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Trevor Ferrigno
Trevor Ferrigno (Together We Stand) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 5th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Ferrigno completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Trevor Ferrigno was born in New Jersey. He earned a bachelor's degree from William Paterson University in 2009, and his career experience includes working as an accountant.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: New Jersey's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 5
Incumbent Josh Gottheimer defeated Frank Pallotta, Jeremy Marcus, Trevor Ferrigno, and Louis Vellucci in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Josh Gottheimer (D) | 54.7 | 145,559 |
 | Frank Pallotta (R) | 44.3 | 117,873 | |
| Jeremy Marcus (L) | 0.4 | 1,193 | ||
 | Trevor Ferrigno (Together We Stand)  | 0.3 | 700 | |
 | Louis Vellucci (American Values) | 0.2 | 618 | |
| Total votes: 265,943 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Abrams (Stop Israel Boycotts)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 5
Incumbent Josh Gottheimer advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 5 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh Gottheimer | 100.0 | 31,142 |
| Total votes: 31,142 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 5
Frank Pallotta defeated Nick De Gregorio, Sab Skenderi, and Fred Schneiderman (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 5 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frank Pallotta | 50.2 | 16,021 |
| Nick De Gregorio | 45.6 | 14,560 | ||
| Sab Skenderi | 2.2 | 712 | ||
| Fred Schneiderman (Unofficially withdrew) | 2.0 | 629 | ||
| Total votes: 31,922 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Trevor Ferrigno completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ferrigno's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Preservation of The Constitution The Bill of Rights is critical if we are to maintain authority over our a government.
- Truth and Honor in Representation. We will never reach a meaningful outcome if our representative are not engaging in honest discussions about the real causes of important NJ issues.
- We need strong State representation to preserve New Jersey's sovereignty and fiscal independence from the Federal Government.
Economy - After 2 years of lockdowns and record inflation, we need leaders to promote policy for small-business reinvestment through tax cuts and incentives for employees to seek job opportunities.
Fiscal Spending - The hard truth is our representative refuses to acknowledge the real reason for the increase in prices of consumer goods. That reason is inflation and is the direct result of failed fiscal policy and the influx of $20 trillion into the US economy over the last two years.
Medical Autonomy - A citizen's right to choose their doctor and utilize informed consent to decide their medical treatment options is non-negotiable. As a people, through the debate on vaccine mandates and abortion, we are being asked to decide if we are willing to transfer medical decision-making authority to our government. We must unanimously answer NO.
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Campaign website
Ferrigno's campaign website stated the following:
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Fighting For New Jersey’s Economy In a time when the clear objective of the central state is to make itself financially insolvent, and economically uncompetitive, it becomes the responsibility of a sovereign state’s Electors to reclaim the obligation of ensuring the future prosperity of its own People. As an accountant, I know how to read the story told by the numbers but I won’t claim to be an expert in all industries. The most important thing someone can know is what they don’t know. I am just a regular guy with honor who will seek the right people to suggest the right ideas to do the right thing for New Jersey. New Jersey is one of our nation’s most diverse and capable States. We have some of the greatest human resources and some of the best educators in the country. Pound for pound, we have some of the most resourceful and industrious citizens. If we want to continue to be a beacon of excellence then we cannot weaken ourselves economically and politically. We must strengthen our resolve if we desire to continue to help all those we need to; that applies domestically and internationally. For the first time in our nation’s history, the national debt has exceeded our GDP. To put that into perspective, our “credit card bill” has exceeded our annual income. It’s time we removed the electors that have spent us into insolvency and hold them accountable. It is our responsibility to elect new guards that don’t owe any favors to anyone. We must elect representatives that will expose corrupt deals and rescind our obligation to honor them. If Congress continues down this path, we will become bankrupt beyond repair. They will never satisfy their current obligations to The People and we will surely be left impoverished and beholden to them. The People must exercise their authority over government through the right of election. We can remove the electors who have broken our banks and appoint new ones to evaluate our spending, strategically cut back on waste, and reinvest in our country. If those new leaders fail then you must replace them too.
There used to be a time when parents and teachers worked together to educate the children of their communities. In today’s society it seems this relationship has become an adversarial one; even though we just want what is best for our children. Economic demands put on working-class families require, most homes to have dual incomes or single parents to work multiple jobs. Political bias and government underfunding require many teachers to implement coursework they don’t agree with and often reach into their own pockets to get their students the supplies they need. Each day becomes more emotionally and economically challenging for parents and teachers. Boards of Ed should not compound these challenges by making parents and teachers feel they cannot honestly participate in curriculum planning out of fear of persecution or termination. Over the last two years, our Governor side stepped the legislative process with overreaching executive orders and our current congressional representative did little to fight for District 5’s share of Federal Pandemic funding. This increased pressure on parents and teachers by closing our schools and shutting down our places of employment. Controversial changes to our children’s curriculum, covertly passed during the pandemic, were unveiled when our kids finally got back into the classroom. In response, making their dissatisfaction known at the polls, parents and teachers ushered in sweeping changes to their local school boards. Washington and Trenton are pitting parents against teachers to implement their controversial educational policy. Parents and teachers need to stand together against the true culprits; The Director-General and Division of Education. Congress and the Board of Education are accountable to us. Let’s continue to make our voices heard to ensure our children are being educated the way we want and not indoctrinated the way they want. Stand with Me to tell Washington and Trenton that New Jersey’s children are not their bargaining chips. Together We can send the clear message that New Jersey parents and teachers will protect their children at all costs; even if that cost is the career of the shoo-in incumbent.
