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Rik Mehta
Rik Mehta (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 7, 2022.
Biography
Mehta's campaign website describes him as "a biotech entrepreneur, innovator, [and] healthcare policy expert," as well as a licensed attorney and pharmacist.[1] Mehta owns and runs a consulting firm, R&R Strategies, and works as a partner at Licentiam, a healthcare licensing technology firm. His professional experience also includes working as a Consumer Safety Officer at the U.S.Food and Drug Administration and teaching as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and Rutgers University's School of Health Professions.[2][1] Mehta earned a bachelor's degree and J.D. from Rutgers University, a Pharm.D. degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and a joint LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center and the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: New Jersey's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 6
Incumbent Frank Pallone Jr. defeated Susan Kiley, Tara Fisher, Inder Soni, and Eric Antisell in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Frank Pallone Jr. (D) | 57.5 | 106,238 |
 | Susan Kiley (R) | 41.0 | 75,839 | |
 | Tara Fisher (L) | 0.7 | 1,361 | |
| Inder Soni (New Jersey First) | 0.5 | 947 | ||
 | Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)  | 0.3 | 534 | |
| Total votes: 184,919 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6
Incumbent Frank Pallone Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frank Pallone Jr. | 100.0 | 30,534 |
| Total votes: 30,534 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sherry Euvin (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6
Susan Kiley defeated Rik Mehta and Tom Toomey in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Susan Kiley | 56.8 | 10,076 |
 | Rik Mehta | 26.7 | 4,735 | |
 | Tom Toomey | 16.4 | 2,913 | |
| Total votes: 17,724 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gregg Mele (R)
2020
See also: United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2020
United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2020 (July 7 Democratic primary)
United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2020 (July 7 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. Senate New Jersey
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate New Jersey on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cory Booker (D) | 57.2 | 2,541,178 |
| Rik Mehta (R) | 40.9 | 1,817,052 | |
 | Madelyn Hoffman (G) | 0.9 | 38,288 | |
 | Veronica Fernandez (Of, By, For! Party) | 0.7 | 32,290 | |
 | Daniel Burke (Larouche Was Right Party) | 0.3 | 11,632 | |
 | Luis Vergara (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Total votes: 4,440,440 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey
Incumbent Cory Booker defeated Lawrence Hamm in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on July 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cory Booker | 87.6 | 838,110 |
 | Lawrence Hamm | 12.4 | 118,802 | |
| Total votes: 956,912 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Harsh Naik (D)
- Lisa McCormick (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey
Rik Mehta defeated Hirsh Singh, Tricia Flanagan, Natalie Rivera, and Eugene Anagnos in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on July 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rik Mehta | 38.0 | 154,817 |
 | Hirsh Singh | 35.9 | 146,133 | |
 | Tricia Flanagan | 17.8 | 72,678 | |
 | Natalie Rivera | 5.3 | 21,650 | |
 | Eugene Anagnos | 3.0 | 12,047 | |
| Total votes: 407,325 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gary Rich (R)
- Navodaya Garepalli (R)
- Stuart David Meissner (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rik Mehta did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Rik Mehta completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mehta's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Healthcare Innovation
- Safe and Legal Immigration
- Constitutional Integrity
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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