Rick Van Glahn
Rick Van Glahn was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 11th Congressional District of New Jersey.[1] Van Glahn was defeated by incumbent Rodney Frelinghuysen in the Republican primary.[2]
Van Glahn was a 2014 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 11th Congressional District of New Jersey.[3] He was defeated by incumbent Rodney Frelinghuysen in the Republican primary on June 3, 2014.
Elections
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Rodney Frelinghuysen (R) defeated Joseph Wenzel (D), Jeff Hetrick (L), and Thomas DePasquale (Financial Independence) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Frelinghuysen defeated Rick Van Glahn in the Republican primary, while Wenzel won the Democratic nomination against Lee Anne Brogowski and Richard McFarlane. The primary elections took place on June 7, 2016. Frelinghuysen won re-election in the November 8 election.[4][5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Rodney Frelinghuysen Incumbent |
58% | 194,299 | |
| Democratic | Joseph Wenzel | 38.9% | 130,162 | |
| Financial Independence | Thomas DePasquale | 2.1% | 7,056 | |
| Libertarian | Jeff Hetrick | 1% | 3,475 | |
| Total Votes | 334,992 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Rodney Frelinghuysen Incumbent |
76.2% | 44,618 | ||
| Rick Van Glahn | 23.8% | 13,909 | ||
| Total Votes | 58,527 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Joseph Wenzel |
70.4% | 34,688 | ||
| Richard McFarlane | 17.8% | 8,751 | ||
| Lee Anne Brogowski | 11.8% | 5,799 | ||
| Total Votes | 49,238 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections |
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2014
Van Glahn ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 11th District. Van Glahn sought the Republican nomination in the primary on June 3, 2014, but lost to incumbent Rodney Frelinghuysen.
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Rodney Frelinghuysen Incumbent |
66.7% | 15,697 | ||
| Rick Van Glahn | 33.3% | 7,828 | ||
| Total Votes | 23,525 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections - Official Election Results |
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Campaign themes
2016
The following issues were listed on Van Glahn's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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| —Rick Van Glahn's campaign website, http://www.rickvanglahn.com/issues | ||
2014
Van Glahn refers to himself as "a citizen servant, not a career politician." He listed the following themes on his campaign website:
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| —Rick Van Glahn[8] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- New Jersey's 11th Congressional District election, 2016
- New Jersey's 11th Congressional District elections, 2014
- New Jersey's 11th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "New Jersey Primary Results," June 7, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "New Jersey House 11 Results," November 8, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Rick Van Glahn, A Citizen Servant – not a Career Politician, "Home," accessed April 9, 2014
