Robert Quinn (New Jersey)

Robert Quinn

Republican Party

Education

Bachelor's

Seton Hall University, 1998

Personal

Profession

Global operations director

Contact

Personal website

Robert Quinn was a 2017 Republican candidate for District 17 of the New Jersey General Assembly.

Biography

Quinn earned his B.S. in management information systems from Seton Hall University in 1998. His professional experiece includes working as the global operations director at Sungard Availability Services.

Campaign themes

2017

Quinn's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	Education One of the most critical issues in our current era is the state of education in New Jersey. Robert has been actively involved in opposing the Common Core and PARCC initiatives based upon the effect to the children of New Jersey. The standards have impacted our most vulnerable children most appreciably. This is an injustice to these young children, who have so much potential. The key to move out of poverty is encouraging the love of education, which is the opposite of Common Core & PARCC. Business New Jersey has become reknowned as current business unfriendly climate. We see this alone in the flow of businesses from our state. How do we make New Jersey competitive again? How do we stem the flow of businesses and citizens fleeing to other states due to the lack of jobs and high taxation? Half measures cannot resolve our present predicament. Our legislature needs to enact policies that incubate conditions to attract business. This will require the courage to consider new ideas and tactics. Taxes Our tax situation is deeply related to two issues described above. Education taxes constitute a large percentage of New Jerseyans commitment. At the same time, our tax dollars have not shown a major improvement where they have been allocated the most. It is imperative we use prudence when making a decision to resolving the above issue. We are not truly talking of tax dollars, but children. A "fair" tax plan would see us, the tax payer, see the children succeed. Our pension commitments is another grave concern. It seems unconscionable to renege on the commitment made to our public workers, especially given they planned their lives around promises made to them. At the same time, we must acknowledge that we the tax payers voted in politicians based upon unrealistic expectations. And, we cannot speak of this topic without acknowledging that the bargaining for these rights may have pushed finances beyond their means. It would seem there is equal fault in a number of parties. Do we have representatives with the courage to define measures to solve this issue once and for all, or is it our plan to continue half measures? Jobs As technology and our job market adapts , and as we confront ourselves within a Global economy, we must resist the temptation to implement policies that will isolate us from the world market. Protectionist policies have historical precedent of further exacerbating a downturn economy. Our objective should aim to project market requirements and posture our labor force for success.	”
—Robert Quinn

Elections

2017

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2017

General election

Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2017. All 80 seats were up for election. State assembly members are elected to two-year terms. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on June 6, 2017. The filing deadline for the primary election was April 3, 2017. Legislative districts in the New Jersey General Assembly are multi-member districts, with two representatives in each district. In Democratic and Republican primary elections, the top two candidates move forward to the general election, and the top two candidates in the general election are declared the winners. Incumbent Joseph Egan (D) and incumbent Joseph Danielsen (D) defeated Robert Quinn (R), Nadine Wilkins (R), and Michael Habib (It's Our Time) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 17 general election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 17 General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joseph Egan Incumbent	36.03%	29,149
	Democratic	Joseph Danielsen Incumbent	35.14%	28,425
	Republican	Robert Quinn	13.99%	11,317
	Republican	Nadine Wilkins	13.76%	11,131
	It's Our Time	Michael Habib	1.08%	875
Total Votes				80,897
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Incumbent Joseph Egan and incumbent Joseph Danielsen defeated Heather Fenyk and Ralph Johnson in the New Jersey General Assembly District 17 Democratic primary election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 17 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Joseph Egan Incumbent	34.87%	9,605
Joseph Danielsen Incumbent	32.70%	9,007
Heather Fenyk	16.39%	4,513
Ralph Johnson	16.04%	4,418
Total Votes		27,543
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Robert Quinn and Nadine Wilkins were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 17 Republican primary election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 17 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Robert Quinn	51.00%	2,035
Nadine Wilkins	49.00%	1,955
Total Votes		3,990
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Endorsements

2017

In 2017, Quinn's endorsements included the following:

• Sheila Montague
• Corey Teague
• Donna Simon
• Denise Cole

See also

• State legislative elections, 2017
• New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2017
• State legislative special elections, 2017
• New Jersey General Assembly
• New Jersey State Legislature

External links

Suggest a link

• Official campaign website
• Robert Quinn on Facebook
• New Jersey Legislature website

Footnotes

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Current members of the New Jersey General Assembly

Leadership

Representatives

District 1

Antwan McClellan (R)

Erik Simonsen (R)

District 2

Don Guardian (R)

Claire Swift (R)

District 3

Dave Bailey (D)

Heather Simmons (D)

District 4

Dan Hutchison (D)

Cody Miller (D)

District 5

William Moen (D)

William Spearman (D)

District 6

Louis Greenwald (D)

Melinda Kane (D)

District 7

Carol Murphy (D)

Balvir Singh (D)

District 8

Andrea Katz (D)

Michael Torrissi (R)

District 9

Gregory Myhre (R)

Brian Rumpf (R)

District 10

Paul Kanitra (R)

Gregory McGuckin (R)

District 11

Margie Donlon (D)

Luanne Peterpaul (D)

District 12

Robert Clifton (R)

Alex Sauickie (R)

District 13

Victoria Flynn (R)

Gerard Scharfenberger (R)

District 14

Wayne DeAngelo (D)

Tennille McCoy (D)

District 15

Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)

Anthony Verrelli (D)

District 16

Mitchelle Drulis (D)

Roy Freiman (D)

District 17

Joseph Danielsen (D)

Kevin Egan (D)

District 18

Robert Karabinchak (D)

Sterley Stanley (D)

District 19

Craig Coughlin (D)

Yvonne Lopez (D)

District 20

Reginald Atkins (D)

Annette Quijano (D)

District 21

Michele Matsikoudis (R)

Nancy Muñoz (R)

District 22

Linda Carter (D)

James Kennedy (D)

District 23

John DiMaio (R)

Erik Peterson (R)

District 24

Dawn Fantasia (R)

Michael Inganamort (R)

District 25

Christian Barranco (R)

Aura Dunn (R)

District 26

Brian Bergen (R)

Jay Webber (R)

District 27

Rosy Bagolie (D)

Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)

District 28

Garnet Hall (D)

Cleopatra Tucker (D)

District 29

Eliana Marin (D)

Shanique Speight (D)

District 30

Sean Kean (R)

Avi Schnall (D)

District 31

William Sampson (D)

Barbara Stamato (D)

District 32

John Allen (D)

Jessica Ramirez (D)

District 33

Julio Marenco (D)

Gabriel Rodriguez (D)

District 34

Carmen Morales (D)

Michael Venezia (D)

District 35

Alaa Abdelaziz (D)

Shavonda Sumter (D)

District 36

Clinton Calabrese (D)

Gary Schaer (D)

District 37

Shama Haider (D)

Ellen Park (D)

District 38

Lisa Swain (D)

Chris Tully (D)

District 39

Robert Auth (R)

John Azzariti (R)

District 40

Al Barlas (R)

Christopher DePhillips (R)

Democratic Party (52)

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