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Edward Thomson III
Edward Thomson III (Republican Party) is running for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 30. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. He advanced from the Republican primary on June 10, 2025.
Thomson (Republican Party) (also known as Ned) was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 30. He assumed office on August 24, 2017. He left office on January 9, 2024.
He was first appointed to the chamber on August 15, 2017, to replace David Rible (R), who became the director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Thomson was elected to a full term in 2017.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Thomson was assigned to the following committees:
- Law and Public Safety Committee
- State and Local Government Committee
- Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
- Housing Affordability Committee
2020-2021
Thomson was assigned to the following committees:
- Regulated Professions Committee
- State and Local Government Committee
- Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
2019-2020
Thomson was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2025
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 (2 seats)
Incumbent Avi Schnall, incumbent Sean Kean, Joanne Debenedictis, and Edward Thomson III are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| Avi Schnall (D) | ||
 | Sean Kean (R) | |
| Joanne Debenedictis (D) | ||
 | Edward Thomson III (R) | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Claire Deicke (D)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 (2 seats)
Incumbent Avi Schnall and Claire Deicke advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Avi Schnall | 57.9 | 9,831 | |
| ✔ | Claire Deicke | 42.1 | 7,158 | |
| Total votes: 16,989 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 (2 seats)
Incumbent Sean Kean and Edward Thomson III advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sean Kean | 55.3 | 13,790 |
| ✔ | | Edward Thomson III | 44.7 | 11,146 |
| Total votes: 24,936 | |||
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Endorsements
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2023
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 (2 seats)
Incumbent Sean Kean and Avi Schnall defeated incumbent Edward Thomson III and Salvatore Frascino in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sean Kean (R) | 39.9 | 37,450 |
| ✔ | Avi Schnall (D) | 31.4 | 29,482 | |
| Edward Thomson III (R) | 19.3 | 18,076 | |
| Salvatore Frascino (D) | 9.4 | 8,868 | ||
| Total votes: 93,876 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Marta Harrison (D)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 (2 seats)
Marta Harrison and Salvatore Frascino advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Marta Harrison | 50.5 | 2,553 | |
| ✔ | Salvatore Frascino | 49.5 | 2,507 | |
| Total votes: 5,060 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 (2 seats)
Incumbent Sean Kean and incumbent Edward Thomson III advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sean Kean | 50.7 | 3,920 |
| ✔ | | Edward Thomson III | 49.3 | 3,814 |
| Total votes: 7,734 | |||
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Endorsements
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2021
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 (2 seats)
Incumbent Sean Kean and incumbent Edward Thomson III defeated Stephen Dobbins and Matthew Filosa in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sean Kean (R) | 36.8 | 54,541 |
| ✔ | | Edward Thomson III (R) | 35.5 | 52,678 |
 | Stephen Dobbins (D) | 14.0 | 20,800 | |
 | Matthew Filosa (D) | 13.7 | 20,366 | |
| Total votes: 148,385 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 (2 seats)
Matthew Filosa and Stephen Dobbins advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matthew Filosa | 50.2 | 4,074 |
| ✔ | | Stephen Dobbins | 49.8 | 4,043 |
| Total votes: 8,117 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 (2 seats)
Incumbent Sean Kean and incumbent Edward Thomson III defeated Alter Eliezer Richter in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sean Kean | 46.6 | 9,555 |
| ✔ | | Edward Thomson III | 45.2 | 9,270 |
| Alter Eliezer Richter | 8.1 | 1,667 | ||
| Total votes: 20,492 | |||
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2019
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 (2 seats)
Incumbent Sean Kean and incumbent Edward Thomson III defeated Steven Farkas, Jason Celik, and Hank Schroeder in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sean Kean (R) | 36.3 | 25,426 |
| ✔ | | Edward Thomson III (R) | 33.8 | 23,662 |
 | Steven Farkas (D) | 14.4 | 10,063 | |
| Jason Celik (D) | 13.8 | 9,666 | ||
 | Hank Schroeder (The Other Candidate Party) | 1.7 | 1,213 | |
| Total votes: 70,030 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 (2 seats)
Steven Farkas and Jason Celik advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steven Farkas | 52.2 | 2,649 |
| ✔ | Jason Celik | 47.8 | 2,429 | |
| Total votes: 5,078 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 (2 seats)
Incumbent Sean Kean and incumbent Edward Thomson III advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 30 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sean Kean | 51.5 | 4,078 |
| ✔ | | Edward Thomson III | 48.5 | 3,834 |
| Total votes: 7,912 | |||
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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] Incumbent David Rible (R) resigned his seat on July 17, 2017.[3] Incumbent Sean Kean (R) and incumbent Edward Thomson III (R) defeated Kevin Scott (D) and Eliot Colon (D) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 30 general election.[4][5]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 30 General Election, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Sean Kean Incumbent |
33.26% | 33,672 | |
| Republican | Edward Thomson Incumbent |
30.30% | 30,680 | |
| Democratic | Kevin Scott | 18.51% | 18,737 | |
| Democratic | Eliot Colon | 17.94% | 18,160 | |
| Total Votes | 101,249 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||||
Democratic primary election
Kevin Scott and Eliot Colon were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 30 Democratic primary election.[6][7]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 30 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Kevin Scott |
50.70% | 4,957 |
| Eliot Colon |
49.30% | 4,820 |
| Total Votes | 9,777 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Republican primary election
Incumbent Sean Kean and incumbent David Rible were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 30 Republican primary election.[8][7]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 30 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Sean Kean Incumbent |
50.97% | 9,269 |
| David Rible Incumbent |
49.03% | 8,916 |
| Total Votes | 18,185 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Campaign themes
2025
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2023
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2021
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2019
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2024
In 2024, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 9 to December 19.
2023
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In 2023, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 10 to January 8.
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2022
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In 2022, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 11 to December 31. |
2021
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In 2021, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 4 to January 11.
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2020
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In 2020, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 14 to December 17.
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2019
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In 2019, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 9, 2018, through January 14, 2020.
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2018
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In 2018, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 9 through January 8, 2019.
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2017
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In 2017, the 217th New Jersey State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 10 through January 9, 2018.
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See also
2025 Elections
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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
- ↑ Daily Record, "Bucco elevated to Assembly conference leader," July 19, 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
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 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
