Mike Testa Jr.
Mike Testa Jr. (Republican Party) is a member of the New Jersey State Senate, representing District 1. He assumed office on December 5, 2019. His current term ends on January 11, 2028.
Testa (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Jersey State Senate to represent District 1. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Testa was assigned to the following committees:
2020-2021
Testa was assigned to the following committees:
- Public Schools Committee
- Budget and Appropriations Committee
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Senate Labor Committee
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2023
See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2023
General election
General election for New Jersey State Senate District 1
Incumbent Mike Testa Jr. defeated Charles Laspata in the general election for New Jersey State Senate District 1 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Testa Jr. (R) | 64.6 | 29,186 |
| Charles Laspata (D) | 35.4 | 15,972 | ||
| Total votes: 45,158 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 1
Charles Laspata advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 1 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Charles Laspata | 100.0 | 6,234 | |
| Total votes: 6,234 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 1
Incumbent Mike Testa Jr. advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 1 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Testa Jr. | 100.0 | 8,356 |
| Total votes: 8,356 | |||
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Endorsements
Testa received the following endorsements.
2021
See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2021
General election
General election for New Jersey State Senate District 1
Incumbent Mike Testa Jr. defeated Yolanda Garcia Balicki in the general election for New Jersey State Senate District 1 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Testa Jr. (R) | 64.6 | 42,438 |
| Yolanda Garcia Balicki (D) | 35.4 | 23,269 | ||
| Total votes: 65,707 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 1
Yolanda Garcia Balicki advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 1 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Yolanda Garcia Balicki | 100.0 | 9,157 | |
| Total votes: 9,157 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 1
Incumbent Mike Testa Jr. advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 1 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Testa Jr. | 100.0 | 13,845 |
| Total votes: 13,845 | |||
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2019
See also: New Jersey state legislative special elections, 2019
General election
Special general election for New Jersey State Senate District 1
Mike Testa Jr. defeated incumbent Bob Andrzejczak in the special general election for New Jersey State Senate District 1 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Testa Jr. (R) | 53.4 | 27,928 |
 | Bob Andrzejczak (D) | 46.6 | 24,343 | |
| Total votes: 52,271 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 1
Incumbent Bob Andrzejczak advanced from the special Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 1 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bob Andrzejczak | 100.0 | 4,925 |
| Total votes: 4,925 | |||
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Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 1
Mike Testa Jr. advanced from the special Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 1 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Testa Jr. | 100.0 | 5,687 |
| Total votes: 5,687 | |||
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Campaign themes
2023
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2021
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2019
Mike Testa Jr. completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Testa's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Furthermore, New Jersey politicians have currently incurred over $200 billion in debt and unfunded liabilities for our 9 million residents. That means every man, woman and child in our state would have to cough up over $20,000 in new taxes to cover what we already owe. This is insanity! It's time for a new approach.
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2016 Republican National Convention
Testa was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from New Jersey. Testa was one of 51 delegates from New Jersey bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[1] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Delegate rules
Delegates from New Jersey to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected directly by voters in the state primary election on June 7, 2016. Their names appeared on the ballot beneath the candidate they supported. New Jersey delegates were bound on the first ballot at the convention. New Jersey GOP rules in 2016 included a censure rule, stating, "any delegate or alternate allocated and/or committed to a particular candidate by virtue of the results of the June primary election who fails or refuses to act in accordance with their allocation and/or commitment to that candidate as set forth herein shall be subject to censure by the New Jersey Republican State Committee and/or the Country Republican Committees. Censure may include, among other things, being permanently barred from acting as a delegate or alternate to any future National Convention of the Republican Party."
New Jersey primary results
| New Jersey Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
80.4% | 356,697 | 51 | |
| John Kasich | 13.4% | 59,506 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 6.2% | 27,521 | 0 | |
| Totals | 443,724 | 51 | ||
| Source: The New York Times | ||||
Delegate allocation
New Jersey had 51 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 36 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 12 congressional districts), and 12 served as at-large delegates. The plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's district and at-large delegates.[2][3]
In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[2][3]
Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 9 to December 19. |
2023
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In 2023, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 10 to January 8.
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2022
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In 2022, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 11 to December 31. |
2021
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In 2021, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 4 to January 11.
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2020
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In 2020, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 14 to December 17.
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2019
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In 2019, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 9, 2018, through January 14, 2020.
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ nj.com, "Trump's N.J. delegate slate includes Chris Christie and son," accessed June 28, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
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| Preceded by Bob Andrzejczak (D) |
New Jersey State Senate District 1 2019-Present |
Succeeded by - |
