Patricia Veres
Patricia Veres (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 25. Veres lost in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Veres completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Patricia Veres lives in Morris County, New Jersey.[1] Veres earned a bachelor's degree from Douglass College at Rutgers University in 1990 and a J.D. from New York Law School in 1995.[2] Her career experience includes running a divorce litigation and mediation practice and owning Randolph Jazzercise, LLC. Veres volunteered for the Legal Clinic at the Women’s Center at County College of Morris and the Battered Women’s Legal Advocacy Project. She was elected to the Wharton Borough Council in 2016.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)
Incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn and incumbent Brian Bergen defeated Lauren Barnett and Patricia Veres in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Aura Kenny Dunn (R) | 28.2 | 42,183 |
| ✔ |  | Brian Bergen (R) | 27.8 | 41,584 |
 | Lauren Barnett (D)  | 22.3 | 33,322 | |
 | Patricia Veres (D) | 21.6 | 32,243 | |
| Total votes: 149,332 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)
Lauren Barnett and Patricia Veres advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lauren Barnett | 50.6 | 8,431 |
| ✔ | | Patricia Veres | 49.4 | 8,224 |
| Total votes: 16,655 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)
Incumbent Brian Bergen and incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brian Bergen | 50.2 | 11,995 |
| ✔ | | Aura Kenny Dunn | 49.8 | 11,920 |
| Total votes: 23,915 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Patricia Veres completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Veres' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- From Dover and Randolph to Morristown and Boonton to the Mendhams and the Chesters, our towns have so much to offer. We need to ensure that our communities continue to be desirable places to live, work, and raise a family. We are fortunate to have some of the best public schools in the country right here in our district, but that shouldn't create too heavy a burden on taxpayers. We need to make sure that we are fully funding our school funding formula and properly allocating school funding aid at the state level to decrease the property tax burden on our communities. Programs like the First-Time Home Buyer Down Payment Assistance Program will help make home ownership more accessible for all New Jerseyans and attract young professionals to
- A woman’s health decisions should be between her and her doctor. It is critical that we pass the Reproductive Freedom Act to protect reproductive rights and improve access to critical healthcare services including birth control, mammograms, and pregnancy-related care.
- We need to work together to find common sense solutions to our gun violence crisis. We need to ensure our children feel safe in our schools and in our communities. It is critical that we keep deadly weapons out of the hands of violent criminals and domestic abusers while respecting the Second Amendment and rights of responsible gun owners. Our state has led the way in preventing gun violence through an assault weapons ban and large capacity magazine limits, but deadly weapons are still making their way to New Jersey, which is why we need to implement policies to prevent illegal weapons from being brought across state lines.
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
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