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Hank Schroeder
Hank Schroeder (independent) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 4th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Elections
2022
See also: New Jersey's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 4
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chris Smith (R) | 66.9 | 173,288 |
 | Matthew Jenkins (D)  | 31.4 | 81,233 | |
 | Jason Cullen (L) | 0.7 | 1,902 | |
 | David Schmidt (We the People) | 0.5 | 1,197 | |
 | Hank Schroeder (Independent) | 0.3 | 905 | |
 | Pam Daniels (Progress with Pam) | 0.2 | 437 | |
| Total votes: 258,962 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4
Matthew Jenkins advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matthew Jenkins | 100.0 | 20,655 |
| Total votes: 20,655 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4
Incumbent Chris Smith defeated Mike Crispi, Steve Gray, and Mike Blasi (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Smith | 57.8 | 33,136 |
 | Mike Crispi | 36.8 | 21,115 | |
 | Steve Gray | 4.0 | 2,305 | |
 | Mike Blasi (Unofficially withdrew) | 1.3 | 751 | |
| Total votes: 57,307 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Robert Shapiro (R)
- David Burg (R)
- Tricia Flanagan (R)
- Daniel Francisco (R)
2020
See also: New Jersey's 4th Congressional District election, 2020
New Jersey's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Democratic primary)
New Jersey's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 4
Incumbent Chris Smith defeated Stephanie Schmid, Hank Schroeder, Michael Rufo, and Andrew Pachuta in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Smith (R) | 59.9 | 254,103 |
 | Stephanie Schmid (D) | 38.3 | 162,420 | |
| Hank Schroeder (Make Change Happen Party) | 0.8 | 3,195 | |
 | Michael Rufo (L) | 0.6 | 2,583 | |
 | Andrew Pachuta (Common Sense Party) | 0.5 | 2,067 | |
| Total votes: 424,368 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4
Stephanie Schmid defeated Christine Conforti and David Applefield in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4 on July 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stephanie Schmid | 67.4 | 38,444 |
 | Christine Conforti | 25.1 | 14,331 | |
 | David Applefield | 7.4 | 4,244 | |
| Total votes: 57,019 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jim Keady (D)
- Tiffany Kaszuba (D)
- Hassan Shehadeh (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4
Incumbent Chris Smith defeated Alter Eliezer Richter in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 4 on July 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Smith | 94.8 | 51,636 |
| Alter Eliezer Richter | 5.2 | 2,853 | ||
| Total votes: 54,489 | |||
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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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2018
General election
General election for U.S. Senate New Jersey
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate New Jersey on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bob Menendez (D) | 54.0 | 1,711,654 |
 | Bob Hugin (R) | 42.8 | 1,357,355 | |
 | Madelyn Hoffman (G) | 0.8 | 25,150 | |
 | Murray Sabrin (L) | 0.7 | 21,212 | |
 | Natalie Rivera (For the People Party) | 0.6 | 19,897 | |
 | Tricia Flanagan (New Day NJ Party) | 0.5 | 16,101 | |
 | Kevin Kimple (Make it Simple Party) | 0.3 | 9,087 | |
| Hank Schroeder (Economic Growth Party) | 0.3 | 8,854 | |
| Total votes: 3,169,310 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Muhammad Usman (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey
Incumbent Bob Menendez defeated Lisa McCormick in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bob Menendez | 62.3 | 262,477 |
 | Lisa McCormick | 37.7 | 158,998 | |
| Total votes: 421,475 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey
Bob Hugin defeated Brian Goldberg in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bob Hugin | 75.1 | 168,052 |
 | Brian Goldberg | 24.9 | 55,624 | |
| Total votes: 223,676 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Antonio Sabas (R)
- Dana Wefer (R)
- Jeff Bell (R)
- Jerry Watson (R)
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Chris Smith (R) defeated Lorna Phillipson (D), Jeremy Marcus (L), and Hank Schroeder (Economic Growth) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Smith defeated Bruce MacDonald in the Republican primary on June 7, 2016. Smith won re-election in the November 8 election.[1][2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Chris Smith Incumbent |
63.7% | 211,992 | |
| Democratic | Lorna Phillipson | 33.5% | 111,532 | |
| Economic Growth | Hank Schroeder | 1.8% | 5,840 | |
| Libertarian | Jeremy Marcus | 1% | 3,320 | |
| Total Votes | 332,684 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Chris Smith Incumbent |
92% | 41,789 | ||
| Bruce MacDonald | 8% | 3,645 | ||
| Total Votes | 45,434 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections |
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2015
Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 2, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2015.[4] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. James Keady and Jimmy Esposito were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Sean Kean and incumbent David Rible were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Esposito did not appear on the official candidate list for the general election; he was replaced by Lorna Phillipson.[5][6] Kean and Rible defeated Keady, Phillipson and Hank Schroeder (Economic Growth) in the general election.[7][8][9]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 30 General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Sean Kean Incumbent |
34.5% | 19,826 | |
| Republican | David Rible Incumbent |
33.9% | 19,459 | |
| Democratic | James Keady | 15.9% | 9,148 | |
| Democratic | Lorna Phillipson | 13.7% | 7,867 | |
| Economic Growth | Hank Schroeder | 1.9% | 1,101 | |
| Total Votes | 57,401 | |||
2014
Schroeder ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. Senate, to represent New Jersey. He lost to incumbent Cory Booker (D) in the general election.[10] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Cory Booker Incumbent |
55.8% | 1,043,866 | |
| Republican | Jeff Bell | 42.3% | 791,297 | |
| Libertarian | Joe Baratelli | 0.9% | 16,721 | |
| Independent | Jeff Boss | 0.2% | 4,513 | |
| Independent | Antonio N. Sabas | 0.2% | 3,544 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Eugene Lavergne | 0.2% | 3,890 | |
| Economic Growth | Hank Schroeder | 0.3% | 5,704 | |
| Total Votes | 1,869,535 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections | ||||
2013
Schroeder ran as an independent candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 2013 alongside running-mate Patricia Moschella. The pair lost in the general election which took place November 5, 2013.
