Lawrence Hamm
Lawrence Hamm (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent New Jersey. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 4, 2024.
Biography
Lawrence Hamm is from Newark, New Jersey. He earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1978. Hamm's career experience includes working as an activist. He has been affiliated with the 24th District Assembly, People’s Energy Cooperative, Community Organization Program of the United Church of Christ, Commission for Racial Justice, New Jersey Anti-Apartheid Coalition, New Jersey Rainbow Coalition, Malcolm X Commemoration Coalition, New Jersey Million Man March Coalition, and New Jersey Chapter of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials.[1]
Hamm founded the People's Organization for Progress (POP) and has served as chairman of the organization. His professional experience also includes serving as the state chairman of the New Jersey Bernie Sanders campaign, New Jersey for Bernie 2020.[2]
Elections
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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)
Campaign website
Lawrence Hamm’s campaign website stated the following:
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| —Lawrence Hamm’s campaign website (2024)[4] | ||
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hamm in this election.
2020
See also: United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2020
United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2020 (July 7 Democratic primary)
United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2020 (July 7 Republican primary)
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 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cory Booker (D) | 57.2 | 2,541,178 |
 | Rik Mehta (R) | 40.9 | 1,817,052 | |
 | Madelyn Hoffman (G) | 0.9 | 38,288 | |
 | Veronica Fernandez (Of, By, For! Party) | 0.7 | 32,290 | |
 | Daniel Burke (Larouche Was Right Party) | 0.3 | 11,632 | |
 | Luis Vergara (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Total votes: 4,440,440 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey
Incumbent Cory Booker defeated Lawrence Hamm in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on July 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cory Booker | 87.6 | 838,110 |
| Lawrence Hamm | 12.4 | 118,802 | |
| Total votes: 956,912 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Harsh Naik (D)
- Lisa McCormick (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey
Rik Mehta defeated Hirsh Singh, Tricia Flanagan, Natalie Rivera, and Eugene Anagnos in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on July 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rik Mehta | 38.0 | 154,817 |
 | Hirsh Singh | 35.9 | 146,133 | |
 | Tricia Flanagan | 17.8 | 72,678 | |
 | Natalie Rivera | 5.3 | 21,650 | |
 | Eugene Anagnos | 3.0 | 12,047 | |
| Total votes: 407,325 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gary Rich (R)
- Navodaya Garepalli (R)
- Stuart David Meissner (R)
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Lawrence Hamm did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Lawrence Hamm completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hamm's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Defeating Trump in the 2020 November General Election
- Eliminate Racism, Racial Inequality, Disparities, Discrimination, Oppresson & Violence
- - Economic Justice for All/Stop Growth of Income Inequality in Society
- Medicare For All/Free Universal Health Care/Eliminate Medical Debt/Stop Hospital Closures
- Stop Climate Change & Global Warming
- Green New Deal/Environmental Justice
- Increase Federal Funding for Public Schools/Decent Pay for Teachers/End School to Prison Pipeline
- Strengthen & Protect Voting Rights/Stop Voter Suppression/Constitutional Amendment to Guarantee Right to Vote
- End the Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, & Yemen/No War with Iran/Bring the Troops Home Now/No More War
- No Nuclear War/Nuclear Disarmament
- Reform the Criminal Justice System/Stop Mass Incarceration/End Private Prisons & End The War on Drugs
- Reparations for African-Americans
- No Campaign Donations from Billionaires & Corporations/Campaign Finance Reform/Public Funding of Elections
- Protect Seniors/No cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, Save Social Security, and SNAP (food stamps)/Expand Benefits/Lower Cost of Prescription Drugs
- Immigration Reform/Path to Citizenship for the Undocumented
- Urban Marshall Plan for our cities
- Women's Rights/Equal Pay For Equal Work/Universal Affordable Childcare
- Gun Control/Universal Background Checks/Close Gun Show Loophole/End Sale of Assault Weapons
- Affordable Housing/Stop Gentrification/Rent Control/Tenants Rights/Home Foreclosure Moratorium/National Public Affordable Housing Construction Program
- End Poverty & Homelessness
If I went ahead with the walkout, I would be suspended, I wouldn't graduate and I wouldn't go to Princeton. But the students were ready to go so I went through with the walkout.Ninety-percent of the student body joined me in the street, where we marched to what at that time was the DoubleTree Hilton, now the Gateway Hotel. Two-hundred students got inside and went up to the sixth or seventh floor and sat down. Then-Mayor Ken Gibson appeared. He came and told us he understood why we were doing what we were doing and told us if we worked with him he would end the strike. We weren't on the board side or the teacher's side. We were kids who wanted to graduate. And yes, that lesson was eminently clear. I tell kids all the time: they have power. The mayor came to us. That was the first time I saw Ken Gibson.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Lawrence Hamm for U.S. Senate 2024, "Bio," accessed May 31, 2024
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with Paco Markon," February 9, 2020
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Lawrence Hamm’s campaign website, “Home,” accessed May 31, 2024
