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2023
General election
General election for New Jersey State Senate District 33
Incumbent Brian Stack defeated Joanne Kuniansky in the general election for New Jersey State Senate District 33 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brian Stack (D) | 97.1 | 27,262 |
| Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party) | 2.9 | 821 | ||
| Total votes: 28,083 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 33
Incumbent Brian Stack advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 33 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brian Stack | 100.0 | 20,319 |
| Total votes: 20,319 | |||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: New Jersey's 8th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 8
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Menendez Jr. (D) | 72.9 | 70,837 |
| Marcos Arroyo (R) | 24.2 | 23,540 | ||
| Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party) | 0.9 | 894 | ||
 | Dan Delaney (L) | 0.7 | 687 | |
 | David W. Cook (Other) | 0.7 | 647 | |
 | Pablo Olivera (Labour Party) | 0.4 | 361 | |
| John Salierno (Truth and Merit) | 0.2 | 226 | ||
| Total votes: 97,192 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8
Robert Menendez Jr. defeated David Ocampo Grajales and Ane Roseborough-Eberhard in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Menendez Jr. | 83.0 | 26,490 |
 | David Ocampo Grajales | 11.7 | 3,749 | |
 | Ane Roseborough-Eberhard | 5.2 | 1,668 | |
| Total votes: 31,907 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Eugene Mazo (D)
- Ricardo Luis Rojas (D)
- Brian Varela (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8
Marcos Arroyo defeated Ana Rivera in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Marcos Arroyo | 100.0 | 3,127 | |
 | Ana Rivera (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Total votes: 3,127 | |||
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2021
See also: New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2021
New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2021 (June 8 Republican primary)
New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2021 (June 8 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for Governor of New Jersey
Incumbent Phil Murphy defeated Jack Ciattarelli, Madelyn Hoffman, Gregg Mele, and Joanne Kuniansky in the general election for Governor of New Jersey on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Phil Murphy (D) | 51.2 | 1,339,471 |
| Jack Ciattarelli (R) | 48.0 | 1,255,185 | |
 | Madelyn Hoffman (G) | 0.3 | 8,450 | |
 | Gregg Mele (L) | 0.3 | 7,768 | |
| Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party) | 0.2 | 4,012 | ||
| Total votes: 2,614,886 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Robert Edward Forchion Jr. (Legalize Marihuana Party)
- Justin Maldonado (Independent)
- David Winkler (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of New Jersey
Incumbent Phil Murphy defeated Lisa McCormick in the Democratic primary for Governor of New Jersey on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Phil Murphy | 100.0 | 382,984 |
 | Lisa McCormick (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Total votes: 382,984 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Roger Bacon (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey
Jack Ciattarelli defeated Philip Rizzo, Hirsh Singh, and Brian Levine in the Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jack Ciattarelli | 49.5 | 167,690 |
 | Philip Rizzo | 25.7 | 87,007 | |
 | Hirsh Singh | 21.6 | 73,155 | |
 | Brian Levine | 3.3 | 11,181 | |
| Total votes: 339,033 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Doug Steinhardt (R)
Campaign themes
2025
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2024
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2023
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2022
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2021
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Campaign website
Kuniansky’s official candidate statement said the following:[1]
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Joanne Kuniansky is a union fighter who has worked in oil refineries, railroads, meat packing. She currently is a Walmart deli-worker. The Socialist Workers Party builds solidarity with todays’ labor battles, from striking Alabama coalminers to Nabisco workers. Workers face defending themselves from bosses demanding we give up hard won gains. Kuniansky travelled to Alabama to join a miners’ support rally and got messages of support and contributions from her co-workers to their strike fund. Unions must lead workers to get vaccinated and get back to work, putting us in the best position to fight bosses’ attacks and build solidarity with union struggles, fights against cop brutality. With millions unemployed and rising inflation, unions need to fight for a federally funded public works program to put millions to work at union-scale wages building hospitals, schools, housing that workers need. Shorten the workweek with no cut in pay to stop layoffs! Cost-of-living clauses in every contract that raise pay and retirement benefits to offset every price rise! Workers must break from the bosses’ Democratic and Republican parties and build a political party of our own, a labor party, based on our unions. The SWP aims to be part of building the leadership we need to unify all those exploited by the capitalist class and replace their rule with a workers and farmers government. Deaths in the wake of Hurricane Ida are an indictment of capitalist rule and all the parties that defend it. Workers were swept away in their cars, drowned in basement apartments. Thousands left to fend for themselves, homeless and without power. The deadly lack of preparedness and belated government response turned a “natural” disaster into a social catastrophe. The government in Cuba organizes workers and farmers to confront these deadly forces of nature with minimal loss of life. That is only possible because workers and farmers were organized by their communist leadership to make a socialist revolution – to take political power into their own hands and take control of the factories, land and banks from the capitalists, transforming themselves in the process. My campaign points to the necessity of working people in the U.S. emulating that example and building a party here that can lead millions to make a socialist revolution. Along that road working people need to fight for the right of women to family planning, including safe and secure birth control and abortion, essential for winning women’s emancipation. Protest ongoing attacks on the right to choose abortion. The working class needs our own foreign policy, we share common class interests with working people worldwide. We oppose all Washington’s wars and demand an immediate end to its embargo of Cuba and the sanctions it inflicts on the peoples of Iran, Venezuela and North Korea. The SWP calls for unconditional recognition of Israel as a refuge for Jews. We urge unions to protest Jew hatred - a deadly danger to advancing the class interests and solidarity of all workers and toiling farmers. [2] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, “Joanne Kuniansky gubernatorial candidate statement,” accessed October 28, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
