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Michael Habib was a 2017 It's Our Time candidate for District 17 of the New Jersey General Assembly.

Campaign themes

2017

Habib's Facebook page highlighted the following issues:

Campaign Finance Reform

  • It is imperative that campaign donations are made public so the public can hold officials accountable. We should also cap the amount any organization or lobby group can donate to a single campaign.

Transparency

  • It is paramount that our government is totally accountable to the people of this great state. We need to keep our citizens informed of where their tax dollars are being spent

Marijuana

  • NJ should legalize for both recreational and medical use of marijuana. There should also be a tax on the sale, and growing of, Marijuana. We should also commute previous non-violent offenses.

Police

  • We need de-militarize our police forces and ensure that we build strong relationships with local communities. Police training should also have strong emphasis on de-escalation tactics.

Drug Epidemic

  • We need to treat drug addiction as a health issue and not a criminal issue. We should legalize marijuana for recreational use. We need to review past non-violent offenses and commute these sentences[1]
—Michael Habib[2]

Elections

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.[3] 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.[4] Incumbent Joseph Egan (D) and incumbent Joseph Danielsen (D) defeated Robert Quinn (R), Nadine Wilkins (R), and Michael Habib (It's Our Time) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 17 general election.[5][6]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 17 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Joseph Egan Incumbent 36.03% 29,149
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Joseph Danielsen Incumbent 35.14% 28,425
     Republican Robert Quinn 13.99% 11,317
     Republican Nadine Wilkins 13.76% 11,131
     It's Our Time Michael Habib 1.08% 875
Total Votes 80,897
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Incumbent Joseph Egan and incumbent Joseph Danielsen defeated Heather Fenyk and Ralph Johnson in the New Jersey General Assembly District 17 Democratic primary election.[7][8]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 17 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Joseph Egan Incumbent 34.87% 9,605
Green check mark transparent.png Joseph Danielsen Incumbent 32.70% 9,007
Heather Fenyk 16.39% 4,513
Ralph Johnson 16.04% 4,418
Total Votes 27,543
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Robert Quinn and Nadine Wilkins were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 17 Republican primary election.[9][8]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 17 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Robert Quinn 51.00% 2,035
Green check mark transparent.png Nadine Wilkins 49.00% 1,955
Total Votes 3,990
Source: New Jersey Department of State

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