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Steven Uccio
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Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2016

Education

High school

Allentown High School

Associate

Brookdale Community College

Contact

Personal Facebook

Steven Uccio was a 2017 Republican candidate for District 14 of the New Jersey General Assembly.

In 2016, Uccio was a Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 12th Congressional District of New Jersey.[1]

Uccio was a 2013 Libertarian candidate for District 14 of the New Jersey General Assembly. Uccio was a 2014 Libertarian candidate for Mercer County, New Jersey Freeholder. He then switched to the Republican Party and ran for the East Windsor Township Council in 2015.[2]

Biography

Uccio was born in New York City in 1986. He moved to New Jersey in 2001. He attended Allentown High School and graduated in 2004.[3] Uccio earned his A.A. in criminal justice from Brookdale Community College in 2007.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6] Incumbent Wayne DeAngelo (D) and incumbent Daniel Benson (D) defeated Kristian Stout (R) and Steven Uccio (R) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 14 general election.[7][8]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 14 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Wayne DeAngelo Incumbent 30.04% 35,596
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Daniel Benson Incumbent 29.61% 35,088
     Republican Kristian Stout 20.86% 24,725
     Republican Steven Uccio 19.50% 23,106
Total Votes 118,515
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Incumbent Wayne DeAngelo and incumbent Daniel Benson were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 14 Democratic primary election.[9][10]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 14 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Wayne DeAngelo Incumbent 50.75% 10,474
Green check mark transparent.png Daniel Benson Incumbent 49.25% 10,165
Total Votes 20,639
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Kristian Stout and Steven Uccio were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 14 Republican primary election.[11][10]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 14 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Kristian Stout 50.79% 3,996
Green check mark transparent.png Steven Uccio 49.21% 3,872
Total Votes 7,868
Source: New Jersey Department of State

2016

See also: New Jersey's 12th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) defeated Steven Uccio (R) and several third party candidates in the general election on November 8, 2016. Watson Coleman defeated Alexander Kucsma in the Democratic primary on June 7, 2016. Watson Coleman won re-election in the November 8 election.[12][13][13][14]

U.S. House, New Jersey District 12 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBonnie Watson Coleman Incumbent 62.9% 181,430
     Republican Steven Uccio 32% 92,407
     Legalize Marijuana Edward Forchion 2.1% 6,094
     Teddy Roosevelt Progressive Robert Shapiro 1% 2,775
     Libertarian Thomas Fitzpatrick 0.9% 2,482
     Green Steven Welzer 0.7% 2,135
     We the People Michael Bollentin 0.5% 1,311
Total Votes 288,634
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections


U.S. House, New Jersey District 12 Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBonnie Watson Coleman Incumbent 93.6% 66,479
Alexander Kucsma 6.4% 4,525
Total Votes 71,004
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections

2013

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2013

Uccio ran in the 2013 election for New Jersey General Assembly District 14. Uccio was bracketed with Sean O'Connor. He was defeated by incumbent Daniel Benson (D) and incumbent Wayne DeAngelo (D) in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.[15]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 14 General Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngWayne DeAngelo Incumbent 26.9% 32,048
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Benson Incumbent 26% 30,992
     Republican Steve Cook 23.6% 28,135
     Republican Ronald Haas 22% 26,233
     Libertarian Sean O'Connor 0.8% 898
     Libertarian Steven Uccio 0.7% 779
Total Votes 119,085

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Uccio's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“
  • Taxes: I support Rand Paul’s “Flat and Fair Tax” plan. That plan would replace our current seven-tier personal income tax system system with an across-the-board 14.5% tax on all income. This would eliminate corporate welfare where some companies don’t pay any money and would be more attractive to businesses. There are still a few personal deductions for things such as mortgages and charitable donations.
  • Minimal Government: I’d like to think of myself as socially tolerant and fiscally responsible. Unfortunately, we’re not getting a lot of either from Washington these days. The government is so big and so bloated I could shut down whole departments and you wouldn’t notice. The NSA, DEA, ATF, GSA, and Department of Education could all be shut down tomorrow and you likely wouldn’t notice a thing.
  • Education: The federal government has no constitutional authority over education. That is a function that’s supposed to be handled by each individual state. I understand we all want good education for our children, but the federal government is not helping. “No Child Left Behind,” “Common Core,” and “PARCC” have all been clear failures. Schools are more expensive, less effective, and are spending too much time testing instead of teaching.
  • Social Security: Social Security is already cash-flow negative and the trust fund is expected to go broke in 2034. Congress will ignore it as long as they can. If we want to save it, we must move quickly. I would personally like to shift to individual accounts, like the targeted asset allocation retirement funds available in many private 401K plans.
  • Wages: First, I’d like to say that I don’t think government should have a role in deciding someone’s salary. Government’s role is to ensure they’re getting paid the money that was agreed upon by the individual employee (or union) and the employer. I believe unions and employers working together do a better job of finding the mutually acceptable level of pay and benefits. A lot of people want to raise the minimum wage to $15 or $20 per hour. This shows ignorance in economics. Raising wages above what employers can pay will only keep entry-level applicants out and reduce employee hirings and hours.

[16]

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—Steven Uccio's campaign website, https://web.archive.org/web/20160814192922/http://stevenuccio.com/platform/

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Email submission to Ballotpedia from the candidate, February 27, 2016
  2. ↑ Steven J. Uccio for Congress, "Biography," accessed March 2, 2016
  3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named about
  4. ↑ Facebook, "About Steven Uccio," accessed September 10, 2013
  5. ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
  6. ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
  7. ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
  8. ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
  9. ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
  11. ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  12. ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, "General election candidates," accessed August 11, 2016 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "genlist16" defined multiple times with different content
  14. ↑ CNN, "New Jersey House 12 Results," November 8, 2016
  15. ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2013 Official General Election results," accessed December 9, 2013
  16. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


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