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Joe Howarth

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Joe Howarth
Image of Joe Howarth
Prior offices
Evesham Township Council Deputy Mayor

Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders

New Jersey General Assembly District 8
Successor: Jean Stanfield

Elections and appointments
Last election

June 4, 2019

Education

Bachelor's

Trenton State College

Personal
Profession
Paraprofessional

Joe Howarth (Republican Party) was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 8. Howarth assumed office in 2016. Howarth left office on January 14, 2020.

Howarth (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 8. Howarth lost in the Republican primary on June 4, 2019.

Biography

Howarth earned his B.S. in health and physical education from Trenton State College. His professional experience includes working as a paraprofessional in the special education department at Seneca High School. He served as the Burlington County deputy director in 2014, on the board of chosen freeholders from 2012 to 2014, as the Evesham Township Council deputy mayor from 2009 to 2011, and on the board of Evesham from 2003 to 2007.[1]

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Howarth was assigned to the following committees:

2016 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2016 legislative session, Howarth served on the following committees:

New Jersey committee assignments, 2016
Financial Institutions and Insurance
Military and Veterans' Affairs

Elections

2019

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 8 (2 seats)

Jean Stanfield and incumbent Ryan Peters defeated Gina LaPlaca, Mark Natale, and Tom Giangiulio Jr. in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 8 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jean Stanfield
Jean Stanfield (R)
 
25.4
 
25,050
Image of Ryan Peters
Ryan Peters (R) Candidate Connection
 
25.2
 
24,906
Image of Gina LaPlaca
Gina LaPlaca (D)
 
24.2
 
23,895
Mark Natale (D)
 
23.4
 
23,092
Tom Giangiulio Jr. (Maga Conservative Party)
 
1.8
 
1,777

Total votes: 98,720
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 8 (2 seats)

Gina LaPlaca and Mark Natale defeated Johnny Bravo in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 8 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gina LaPlaca
Gina LaPlaca
 
46.4
 
5,410
Mark Natale
 
44.3
 
5,157
Image of Johnny Bravo
Johnny Bravo Candidate Connection
 
9.3
 
1,084

Total votes: 11,651
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 8 (2 seats)

Jean Stanfield and incumbent Ryan Peters defeated incumbent Joe Howarth and R. Jason Huf in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 8 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jean Stanfield
Jean Stanfield
 
35.0
 
5,435
Image of Ryan Peters
Ryan Peters Candidate Connection
 
34.5
 
5,360
Image of Joe Howarth
Joe Howarth
 
17.7
 
2,744
R. Jason Huf
 
12.8
 
1,980

Total votes: 15,519
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2017

See also: New Jersey General Assembly 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 Joe Howarth (R) and Ryan Peters (R) defeated Joanne Schwartz (D), MaryAnn Merlino (D), and Ryan T. Calhoun (No Status Quo) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 8 general election.[4][5]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 8 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Joe Howarth Incumbent 25.13% 28,841
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ryan Peters 24.98% 28,671
     Democratic Joanne Schwartz 24.67% 28,321
     Democratic MaryAnn Merlino 24.56% 28,196
     No Status Quo Ryan T. Calhoun 0.66% 753
Total Votes 114,782
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Races we watched

Ballotpedia identified eight races to watch in the New Jersey General Assembly 2017 elections: three seats with two Democratic members, three seats with two Republican members, and two seats split between the parties. Based on analysis of these districts' electoral histories, these races had the potential to be more competitive than other races and could possibly have led to shifts in a chamber's partisan balance.

This district was a Race to Watch because the presidential candidate opposite of the incumbents' party won the district in the 2016 elections, and one of the incumbents retired. Incumbents Joe Howarth (R) and Maria Rodriguez-Gregg (R) were unopposed in the 2015 election. Howarth was first elected in 2015 while Rodriguez-Gregg was first elected in 2013. Rodriguez-Gregg withdrew from the race on August 30, 2017. In April 2017, she was charged with driving under the influence of marijuana.[6] Ryan Peters (R) ran in her place. District 8 was one of 28 New Jersey state legislative districts that Democrat Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election. Clinton carried District 8 by 2.3 points. In 2012, Democrat Barack Obama won District 8 by 7.3 points. As of 2017, District 8 overlapped with the following counties: Atlantic, Burlington and Camden.

Democratic primary election

Joanne Schwartz and MaryAnn Merlino were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 8 Democratic primary election.[7][8]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 8 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Joanne Schwartz 50.92% 8,534
Green check mark transparent.png MaryAnn Merlino 49.08% 8,226
Total Votes 16,760
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Incumbent Joe Howarth and incumbent Maria Rodriguez-Gregg were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 8 Republican primary election.[9][8]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 8 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Joe Howarth Incumbent 50.41% 6,507
Green check mark transparent.png Maria Rodriguez-Gregg Incumbent 49.59% 6,400
Total Votes 12,907
Source: New Jersey Department of State

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 Maria Rodriguez-Gregg and Joe Howarth were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Michael Chadwick (L) and Ervin Nixon (Socialist Party) were removed from the general election candidate list.[11] Rodriguez-Gregg and Howarth were unchalleged in the general election.[12][13][14][15]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 8 General Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMaria Rodriguez-Gregg Incumbent 50.1% 18,317
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Howarth 49.9% 18,234
Total Votes 36,551

Campaign themes

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

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Scorecards

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2019

In 2019, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 9, 2018, through January 14, 2020.

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Footnotes

  1. New Jersey Legislature, "Joe Howarth (R)," accessed August 18, 2017
  2. New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
  3. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
  4. New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
  5. New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
  6. Observer, "Rodriguez-Gregg Drops Out of Assembly Race," August 30, 2017
  7. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  8. 8.0 8.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
  9. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  10. New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
  11. New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  12. New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
  13. New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 3, 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


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