FROM THE STATEHOUSE
Beverly Lynch & AJ Sabath, Advocacy & Management Group
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2011 Election Update:
New Jersey voters cast their ballots yesterday for their representatives in the New Jersey Legislature and on a variety of county and local races. Voters also spoke yesterday in the only statewide ballot question, asking whether or not New Jersey enact sports betting at casinos and racetracks if the federal government changes the law to allow it.
In this off year voting cycle, all 120 seats were up for election. Candidates ran in new legislative districts which are redrawn after the census very ten years. Last April, the NJ Legislative Apportionment Commission, an 11-member bipartisan panel, approved a new map of legislative districts will be used for the next ten years.
Key Races included:
In Legislative District 7, Dr. Herb Conaway and his Assembly runningmate, Troy Singleton won reelection. In Legislative District 2, which includes Atlantic City and some surrounding municipalities, incumbent Democratic Senator Jim Whelan was reelected over Republican challenger Assemblyman Vince Polistina; in Legislative District 14, incumbent Democratic Senator Linda Greenstein defeated Republican challenger Richard Kanka. The district includes towns in Mercer and Middlesex counties; and in Bergen County, incumbent Democratic Senator Bob Gordon defeated Republican challenger John Driscoll in a close election in Legislative District 38.
For full county and municipal election results, please click here.
BALLOT QUESTION:
New Jersey voters today put their money down on the legal right to place bets on professional sports teams. The nonbinding referendum, and the only question to appear on the statewide ballot, was approved by a wide margin. This is only the first step in lawmakers’ attempts to overturn a federal ban on sports betting. Legislators are planning to introduce legislation to legalize sports wagering in Atlantic City and at current and former horse racing tracks, and hoped to have it approved and on the governor’s desk before the end of the year.
Last week the governor said he would fight for sports betting if a majority of voters approved the referendum. Proponents of sports betting have said New Jersey is losing millions of dollars in potential revenue to offshore operations, organized crime and to the four states where that type of wagering in permitted in some form — Nevada, Oregon, Montana and Delaware.
In 1992, former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley led the charge for the passage of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, which outlawed sports wagering in all states, but he grandfathered in the four states that had some form of it. It also gave states with casino gambling for more than 10 years — a provision inserted solely for New Jersey — a year to legalize sports betting, but New Jersey’s effort died in the Legislature.
NJ LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS:
Beginning in January 2012, the following are the new legislative districts:
District 1:
Senator Jeff Van Drew (D)
Assemblyman Nelson Albano (D)
Assemblyman Matthew Milam (D)
District 2:
Senator Jim Whelan (D)
Assemblyman John Amodeo (R)
Assemblyman Chris Brown (R)
District 3:
Senator Stephen Sweeney (D)
Assemblyman John Burzichelli (D)
Assemblywoman Celeste Riley (D)
District 4:
Senator Fred Madden (D)
Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D)
Assemblywoman Gabriela Mosquera (D)
District 5:
Senator Donald Norcross (D)
Assemblyman Angel Fuentes (D)
Assemblyman Gilbert "Whip" Wilson (D)
District 6:
Senator James Beach (D)
Assemblyman Lou Greenwald (D)
Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt (D)
District 7:
Senator Diane Allen (R)
Assemblyman Herb Conaway (D)
Assemblyman Troy Singleton (D)
District 8:
Senator Dawn Marie Addiego (R)
Assemblyman Scott Rudder (R)
Assemblyman Christopher Brown (R)
District 9:
Senator Christopher Connors (R)
Assemblyman Brian Rumpf (R)
Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove (R)
District 10:
Senator Jim Holzapfel (R)
Assemblyman Dave Wolfe (R)
Assemblyman Gregory McGuckin (R)
District 11:
Senator Jennifer Beck (R)
Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R)
Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini (R)
District 12:
Senator Sam Thompson (R)
Assemblyman Ronald Dancer (R)
Assemblyman Robert Clifton (R)
District 13:
Senator Joe Kyrillos (R)
Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R)
Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon (R)
District 14:
Senator Linda Greenstein (D)
Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo (D)
Assemblyman Daniel Benson (D)
District 15:
Senator Shirley Turner (D)
Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D)
Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
District 16:
Senator Christopher Bateman (R)
Assemblyman Pete Biondi (R)
Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli (R)
District 17:
Senator Bob Smith (D)
Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula (D)
Assemblyman Joseph Egan (D)
District 18:
Senator Barbara Buono (D)
Assemblyman Peter Barnes (D)
Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan (D)
District 19:
Senator Joseph Vitale (D)
Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D)
Assemblyman Craig Coughlin (D)
District 20:
Senator Ray Lesniak (D)
Assemblyman Joseph Cryan (D)
Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D)
District 21:
Senator Tom Kean, Jr. (R)
Assemblyman Jon Bramnick (R)
Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz (R)
District 22:
Senator Nicholas Scutari (D)
Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D)
Assemblyman Jerry Green (D)
District 23:
Senator Michael Doherty (R)
Assemblyman John DiMaio (R)
Assemblyman Erik Peterson (R)
District 24:
Senator Steven Oroho (R)
Assemblyman Gary Chiusano (R)
Assemblywoman Alison McHose (R)
District 25:
Senator Anthony Bucco (R)
Assemblyman Anthony Bucco (R)
Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll (R)
District 26:
Senator Joe Pennacchio (R)
Assemblyman Alex DeCroce (R)
Assemblyman Jay Webber (R)
District 27:
Senator Richard Codey (D)
Assemblyman John McKeon (D)
Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D)
District 28:
Senator Ronald Rice (D)
Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D)
Assemblyman Ralph Caputo (D)
District 29:
Senator Teresa Ruiz (D)
Assemblywoman Grace Spencer (D)
Assemblyman Albert Coutinho (D)
District 30:
Senator Robert Singer (R)
Assemblyman Dave Rible (R)
Assemblyman Sean Kean (R)
District 31:
Senator Sandra Cunningham (D)
Assemblyman Jason O'Donnell (D)
Assemblyman Charles Mainor (D)
District 32:
Senator Nicholas Sacco (D)
Assemblyman Vincent Prieto (D)
Assemblywoman Angelica Jimenez (D)
District 33:
Senator Brian Stack (D)
Assemblyman Ruben Ramos (D)
Assemblyman Sean Connors (D)
District 34:
Senator Nia Gill (D)
Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver (D)
Assemblyman Thomas Giblin (D)
District 35:
Senator Nellie Pou (D)
Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly (D)
Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter (D)
District 36:
Senator Paul Sarlo (D)
Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D)
Assemblywoman Marlene Caride (D)
District 37:
Senator Loretta Weinberg (D)
Assemblyman Gordon Johnson (D)
Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D)
District 38:
Senator Robert Gordon (D)
Assemblywoman Connie Wagner (D)
Assemblyman Timothy Eustace (D)
District 39:
Senator Gerald Cardinale (R)
Assemblyman Robert Schroeder (R)
Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi (R)
District 40:
Senator Kevin O'Toole (R)
Assemblyman Scott Rumana (R)
Assemblyman David Russo (R)
