Scot John Tomaszewski
Scot John Tomaszewski (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 1st Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 7, 2022.
Tomaszewski was a 2018 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 5th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. He dropped out of the race in February 2018.[1]
Tomaszewski was a 2016 independent ("We Deserve Better") candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of New Jersey.[2] Tomaszewski was a 2014 independent ("We Deserve Better") candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of New Jersey.[3] He was defeated by Donald Norcross (D) in the general election on November 4, 2014.[4]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 1
Incumbent Donald Norcross defeated Paul Dilks, Robert Shapiro, Paul Hamlin, and Mohammad Kabir in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Donald Norcross (D) | 64.4 | 169,628 |
 | Paul Dilks (R) | 33.3 | 87,617 | |
 | Robert Shapiro (L) | 1.1 | 2,821 | |
 | Paul Hamlin (We Deserve Better Party) | 0.9 | 2,368 | |
 | Mohammad Kabir (Your Voice Hard Party) | 0.4 | 984 | |
| Total votes: 263,418 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1
Incumbent Donald Norcross defeated Robert Carlson and Scot John Tomaszewski in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Donald Norcross | 84.1 | 39,788 |
 | Robert Carlson | 9.7 | 4,570 | |
 | Scot John Tomaszewski | 6.2 | 2,953 | |
| Total votes: 47,311 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1
Paul Dilks advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paul Dilks | 100.0 | 12,363 |
| Total votes: 12,363 | |||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Donald Norcross (D) defeated Bob Patterson (R), Bill Sihr (L), Michael Berman (AmericanIndependents.org), and Scot John Tomaszewski (We Deserve Better) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Norcross defeated Alex Law in the Democratic primary on June 7, 2016. Norcross won re-election in the November 8 election.[5][2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Donald Norcross Incumbent |
60% | 183,231 | |
| Republican | Bob Patterson | 36.8% | 112,388 | |
| We Deserve Better | Scot John Tomaszewski | 1.8% | 5,473 | |
| Libertarian | Bill Sihr | 0.8% | 2,410 | |
| AmericanIndependents.org | Michael Berman | 0.6% | 1,971 | |
| Total Votes | 305,473 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Donald Norcross Incumbent |
70.3% | 56,753 | ||
| Alex Law | 29.7% | 23,986 | ||
| Total Votes | 80,739 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections |
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2014
Tomaszewski ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 1st District. He lost to Donald Norcross (D) in the general election.[4] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Donald Norcross |
57.4% | 93,315 | |
| Republican | Garry Cobb | 39.4% | 64,073 | |
| We Deserve Better | Scot John Tomaszewski | 1.1% | 1,784 | |
| Of the People | Mike Berman | 0.4% | 634 | |
| Change Is Needed | Margaret Chapman | 0.7% | 1,103 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Donald Letton | 0.3% | 449 | |
| Stop Boss Politics | Robert Shapiro | 0.7% | 1,134 | |
| Total Votes | 162,492 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections | ||||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- New Jersey's 1st Congressional District election, 2016
- New Jersey's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014
- Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional District election, 2018
- Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcong18 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 New Jersey Secretary of State, "Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Independent Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Politico, "2014 New Jersey House Election Results," accessed November 6, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016
