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Veronica Branch
Veronica Branch was a 2017 Republican candidate for District 28 of the New Jersey General Assembly.
In 2015, Branch was a candidate for at-large member on the Newark Public Schools Advisory Board in New Jersey. She was defeated in the general election on April 21, 2015.
Biography
Branch earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Bloomfield College. Her professional experience includes working as a training coordinator.[1][2]
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.[3] 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.[4] The following candidates ran in the New Jersey General Assembly District 28 general election.[5][6]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 28 General Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Ralph Caputo Incumbent |
42.70% | 30,084 | |
| Democratic | Cleopatra Tucker Incumbent |
42.08% | 29,643 | |
| Republican | Veronica Branch | 6.87% | 4,839 | |
| Republican | James Boydston | 6.63% | 4,672 | |
| Time for change | Joanne Miller | 1.11% | 782 | |
| A New Hope | Scott Thomas Nicastro Jr. | 0.61% | 430 | |
| Total Votes | 70,450 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||||
Democratic primary election
Incumbent Cleopatra Tucker and incumbent Ralph Caputo were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 28 Democratic primary election.[7][8]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 28 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Cleopatra Tucker Incumbent |
51.84% | 11,229 |
| Ralph Caputo Incumbent |
48.16% | 10,433 |
| Total Votes | 21,662 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Republican primary election
James Boydston and Veronica Branch were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 28 Republican primary election.[9][8]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 28 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| James Boydston |
50.14% | 865 |
| Veronica Branch |
49.86% | 860 |
| Total Votes | 1,725 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
2015
- See also: Newark Public Schools elections (2015)
Three of the nine seats on the Newark Advisory Board were up for election on April 21, 2015. Only one incumbent, Marques-Aquil Lewis, filed to run for re-election. He faced the following seven challengers on the general election ballot: Natasha Alvarado, Veronica Branch, Dashay Carter, Crystal Fonseca, Ronnie Kellam, Charles Love III, and Sheila Montague. Lewis, Carter, and Fonseca were chosen for Mayor Ras J. Barak's "Children First Team" slate.[10]
Michael Diaz and Ivan Holmes also filed to run in this election but did not appear on the ballot. Holmes withdrew from the race and Diaz was disqualified.[11]
The Baraka-backed candidates Lewis, Carter, and Fonseca, won the three seat up for election.
Results
| Newark Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2015 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Crystal Fonseca |
21.9% | 3,745 | |
| Nonpartisan | Marques-Aquil Lewis Incumbent |
21.8% | 3,729 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dashay Carter |
19.4% | 3,311 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charles Love III | 11.4% | 1,955 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sheila Montague | 10.1% | 1,729 | |
| Nonpartisan | Veronica Branch | 9.6% | 1,637 | |
| Nonpartisan | Natasha Alvarado | 3.4% | 584 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ronnie Kellam | 2% | 347 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 63 | |
| Total Votes | 17,100 | |||
| Source: Essex County Clerk, "2015 School Board Election," April 27, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Branch reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission as of April 17, 2015.[12]
Endorsements
Branch was endorsed by the Newark Parents Union, along with Charles Love III and Sheila Montague.[13]
Campaign themes
2015
Branch was an outspoken opponent of the One Newark plan. Public testimony that she gave on the matter to the New Jersey State Board of Education can be read here.
See also
- State legislative elections, 2017
- New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2017
- State legislative special elections, 2017
- New Jersey General Assembly
- New Jersey State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Newark Trust for Education, "Meet the Newark Public Schools Advisory Board Candidates 2015," April 14, 2015
- ↑ Information submitted through Balltopedia's biographical submission form on April 17, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly 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
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
- ↑ NJ.com, "Ten candidates sign up for Newark school board race," March 4, 2015
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Martha A. Jones, Newark Public Schools," April 14, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "View a Candidate or Election Related Committee Report," accessed April 17, 2015
- ↑ Facebook, "The Newark Parents Union: Mobile Upload," April 16, 2015