- General Election
On November 5, 2013, Chris Christie and Kim Guadagno (R) won re-election as Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey. They defeated the Buono/Silva (D), Kaplan/Bell (L), Welzer/Alessandrini (I), Sare/Todd (I), Araujo/Salamanca (I), Schroeder/Moschella (I) and Boss/Thorne (I) ticket(s) in the general election.
| Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Chris Christie & Kim Guadagno |
60.3% | 1,278,932 | |
| Democratic | Barbara Buono & Milly Silva | 38.2% | 809,978 | |
| Libertarian | Kenneth Kaplan & Brenda Bell | 0.6% | 12,155 | |
| Independent | Steven Welzer & Patricia Alessandrini | 0.4% | 8,295 | |
| Independent | Diane Sare & Bruce Todd | 0.2% | 3,360 | |
| Independent | William Araujo & Maria Salamanca | 0.2% | 3,300 | |
| Independent | Hank Schroeder & Patricia Moschella | 0.1% | 2,784 | |
| Independent | Jeff Boss & Robert Thorne | 0.1% | 2,062 | |
| Total Votes | 2,120,866 | |||
| Election Results Via: New Jersey Department of State | ||||
Primaries
Incumbent Republican Gov. Chris Christie and Democratic state Sen. Barbara Buono each faced a single opponent in the June 4 primary election. Both candidates secured their party’s nomination with approximately 90 percent of the vote.[11]
Former Atlantic City Councilman Seth Grossman was the only Republican to challenge the first-term governor. Grossman’s campaign focused on criticizing Christie’s policies during his first term. On the Democratic side, Buono faced Troy Webster, an adviser to the mayor of East Orange, who emphasized his commitment to supporting working-class and middle-class families. Both Grossman and Webster received endorsements from the weekly publication NJ Today.[12]
Selection of running mates
After primary elections, New Jersey gubernatorial nominees have 30 days to select a running mate. Shortly after launching his re-election campaign, Governor Chris Christie announced that Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno would again be his running mate. Democratic nominee Barbara Buono announced her selection of Milly Silva, executive vice president of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, as her running mate on July 29.[13][14] The ticket competed against the incumbent team of Chris Christie and Kim Guadagno, along with several third-party candidates, in the general election held on November 5, 2013.
Polling
Christie was favored to win re-election, with his campaign raising nearly double that of Buono's in the primary and maintaining a double-digit advantage in the polls throughout the election season.[15] In the final week before the general election, polling averages showed him with approximately a 24 percent advantage.[16]
Public financing
Since 1977, New Jersey gubernatorial primary and general election candidates have been eligible to participate in a public funding program. Under this system, candidates who raise a minimum amount of money are dispensed tax-generated funds, controlled by the state election law enforcement commission, in direct proportion to campaign donations given from the public. In the 2013 election cycle, the qualifying threshold for primary election candidates was $380,000.[17] The purpose of the program is to lessen the influence of corporate contributions in elections. On February 2, 2013, then-presumptive Democratic nominee Barbara Buono's campaign reported that it had surpassed the $380,000 mark.[18] By that time, Christie's campaign had raised $2 million. Unlike in the 2009 election, when Christie participated in the public financing program during both the primary and general election phases, he chose to wait until after the 2013 primary to opt into the program. By qualifying, Christie became eligible to receive approximately $8 million in public matching funds. The qualifying terms also required him to participate in two debates with Buono before the general election.[18]
In New Jersey, candidates who qualify for and accept public financing are subject to a spending limit on their gubernatorial campaigns. As of 2013, the maximum allowable expenditure for such candidates was $12.2 million, with a cap of $8.2 million in public matching funds.[19] New Jersey employs a two-to-one matching program for qualified contributions. It is detailed in Title 19 Chapter 25 Sub Chapter 15 of the New Jersey State Statutes.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Hank Schroeder did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Hank Schroeder did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Hank Schroeder did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "New Jersey House 04 Results," November 8, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidates for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Amended Certification," August 21, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary election results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "2014 New Jersey Senate Election Results," accessed November 5, 2014
- ↑ NJToday, "Primary election results," accessed June 5, 2013
- ↑ NJ Today, "EDITORIAL: Troy Webster For Governor," April 14, 2013
- ↑ NorthJersey.com, "Barbara Buono picks union leader Milly Silva as running mate," July 25, 2013
- ↑ NJ.com, "Buono announces Milly Silva as her lieutenant governor pick," July 29, 2013
- ↑ NJ News 12, "Poll: Christie remains popular in NJ," accessed April 15, 2013
- ↑ RealClearPolitics, "New Jersey Governor - Christie vs. Buono," accessed November 3, 2013
- ↑ NJ.com, "Sen. Buono raises almost $250K in first month of campaigning," January 2, 2013
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 The Star-Ledger, "Buono qualifies for public matching funds in N.J. governor's race," February 4, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "Press Release," June 19, 2012 (dead link)
