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Linwood Donelson
Linwood Donelson was a 2017 Republican candidate for District 3 of the 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.[1] 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.[2] Incumbent John Burzichelli (D) and incumbent Adam Taliaferro (D) defeated Philip Donohue (R), Linwood Donelson (R), and Edward R. Durr (One For All) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 3 general election.[3][4]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 3 General Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  John Burzichelli Incumbent |
30.30% | 31,853 | |
| Democratic | Adam Taliaferro Incumbent |
29.24% | 30,733 | |
| Republican | Philip Donohue | 20.70% | 21,758 | |
| Republican | Linwood Donelson | 19.20% | 20,181 | |
| One For All | Edward R. Durr | 0.56% | 589 | |
| Total Votes | 105,114 | |||
| 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 both of the incumbents' margins of victory in the previous election were 10 points or less. Incumbents John Burzichelli (D) and Adam Taliaferro (D) ran for re-election in 2017. Taliaferro was first appointed to the chamber in January 2015. He received 27.1 percent of the vote in the November 2015 election. Burzichelli was first elected in 2001. He received 28.5 percent of the vote in 2015. Republicans Samuel Maccarone and Leroy Pierce received 22.3 percent of the vote and 20.4 percent in 2015, respectively. District 3 was one of 12 New Jersey state legislative districts that Republican Donald Trump won in the 2016 presidential election. Trump carried District 3 by 3.5 points. In 2012, Democrat Barack Obama won District 3 by 11.2 points. As of 2017, District 3 overlapped with the following counties: Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem. Gloucester and Salem are the two Pivot Counties in New Jersey. These counties voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012 and Trump in 2016.
Democratic primary election
Incumbent Adam Taliaferro and incumbent John Burzichelli defeated John Kalnas in the New Jersey General Assembly District 3 Democratic primary election.[5][6]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 3 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Adam Taliaferro Incumbent |
46.41% | 8,523 |
| John Burzichelli Incumbent |
45.75% | 8,401 |
| John Kalnas | 7.84% | 1,439 |
| Total Votes | 18,363 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Republican primary election
Philip Donohue and Linwood Donelson were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 3 Republican primary election.[7][6]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 3 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Philip Donohue |
50.63% | 4,268 |
| Linwood Donelson |
49.37% | 4,162 |
| Total Votes | 8,430 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
See also
- State legislative elections, 2017
- New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2017
- State legislative special elections, 2017
- New Jersey General Assembly
- New Jersey State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
