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Michael Wildes
Michael Wildes (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 5th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 4, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: New Jersey's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
New Jersey's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Republican primary)
New Jersey's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 5
Incumbent Josh Gottheimer defeated Mary Jo Guinchard, Beau Forte, James Tosone, and Aamir Arif in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Josh Gottheimer (D) | 54.6 | 208,359 |
 | Mary Jo Guinchard (R) | 43.3 | 165,287 | |
 | Beau Forte (G)  | 0.9 | 3,428 | |
 | James Tosone (L) | 0.6 | 2,440 | |
| Aamir Arif (Peace Freedom Liberty Party) | 0.6 | 2,375 | ||
| Total votes: 381,889 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Richard Siegel (Ceasefire And Justice Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 5
Incumbent Josh Gottheimer advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 5 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh Gottheimer | 100.0 | 42,819 |
| Total votes: 42,819 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Wildes (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 5
Mary Jo Guinchard defeated George Song in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 5 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Jo Guinchard | 69.8 | 21,321 |
 | George Song | 30.2 | 9,238 | |
| Total votes: 30,559 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Wildes in this election.
2020
See also: New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2020
New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Democratic primary)
New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9
Incumbent Bill Pascrell defeated Billy Prempeh and Chris Auriemma in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bill Pascrell (D) | 65.8 | 203,674 |
 | Billy Prempeh (R) | 31.9 | 98,629 | |
 | Chris Auriemma (Veteran For Change Party) | 2.3 | 7,239 | |
| Total votes: 309,542 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9
Incumbent Bill Pascrell defeated Zinovia Spezakis and Alp Basaran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on July 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Pascrell | 80.6 | 52,422 |
 | Zinovia Spezakis | 16.9 | 10,998 | |
 | Alp Basaran | 2.4 | 1,592 | |
| Total votes: 65,012 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Blake Michael (D)
- Michael Wildes (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9
Billy Prempeh defeated Timothy Walsh (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on July 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Billy Prempeh | 74.2 | 10,055 |
| Timothy Walsh (Unofficially withdrew) | 25.8 | 3,500 | ||
| Total votes: 13,555 | |||
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2018
Wildes ultimately did not file to run.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michael Wildes did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Michael Wildes did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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