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Steven Welzer
Steven Welzer (Green Party) is running for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 14. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.[source]
Biography
Steven Welzer was born in Newark, New Jersey. He earned a high school diploma from Columbia High School, a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University in 1976, and a graduate degree from Rutgers University in 1983. His career experience includes working as a journalist. As of 2024, Welzer was affiliated with Green Horizon Magazine.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 (2 seats)
Incumbent Wayne P. DeAngelo, incumbent Tennille R. McCoy, Marty Flynn, Joseph Stillwell, and Steven Welzer are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
 | Wayne P. DeAngelo (D) | |
 | Tennille R. McCoy (D) | |
 | Marty Flynn (R) | |
 | Joseph Stillwell (R) | |
 | Steven Welzer (G) | |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 (2 seats)
Incumbent Wayne P. DeAngelo and incumbent Tennille R. McCoy advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wayne P. DeAngelo | 51.5 | 18,464 |
| ✔ | | Tennille R. McCoy | 48.5 | 17,383 |
| Total votes: 35,847 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Luciano (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 (2 seats)
Marty Flynn and Joseph Stillwell advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marty Flynn | 51.0 | 8,813 |
| ✔ | | Joseph Stillwell | 49.0 | 8,459 |
| Total votes: 17,272 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Alisha Ferenczi (R)
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2024
See also: New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)
New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 3
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Herbert C. Conaway Jr. (D) | 53.2 | 202,034 |
 | Rajesh Mohan (R) | 44.7 | 169,454 | |
| Steven Welzer (G) | 0.9 | 3,478 | |
 | Chris Russomanno (L) | 0.5 | 1,951 | |
 | Douglas Wynn (Why Not Wynn Party) | 0.4 | 1,332 | |
 | Justin Barbera (Join The Revolution Party) | 0.3 | 1,235 | |
| Total votes: 379,484 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 3
Herbert C. Conaway Jr. defeated Carol Murphy, Joseph Cohn, Sarah Schoengood, and Brian Schkeeper in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 3 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Herbert C. Conaway Jr. | 49.6 | 27,528 |
 | Carol Murphy | 25.3 | 14,049 | |
 | Joseph Cohn | 11.7 | 6,517 | |
 | Sarah Schoengood | 10.0 | 5,524 | |
 | Brian Schkeeper | 3.4 | 1,862 | |
| Total votes: 55,480 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Andrew Kim (D)
- Alexander Hammerli (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 3
Rajesh Mohan defeated Shirley Maia-Cusick, Michael Francis Faccone, and Gregory Sobocinski in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 3 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rajesh Mohan | 38.0 | 13,011 |
 | Shirley Maia-Cusick | 30.7 | 10,507 | |
 | Michael Francis Faccone | 17.0 | 5,812 | |
 | Gregory Sobocinski | 14.4 | 4,947 | |
| Total votes: 34,277 | |||
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Endorsements
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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.[2][3][3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Bonnie 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 | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bonnie Watson Coleman Incumbent |
93.6% | 66,479 | ||
| Alexander Kucsma | 6.4% | 4,525 | ||
| Total Votes | 71,004 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections |
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2015
Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 2, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2015.[5] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Incumbent Wayne DeAngelo and incumbent Daniel Benson were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. David Jones and Philip Kaufman were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. DeAngelo and Benson defeated Jones, Kaufman, Steven Welzer (G) and Joann Cousin (G) in the general election.[6][7][8][9][10]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 14 General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Wayne DeAngelo Incumbent |
30.2% | 22,319 | |
| Democratic | Daniel Benson Incumbent |
28.7% | 21,187 | |
| Republican | David Jones | 19.6% | 14,474 | |
| Republican | Philip Kaufman | 18.9% | 13,937 | |
| Green | Joann Cousin | 1.4% | 1,028 | |
| Green | Steven Welzer | 1.3% | 957 | |
| Total Votes | 73,902 | |||
2014
Welzer ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 12th District.[11] He lost to Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) in the general election.[12] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bonnie Watson Coleman |
61% | 90,430 | |
| Republican | Alieta Eck | 36.5% | 54,168 | |
| Green | Steven Welzer | 0.6% | 890 | |
| Truth Vision Hope | Kenneth Cody | 0.4% | 567 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Allen Cannon | 0.3% | 450 | |
| Legalize Marijuana | Don Dezarn | 0.9% | 1,330 | |
| Start the Conversation | Jack Freudenheim | 0.4% | 531 | |
| Total Votes | 148,366 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections | ||||
2013
Welzer was a Green Party candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 2013.[13] Welzer lost in the general election on November 5, 2013.
- 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 | ||||
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.[14]
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.[15]
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.[16][17] 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.[18] In the final week before the general election, polling averages showed him with approximately a 24 percent advantage.[19]
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.[20] 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.[21] 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.[21]
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.[22] 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.
