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Sean Byrnes
Sean Byrnes was a 2017 Democratic candidate for District 13 of the New Jersey State Senate.
Biography
Byrnes earned his B.S. in government from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1985 and his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1992. His professional experience includes working as a managing partner at Byrnes, O’Hern & Heugle, as a lawyer at McCarter & English, as a prosecutor for Atlantic Highlands for three years, and as staff legal counsel to the Commander, First Coast Guard District in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1996 to 2003. Byrnes previously served on the Red Bank Board of Education and on the Middletown Township Committee from 2007 to 2010. Byrnes served in the United States Coast Guard for 21 years, seven years on active duty and 14 years in the Coast Guard Reserve.[1]
Elections
2017
- See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2017
General election
Elections for the New Jersey State Senate took place in 2017. All 40 seats were up for election. 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.[2][3] Declan O'Scanlon (R) defeated Sean Byrnes (D) in the New Jersey State Senate District 13 general election.[4][5]
| New Jersey State Senate, District 13 General Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Declan O'Scanlon |
55.11% | 34,976 | |
| Democratic | Sean Byrnes | 44.89% | 28,493 | |
| Total Votes | 63,469 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||||
Democratic primary election
Sean Byrnes defeated Joshua Leinsdorf in the New Jersey State Senate District 13 Democratic primary election.[6]
| New Jersey State Senate, District 13 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Sean Byrnes |
92.76% | 7,252 |
| Joshua Leinsdorf | 7.24% | 566 |
| Total Votes | 7,818 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Republican primary election
Declan O'Scanlon ran unopposed in the New Jersey State Senate District 13 Republican primary election.[6]
| New Jersey State Senate, District 13 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | ||
| Declan O'Scanlon | ||
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Campaign themes
2017
Byrnes' campaign website highlighted the following issues:
| “ |
Eliminate corporate corruption
Invest in our infrastructure
Educate and retrain our workforce
|
” |
| —Sean Byrnes[8] | ||
See also
- State legislative elections, 2017
- New Jersey State Senate elections, 2017
- State legislative special elections, 2017
- New Jersey State Senate
- New Jersey State Legislature
External links
- Official campaign website
- Sean Byrnes on Facebook
- Sean Byrnes on Twitter
- New Jersey Legislature website
Footnotes
- ↑ Byrnes for Senate, "Meet Sean Byrnes," accessed May 4, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidate for State Senate for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for State Senate for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 New Jersey Department of State, "Official Primary Results: State Senate," accessed July 14, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Byrnes for Senate, "The Byrnes Plan," accessed May 4, 2017