The relationship we have with our physicians is one of the most personal relationships anyone can have. It takes trust and understanding from both parties. Sometimes it’s hard to face difficult medical decisions and patients need to know their physicians are using sound medical training and experience to treat them in a manner that is safe and ethical. All physicians take a Hippocratic oath which, among other things, endows them with the responsibility to conduct the art of medicine with purity and condemn any conduct that would be considered dishonest or improper by other medical practitioners. There is no place in this oath for Government. In general, it is the role of government to secure and preserve the safety and prosperity of The People. As it relates to medicine, the government’s only obligation is to ensure patient safety through setting standards for licensure, inspection, and certification of medical facilities, the prosecution of malpractice, and revocation of privileges to practice medicine. Before 1965 it has never been an obligation of the government to provide payment for medical services nor provide operating capital to medical facilities to continue operating as a business. In our modern times, the dependence of our health care system on government funding has completely blurred the lines of medical ethics. Trust in a hospital or physician is compromised when their operating capital and salaries are funded by the government or companies that produce pharmaceuticals or medical devices. This fact is not lost on anyone because there are strict laws in place which regulate the conduct between medical supply companies and medical providers. What about the relationships between the government and medical providers? Aren’t the same ethical boundaries called into question? I believe they are. It is my firm belief there is no place for government in the physician-patient relationship. Government representatives, be they elected, appointed, or employed, have no place in between the physician and the patient especially if they are paying the bill. The only exception to this would be if some fiduciary obligation exists, on the part of the state, to advocate for a patient incapable of making their own medical choices and if such a relationship exists the obligation of both physician and the state is to the patient. A very serious issue arises when a government has control of both the funding of a medical facility and the treatment options made available to patients. The complexities of the modern medical industry are becoming more difficult to navigate but I believe one thing is very obvious. The control of medical treatments is a sacred one that should be held by the patient. This control should never be held by a financier or a government. The choice of treatment options should be prescribed by physicians, not by a government bureaucrat. It has taken years for us to get into the position we are in now and it may take years to correct. If we appoint honorable electors, if The People show resolve, and our physicians exercise their oath I believe we can get back to the place where medicine is once again free from undue influence.
Not many people know the Bill of Rights was not originally included in The US Constitution. They may not have been included at first but they were an agreed-upon contingency of its ratification. In 1789, 1 year after the ratification, The Founders gathered again in Congress to build upon the foundations of The Rights of The People and further limit the power of the Federal State. It was there they outlined what authority the Federal State DID NOT possess over its citizens and solidified, for the first time in history, a government For The People. Many people make the argument that The Constitution was written 250 years ago and is “out of touch” with the modern world. In response to that I ask - Do the concepts of individual Liberty, Rights to our own Life, and the Pursuit of our own Happiness really have an expiration date? No, They Don’t. These concepts are inalienable and are the rightful possession of every living being on this planet. I would agree though that something is out of touch. Even though the concepts may be foreign to us, the truth is, that our Founders knew what it was like to live under tyranny and despotism. They sought to ensure this never happened again. They knew the only way to ensure it was to guarantee the citizen’s right to defend themselves from future tyrants and despots. That is precisely why they enshrined this right in The Second Amendment. The Second Amendment is pretty clear to those of us who seek to preserve our Liberty. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Put in the context of 1776, the term “keep” meant to own, and the term “bear” meant to carry. These truths are not disputed by scholars and lawyers but that has not stopped our legislatures from seeking to indirectly infringe upon the second amendment. Washington wants us to believe they can protect us from criminal gun violence by making it more difficult for a law-abiding citizen to obtain firearms. Unfortunately for them, the FBI’s 2019 NIBRS Report on crime statistics says otherwise. This topic is fiercely debated all over the country. If recent events, in California and New York, prove anything it’s that the government cannot protect you from becoming a victim. The value of our own lives is innumerable. Let’s stand together to tell Washington, and Trenton, The American People will not be made victims. We will not become the victims of a person’s psychotic break; We will not become the victims of a criminal; We will not become the victims of a government bureaucrat who doesn’t value our lives any more than the dollar amount we write on a check every April. We are The People and We will defend our Right to defend our Lives and Liberty.[2] |
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| —Trevor Ferrigno's campaign website (2022)[3] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 14, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Trevor Ferrigno For Congress, “Issues,” accessed August 25, 2022
