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Veronica Branch

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Veronica Branch

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Education

Bachelor's

Bloomfield College, 2009

Personal
Profession
Training coordinator

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

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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

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.[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 Green check mark transparent.png Ralph Caputo Incumbent 42.70% 30,084
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png 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
Green check mark transparent.png Cleopatra Tucker Incumbent 51.84% 11,229
Green check mark transparent.png 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
Green check mark transparent.png James Boydston 50.14% 865
Green check mark transparent.png 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 Green check mark transparent.pngCrystal Fonseca 21.9% 3,745
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngMarques-Aquil Lewis Incumbent 21.8% 3,729
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngDashay 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

External links

Footnotes


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