Stephen Burd
Stephen Burd (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 28. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 4, 2019.
Burd completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Burd earned his B.S. in secondary English and communications education from Pennsylvania State University in 2005, his B.A. in theater from Pennsylvania State University in 2005, and his M.S.Ed. in school counseling from Hunter College in 2012. His professional experience includes working as an English teacher and as a school counselor.[1]
Elections
2019
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 28 (2 seats)
Incumbent Ralph Caputo and incumbent Cleopatra Tucker defeated Joy Bembry-Freeman, Antonio Pires, and Derrick Ross in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 28 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ralph Caputo (D) | 41.4 | 16,234 |
| ✔ |  | Cleopatra Tucker (D) | 40.8 | 15,998 |
| Joy Bembry-Freeman (R) | 8.4 | 3,282 | ||
| Antonio Pires (R) | 7.7 | 3,025 | ||
| Derrick Ross (Independent) | 1.6 | 627 | ||
| Total votes: 39,166 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 28 (2 seats)
Incumbent Cleopatra Tucker and incumbent Ralph Caputo defeated Stephen Burd in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 28 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cleopatra Tucker | 48.0 | 4,553 |
| ✔ | | Ralph Caputo | 45.5 | 4,319 |
 | Stephen Burd | 6.6 | 622 | |
| Total votes: 9,494 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 28 (2 seats)
Joy Bembry-Freeman and Antonio Pires advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 28 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joy Bembry-Freeman | 51.8 | 515 | |
| ✔ | Antonio Pires | 48.2 | 479 | |
| Total votes: 994 | |||
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Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia biographical submission form
The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:
| “ | What is your political philosophy?
I hope to bring true progressive policies to the state of New Jersey.[2] |
” |
| —Stephen Burd[1] | ||
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Stephen Burd completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Burd's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
1. We should legalize marijuana in NJ and fix a broken criminal justice system that has unfairly targeted poor and minority communities through the government’s war on drugs. 2. Climate change is real and we need programs like The Green New Deal to protect our planet and create green jobs for the people of NJ and the USA. We should not allow private corporations to control access to our drinking water. 3. Women's preventive care, including birth control, is basic health care. We need to fund organizations like Planned Parenthood to ensure that all women have access to affordable family-planning services.
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
I'm passionate about protecting our environment and ensuring that every person in NJ has access to clean drinking water. I'd also like to incentivize building additional clean energy infrastructure in NJ. I'm also passionate about protecting workers' rights and fully funding the pensions of our state's public employees while protecting their health care. Public employees should not have to sacrifice their health care to balance our budget.
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See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