2011
Welzer was a Green Party candidate for District 14 of the New Jersey General Assembly. He was defeated in the November 8 general election. Daniel Benson and Wayne DeAngelo ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. David Fried and Wayne Wittman defeated Bruce MacDonald in the Republican primary. However, Fried withdrew after the primary for health reasons and was replaced by Sheree McGowan.[23] The general election was held on November 8.[24]
| New Jersey General Assembly District 14 General Election, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Wayne DeAngelo Incumbent |
29% | 26,626 | |
| Democratic | Daniel Benson Incumbent |
28% | 25,662 | |
| Republican | Sheree McGowan | 20.9% | 19,135 | |
| Republican | Wayne Wittman | 20.8% | 19,100 | |
| Green | Steven Welzer | 1.3% | 1,189 | |
| Total Votes | 91,712 | |||
Speculation
Asbury Park Press
District 14 was one of only three districts that the Asbury Park Press identified as competitive in 2011. The other two were Districts 2 and 38. Districts 2 and 38 may have leaned more Republican after 2011 redistricting, and District 14 may still have favored Democrats. As evidence, they cited a drop in registered Democrats in Districts 2 and 38, and only a small decrease in registered Democrats in District 14. History has shown, argued APP, that districts where Democrats hold less than a 10,000 registered voter advantage typically favor the GOP. The Democratic registration advantage in District 14 was roughly 21,000, (down from 25,000).[25]
2009
Welzer lost to incumbents Declan O'Scanlon, Jr. (R) and Caroline Casagrande (R) in the 2009 elections. Also running were Democratic challengers John Amberg and Michelle Roth.[26]
Campaign themes
2025
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2024
Steven Welzer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Welzer's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Our country needs a more open political system. There are surely more than just two perspectives on the issues. The electorate is clamoring for more voices in the system and more choices on the ballots. Let's implement Ranked-Choice Voting so that voters can readily consider expressing their preferences instead of feeling compelled to oppose "the greater evil."
- We’re facing a crisis of social and ecological unsustainability. The Republicans and Democrats have traded places running the country for 150 years. Their policies have jointly resulted in the inequality, militarism, and big-money domination of our politics that are at the root of the crisis we now face.
With over 800 bases worldwide and a military budget approaching $1 Trillion the United States can’t seem to resist getting itself involved in geopolitical conflicts. It’s not in our interest to try to play policeman all over the world. Money and our national reputation are being squandered on militarism. So I advocate closing all the bases, cutting the military budget in half, and reorienting our national priorities.
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Interview with NJ Spotlight News
Welzer highlighted the following themes in an interview with NJ Spotlight News in 2024. The questions from NJ Spotlight News are bolded and Welzer's responses follow below.[27]
| “ |
Personal background: I was born in Newark and have been a New Jersey resident all my life. I earned both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree from Rutgers University. I worked in tech support for the New Jersey Judiciary for almost 25 years. Political background: I was a founding member of the Green Party of New Jersey (GPNJ) in 1997 and a co-chair of the Green Party of the United States in 2012-2013. I was the GPNJ candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 2013. Reason for running: There is a constituency that supports Green politics. Those voters look forward to seeing a Green Party candidate on their ballot. Biggest issue: Opening up our electoral system to “more voices and more choices.” Voters tell pollsters that they’re dissatisfied with the ongoing only-two-significant-choices system. There are changes we can make that would enable alternative parties to compete on an equal basis. Ranked-choice Voting is one reform that many states and cities have been implementing. On the federal government’s role in women’s reproductive health: I advocate ensuring full reproductive rights and bodily autonomy for women. We should codify Roe v Wade in legislation. Our goal should be that every baby born is a wanted child. On the U.S. transition to clean energy: . Invest in renewable energy infrastructure across the nation, including wind, solar, tidal, and geothermal, with battery and energy storage; build a nationwide, publicly-owned smart electricity grid. . End all forms of subsidies to the fossil fuel industry; create an Office of Climate Mobilization to coordinate policy changes and other needed interventions to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions. . Transfer some of the billions going toward armaments production toward funding the manufacture of renewable energy and clean transportation technologies; in doing so we could generate millions of good-paying union jobs that green the economy. . Ensure a Just Transition for workers shifting from the fossil fuel and other extractive and polluting industries. . Prioritize energy efficiency and conservation; require new buildings to demonstrate zero emissions by 2035 and retrofit existing buildings; subsidize installation of heat pumps to replace fossil fuels for heating and cooling. . Chemicalized and industrialized corporate agribusiness is driving family farmers off the land, rural America into depression and ecosystems to collapse while failing to end hunger and malnutrition; the corporate agribusiness model is also depleting water aquifers and soils and driving insects to extinction, all leading to the collapse of ecosystems. On ensuring free and fair elections and the transition of power: . Replace the exclusionary “only-two-significant-parties” system with full multi-party democracy through ranked-choice voting and proportional representation . Institute full public financing of elections … get the corrupting influence of private money out of politics . Abolish the Electoral College; elect the president via national popular vote using ranked-choice voting . Support a modern Voting Rights Act, including non-partisan redistricting commissions and same-day voter registration nationwide. On the U.S. role in foreign conflicts: The bipartisan endless war machine enriches military contractors, lobbyists, and politicians, while it fuels devastation around the world and drains funds from our domestic needs. The Pentagon budget consumes over half of the discretionary federal budget! We must create a new foreign policy based on diplomacy, international law, and human rights to lead the way to a new era of peace and cooperation. If we cut the military budget by 50% our country would still be spending twice as much as any other country in the world.[28] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 9, 2024
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 - ↑ CNN, "New Jersey House 12 Results," November 8, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 3, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "General election candidates for U.S. House," accessed October 2, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2014 New Jersey House Election Results," accessed November 7, 2014
- ↑ NJ.com, "Independents survive ballot challenges from Democrats," accessed June 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
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 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)
- ↑ NJ.com, "Sheree McGowan aims for Dave Fried's spot on GOP ticket in 14th District Assembly race," August 17, 2011
- ↑ 2011 Unofficial General Assembly General Election Candidate List (dead link)
- ↑ Asbury Park Press, "Race for Legislature was on," September 23, 2011
- ↑ Associated Press, "General Election Results, November 4, 2009," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ NJ Spotlight News, "Election profile: 3rd Congressional District," accessed October 24, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
