Vince Sera
Vince Sera was a 2017 Republican candidate for District 2 of the 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.[1] 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.[2] The following candidates ran in the New Jersey General Assembly District 2 general election.[3][4]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 2 General Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Vincent Mazzeo Incumbent |
28.56% | 27,601 | |
| Democratic | John Armato |
26.58% | 25,683 | |
| Republican | Vince Sera | 21.54% | 20,814 | |
| Republican | Brenda Taube | 21.33% | 20,611 | |
| Independent, Honest, Reliable | Heather Gordon | 1.25% | 1,208 | |
| Green | Mico Lucide | 0.74% | 718 | |
| Total Votes | 96,635 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||||
Races we watched
Ballotpedia identified eight races to watch in the New Jersey General Assembly 2017 elections: three seats with two Democratic members, three seats with two Republican members, and two seats split between the parties. Based on analysis of these districts' electoral histories, these races had the potential to be more competitive than other races and could possibly have led to shifts in a chamber's partisan balance.
This district was a Race to Watch because the district was split between the parties following the 2015 elections, both incumbents had margins of victory that were less than five percent, and an incumbent of the opposite party from the 2016 presidential winner did not file for re-election. In the 2015 elections, all four candidates for District 2 were within five points of each other. Incumbents Chris Brown (R) and Vincent Mazzeo (D) received 26.5 percent of the vote and 25.5 percent, respectively. Their challengers Colin Bell (D) and Will Pauls (R) received 24.4 percent and 23.6 percent, respectively. Brown was first elected in 2011 and Mazzeo was first elected in 2013. Brown did not file for re-election in 2017 in order to run for the District 2 state Senate seat. District 2 was one of 28 New Jersey state legislative districts that Democrat Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election. Clinton carried District 2 by 11.4 points. In 2012, Democrat Barack Obama won District 2 by 20.8 points. As of 2017, District 2 contained parts of Atlantic County.
Democratic primary election
The following candidates ran in the New Jersey General Assembly District 2 Democratic primary election.[5][6]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 2 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Vincent Mazzeo Incumbent |
37.46% | 7,197 |
| John Armato |
29.13% | 5,596 |
| Ernest Coursey | 20.05% | 3,852 |
| Jim Carney | 6.65% | 1,278 |
| Theresa Watts | 4.81% | 925 |
| Rizwan Malik | 1.90% | 365 |
| Total Votes | 19,213 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Republican primary election
Vince Sera and Brenda Taube were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 2 Republican primary election.[7][6]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 2 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Vince Sera |
50.70% | 5,551 |
| Brenda Taube |
49.30% | 5,398 |
| Total Votes | 10,949 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 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
