New Jersey's 8th Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 8th Congressional District of New Jersey held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Rep. Albio Sires (D) defeated Jude Anthony Tiscornia (R), Pablo Olivera ("Wake Up USA"), Herbert Shaw ("Politicians Are Crooks") and Robert Thorne ("911 Truth Needed") in the general election.
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. New Jersey utilizes a semi-closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is generally limited to registered party members. Unaffiliated voters can register as party members at the polls on primary election day. Otherwise, a voter must indicate his or her party preference (e.g., via an updated voter registration) no later than the 55th day preceding the primary in order to vote in that party's primary.[4]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by May 13, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014 (21 days before election).[5]
- See also: New Jersey elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Albio Sires (D), who was first elected in 2006.
As of the 2010 redistricting cycle, New Jersey's 1st Congressional District was located in the southwestern portion of the state and included most of Camden County and parts of Gloucester and Burlington counties.[6]
Candidates
General election candidates
Jude Anthony Tiscornia- Albio Sires - Incumbent
Pablo Olivera ("Wake Up USA")[7]- Herbert Shaw ("Politicians Are Crooks")[7]
- Robert Thorne ("911 Truth Needed")[7]
June 3, 2014, primary results
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Election results
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Albio Sires Incumbent |
77.4% | 61,510 | |
| Republican | Jude Anthony Tiscornia | 19% | 15,141 | |
| Wake Up USA | Pablo Olivera | 1.3% | 1,022 | |
| Politicians Are Crooks | Herbert Shaw | 1.5% | 1,192 | |
| 911 Truth Needed | Robert Thorne | 0.8% | 653 | |
| Total Votes | 79,518 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections | ||||
Campaign contributions
Albio Sires
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2014 elections season. Below are Sires' reports.[9]
| Albio Sires (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[10] | April 7, 2013 | $160,021.88 | $20,000.00 | $(95,122.38) | $84,899.50 | ||||
| July Quarterly[11] | July 9, 2013 | $84,899.50 | $126,700.00 | $(95,189.750) | $116,409.75 | ||||
| October Quarterly[12] | October 7, 2013 | $116,409.75 | $39,710.50 | $(49,498.39) | $106,621.86 | ||||
| Year-End Quarterly[13] | December 31, 2013 | $106,621 | $34,846 | $(95,426) | $46,541 | ||||
| April Quarterly[14] | April 6, 2014 | $46,541.64 | $108,885.03 | $(56,517.84) | $98,908.83 | ||||
| Pre-Primary (amended)[15] | September 12, 2014 | $98,908.83 | $30,004.39 | $(23,566.25) | $105,346.97 | ||||
| July Quarterly (amended)[16] | October 15, 2014 | $105,346.97 | $47,712.50 | $(57,574.60) | $95,484.87 | ||||
| October Quarterly (amended)[17] | October 15, 2014 | $95,484.87 | $83,238.16 | $(51,266.88) | $127,456.15 | ||||
| Pre-General[18] | October 16, 2014 | $127,456.15 | $37,161.27 | $(14,759.24) | $149,858.18 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $528,257.85 | $(538,921.33) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
On November 6, 2012, Albio Sires (D) won re-election to the United States House. He ran in the 8th District due to redistricting. He defeated Maria Karczewski, Stephen Deluca, Pablo Olivera and Herbert Shaw in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Albio Sires Incumbent |
78% | 130,853 | |
| Republican | Maria Karczewski | 18.9% | 31,763 | |
| Independent | Stephen Deluca | 1% | 1,710 | |
| Independent | Pablo Olivera | 1% | 1,625 | |
| Independent | Herbert Shaw | 1.1% | 1,839 | |
| Total Votes | 167,790 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Bill Pascrell won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Roland Straten (R) and Raymond Giangrasso (Independent) in the general election.[19]
| U.S. House, New Jersey District 8 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Pascrell incumbent |
62.7% | 88,478 | |
| Republican | Roland Straten | 36.1% | 51,023 | |
| Independent | Raymond Giangrasso | 1.2% | 1,707 | |
| Total Votes | 141,208 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 House Race Ratings for August 8, 2014," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ FairVote's Monopoly Politics, "2014 House Projections," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "N.J. Rev. Stat. § 19:23–45," accessed October 21, 2025
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State Website, "Voter Registration Information," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Redistricting Map, "Map," accessed September 25, 2012
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 New Jersey Division of Elections, "General election candidates for U.S. House," accessed August 14, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed April 1, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Sires 2014 Summary reports," accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ FEC, "April Quarterly," accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ FEC, July Quarterly," accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ FEC, October Quarterly," accessed October 25, 2013
- ↑ FEC, Year-End Quarterly," accessed February 12, 2014
- ↑ FEC, April Quarterly," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ FEC, "Pre-Primary," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ FEC, "July Quarterly," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ FEC, "October Quarterly," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ FEC, "Pre-General," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
