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Mary Jane Desmond
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2023 - Present
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Mary Jane Desmond is a member of the Bayonne School District school board At-large in New Jersey. She assumed office in 2023.
Desmond (Leadership Experience Values Party) ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 31. She lost in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Barbara McCann Stamato (D) | 34.7 | 13,003 |
| ✔ |  | William Sampson (D) | 34.4 | 12,883 |
| Sydney Ferreira (R) | 11.3 | 4,237 | ||
| Angelique Diaz (R) | 11.1 | 4,153 | ||
| Mary Jane Desmond (Leadership Experience Values Party) | 4.6 | 1,724 | ||
| Noemi Velazquez (Leadership Experience Values Party) | 3.9 | 1,443 | ||
| Total votes: 37,443 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 (2 seats)
Incumbent William Sampson and Barbara McCann Stamato defeated Shanelle Smith in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | William Sampson | 42.6 | 8,090 |
| ✔ | | Barbara McCann Stamato | 40.7 | 7,713 |
| Shanelle Smith | 16.7 | 3,166 | ||
| Total votes: 18,969 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 (2 seats)
Sydney Ferreira and Angelique Diaz advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sydney Ferreira | 50.1 | 1,009 | |
| ✔ | Angelique Diaz | 49.9 | 1,005 | |
| Total votes: 2,014 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Desmond in this election.
2016
- See also: Bayonne School District elections (2016)
Four of the nine seats on the Bayonne school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. The ballot included three seats with three-year terms and one seat with a two-year term.[1] Charles Ryan defeated John Cupo and Maria Valado for the seat with the two-year term. Incumbents Carol Cruden, Mary Jane Desmond, and Denis Wilbeck won re-election to the seats with three-year terms by defeating challengers Michael Alonso, Gina Irizarry, Leonard Kantor, Sharma Montgomery, George Vinc Jr., and John Sebik.[2]
Results
| Bayonne School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Denis Wilbeck Incumbent |
22.03% | 6,712 |
| Mary Jane Desmond Incumbent |
18.26% | 5,563 |
| Carol Cruden Incumbent |
10.14% | 3,089 |
| Gina Irizarry | 9.53% | 2,902 |
| Leonard Kantor | 9.23% | 2,813 |
| Michael Alonso | 8.93% | 2,722 |
| George Vinc Jr. | 8.27% | 2,518 |
| John Sebik | 6.80% | 2,072 |
| Sharma Montgomery | 6.67% | 2,032 |
| Write-in votes | 0.14% | 42 |
| Total Votes | 30,465 | |
| Source: Hudson County, New Jersey, "2016 General Election Results," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
Funding
Desmond reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission in the election.[3]
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mary Jane Desmond did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
