Robert Thorne
Robert Thorne was a 2014 independent ("911 Truth Needed") candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 8th Congressional District of New Jersey.[1] Thorne was defeated by incumbent Albio Sires (D) in the general election on November 4, 2014.[2]
Thorne was previously a 2013 candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey. He ran for the NSA Did 911 Party on a joint ticket with gubernatorial candidate Jeff Boss in the general election on November 5, 2013.[3]
Elections
2014
Thorne ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 8th District. He lost to incumbent Albio Sires (D) in the general election.[2] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Albio Sires Incumbent |
77.4% | 61,510 | |
| Republican | Jude Anthony Tiscornia | 19% | 15,141 | |
| Wake Up USA | Pablo Olivera | 1.3% | 1,022 | |
| Politicians Are Crooks | Herbert Shaw | 1.5% | 1,192 | |
| 911 Truth Needed | Robert Thorne | 0.8% | 653 | |
| Total Votes | 79,518 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections | ||||
2013
Thorne ran as a minor party candidate affiliated with the NSA Did 911 Party for Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey in 2013. He ran on a ticket with gubernatorial candidate Jeff Boss.[4] The pair lost in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.
Results
- General Election
On November 5, 2013, Chris Christie and Kim Guadagno (R) won re-election as Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey. They defeated the Buono/Silva (D), Kaplan/Bell (L), Welzer/Alessandrini (I), Sare/Todd (I), Araujo/Salamanca (I), Schroeder/Moschella (I) and Boss/Thorne (I) ticket(s) in the general election.
| Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Chris Christie & Kim Guadagno |
60.3% | 1,278,932 | |
| Democratic | Barbara Buono & Milly Silva | 38.2% | 809,978 | |
| Libertarian | Kenneth Kaplan & Brenda Bell | 0.6% | 12,155 | |
| Independent | Steven Welzer & Patricia Alessandrini | 0.4% | 8,295 | |
| Independent | Diane Sare & Bruce Todd | 0.2% | 3,360 | |
| Independent | William Araujo & Maria Salamanca | 0.2% | 3,300 | |
| Independent | Hank Schroeder & Patricia Moschella | 0.1% | 2,784 | |
| Independent | Jeff Boss & Robert Thorne | 0.1% | 2,062 | |
| Total Votes | 2,120,866 | |||
| Election Results Via: New Jersey Department of State | ||||
Campaign Issues
Thorne wrote Ballotpedia in October, 2013 to give his comments on some of his campaign issues.
- "I'll say that I'd just like to try to do what's best for this country, and that means getting us back to the good values found in the U.S. Constitution and the ancient religious texts such as the Bible, QUR'AN, Bhagavad Gita, etc.; that's where great wisdom resides, and I can't do any better than what has been done there."
- "I won't take a salary, would willingly be recalled, by the people, if I'd go back on any promise or do anything wrong, I'd like to have witnesses present, with video cameras, for any meeting with special interests to record the meetings. I think this should also be done in U.S. Courtrooms, to keep a record of what was actually said and done."
- "The "Jeffersonian" form of limited government is something I believe in, as this gives people the maximum freedoms."[5]
Primaries
Incumbent Republican Gov. Chris Christie and Democratic state Sen. Barbara Buono each faced a single opponent in the June 4 primary election. Both candidates secured their party’s nomination with approximately 90 percent of the vote.[6]
Former Atlantic City Councilman Seth Grossman was the only Republican to challenge the first-term governor. Grossman’s campaign focused on criticizing Christie’s policies during his first term. On the Democratic side, Buono faced Troy Webster, an adviser to the mayor of East Orange, who emphasized his commitment to supporting working-class and middle-class families. Both Grossman and Webster received endorsements from the weekly publication NJ Today.[7]
Selection of running mates
After primary elections, New Jersey gubernatorial nominees have 30 days to select a running mate. Shortly after launching his re-election campaign, Governor Chris Christie announced that Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno would again be his running mate. Democratic nominee Barbara Buono announced her selection of Milly Silva, executive vice president of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, as her running mate on July 29.[8][9] The ticket competed against the incumbent team of Chris Christie and Kim Guadagno, along with several third-party candidates, in the general election held on November 5, 2013.
Polling
Christie was favored to win re-election, with his campaign raising nearly double that of Buono's in the primary and maintaining a double-digit advantage in the polls throughout the election season.[10] In the final week before the general election, polling averages showed him with approximately a 24 percent advantage.[11]
Public financing
Since 1977, New Jersey gubernatorial primary and general election candidates have been eligible to participate in a public funding program. Under this system, candidates who raise a minimum amount of money are dispensed tax-generated funds, controlled by the state election law enforcement commission, in direct proportion to campaign donations given from the public. In the 2013 election cycle, the qualifying threshold for primary election candidates was $380,000.[12] The purpose of the program is to lessen the influence of corporate contributions in elections. On February 2, 2013, then-presumptive Democratic nominee Barbara Buono's campaign reported that it had surpassed the $380,000 mark.[13] By that time, Christie's campaign had raised $2 million. Unlike in the 2009 election, when Christie participated in the public financing program during both the primary and general election phases, he chose to wait until after the 2013 primary to opt into the program. By qualifying, Christie became eligible to receive approximately $8 million in public matching funds. The qualifying terms also required him to participate in two debates with Buono before the general election.[13]
In New Jersey, candidates who qualify for and accept public financing are subject to a spending limit on their gubernatorial campaigns. As of 2013, the maximum allowable expenditure for such candidates was $12.2 million, with a cap of $8.2 million in public matching funds.[14] New Jersey employs a two-to-one matching program for qualified contributions. It is detailed in Title 19 Chapter 25 Sub Chapter 15 of the New Jersey State Statutes.
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Robert + Thorne + New + Jersey + Congress"
See also
- Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey
- New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2013
- Current New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
- United States House of Representatives
- New Jersey's 8th Congressional District elections, 2014
- New Jersey's 8th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "General election candidates for U.S. House," accessed August 18, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Politico, "2014 New Jersey House Election Results," accessed November 7, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor - Official List," August 8, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor - Official List," June 28, 2013
- ↑ Kristen Mathews, "Email communication with Robert Thorne," October 14, 2013
- ↑ NJToday, "Primary election results," accessed June 5, 2013
- ↑ NJ Today, "EDITORIAL: Troy Webster For Governor," April 14, 2013
- ↑ NorthJersey.com, "Barbara Buono picks union leader Milly Silva as running mate," July 25, 2013
- ↑ NJ.com, "Buono announces Milly Silva as her lieutenant governor pick," July 29, 2013
- ↑ NJ News 12, "Poll: Christie remains popular in NJ," accessed April 15, 2013
- ↑ RealClearPolitics, "New Jersey Governor - Christie vs. Buono," accessed November 3, 2013
- ↑ NJ.com, "Sen. Buono raises almost $250K in first month of campaigning," January 2, 2013
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 The Star-Ledger, "Buono qualifies for public matching funds in N.J. governor's race," February 4, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Press Release," June 19, 2012 (dead link)
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