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James Sauro
James "Jim" Sauro was a 2017 Republican candidate for District 1 of the New Jersey General Assembly.
Biography
Sauro attended Cumberland County College, Gloucester County College, and Cumberland and Cape May County Vo-Techs. His professional experience includes serving as the CEO of A.R. Sauro Plumbing & Heating and A.R. Sauro WaterCare. Sauro was elected as Cumberland County Freeholder in 2012. He previously served as a freeholder from 2000 to 2002.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3] Incumbent Bob Andrzejczak (D) and incumbent R. Bruce Land (D) defeated James Sauro (R) and Robert Campbell (R) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 1 general election.[4][5]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 1 General Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Bob Andrzejczak Incumbent |
31.25% | 32,554 | |
| Democratic | R. Bruce Land Incumbent |
29.69% | 30,938 | |
| Republican | James Sauro | 19.62% | 20,445 | |
| Republican | Robert Campbell | 19.44% | 20,250 | |
| Total Votes | 104,187 | |||
| 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 presidential candidate opposite of the incumbents' party won the district in the 2016 elections, and both of the incumbents' margins of victory in the previous election were five points or less. Incumbents Bob Andrzejczak (D) and R. Bruce Land (D) ran for re-election in 2017. Andrzejczak was first appointed to the chamber in 2013. He received 27.9 percent of the vote in 2015. Land was first elected in 2015, defeating Republican incumbent Samuel Fiocchi. He received 26.4 percent of the vote. Republicans Fiocchi and Jim Sauro received 23.2 percent of the vote and 22.6 percent in 2015, respectively. District 1 was one of 12 New Jersey state legislative districts that Republican Donald Trump won in the 2016 presidential election. Trump carried District 1 by 8.9 points. In 2012, Democrat Barack Obama won District 1 by 6.2 points. As of 2017, District 1 overlapped with the following counties: Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland.
Democratic primary election
Incumbent Bob Andrzejczak and incumbent R. Bruce Land were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 1 Democratic primary election.[6][7]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 1 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Bob Andrzejczak Incumbent |
51.22% | 6,163 |
| R. Bruce Land Incumbent |
48.78% | 5,870 |
| Total Votes | 12,033 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Republican primary election
James Sauro and Robert Campbell defeated Brian McDowell in the New Jersey General Assembly District 1 Republican primary election.[8][7]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 1 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| James Sauro |
54.24% | 5,843 |
| Robert Campbell |
29.52% | 3,180 |
| Brian McDowell | 16.24% | 1,750 |
| Total Votes | 10,773 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
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.[9] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Incumbent Bob Andrzejczak and R. Bruce Land were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Samuel Fiocchi and Jim Sauro were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Robert Campbell (Leadership not Politics) was removed from the general election candidate list.[10] Andrzejczak and Land defeated Fiocchi and Sauro in the general election.[11][12][13][14]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 1 General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Bob Andrzejczak Incumbent |
27.9% | 20,231 | |
| Democratic | R. Bruce Land |
26.4% | 19,140 | |
| Republican | Samuel Fiocchi Incumbent | 23.2% | 16,818 | |
| Republican | Jim Sauro | 22.6% | 16,395 | |
| Total Votes | 72,584 | |||
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
- ↑ Cumberland County Regular Republican Organization, "Assembly Race," accessed August 18, 2017
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 3, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
