2013 United States Senate special election in New Jersey

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2013 United States Senate special election in New Jersey

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Turnout24.5%[1]
 
Nominee Cory Booker Steve Lonegan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 740,742 593,684
Percentage 54.92% 44.02%

Booker:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Lonegan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Jeffrey Chiesa[a]
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Cory Booker
Democratic

The 2013 United States Senate special election in New Jersey was held on October 16, 2013, to fill the New Jersey United States Senate Class 2 seat for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 2015. The vacancy resulted from the death of five-term Democratic senator Frank Lautenberg on June 3, 2013.[2] On June 4, 2013, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced that a primary election to fill the vacancy would take place on August 13, 2013 and that a special election would follow on October 16, 2013.[3] Christie appointed Republican New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa to the seat as a placeholder; Chiesa announced at the time of his appointment that he would not be a candidate in the special election.[4]

The primary elections were won by Republican former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan and Democratic Newark Mayor Cory Booker. Booker defeated Lonegan on October 16, 2013, and became the first African-American elected to statewide office in New Jersey. 24.5% of registered voters cast ballots, making this the lowest voter turnout of any statewide election.[1][5]

Background

Democrats and Republicans interested in running in the special primary were given six days, until June 10, to collect 1,000 signatures in order to appear on the special primary ballots.[6] Christie was criticized for spending millions of dollars to hold a separate election for Senate, despite the gubernatorial election already being scheduled for November.[citation needed] It was thought that Christie took this action to benefit himself politically, believing that likely Democratic nominee Cory Booker's presence on the ballot would inspire higher turnout from minority voters who would also vote for Christie's Democratic gubernatorial opponent, Barbara Buono.[citation needed]

On June 4, 2013, Christie appointed Republican Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa to fill the Senate vacancy, making him the first (federal) Republican Senator from the state since Nicholas F. Brady in 1982, who, ironically got succeeded by Lautenberg;[7] Chiesa announced that he would not run in the special election.[8]

On June 13, 2013, the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court unanimously rejected the Democrats' challenge, which was brought by Somerset County Democratic chairwoman Marguerite M. Schaffer, to force Christie to change the special election date in October to the general election on November 5. They ruled "the Legislature has delegated broad authority to the State's governor" to set the election date.[9] On June 20, 2013, the New Jersey Supreme Court declined to hear a follow-up challenge to the special election date.[10]

New Jersey Democratic state senator Shirley Turner of Lawrenceville introduced legislation to move the general election on November 5 for all statewide offices, including governor, to the same date, October 16, as the U.S. Senate special election. This legislation was introduced in order to avoid spending an additional $12 million for a separate U.S. Senate election in October in addition to the general statewide election in November.[11] A bill, A4237, passed both legislative houses on June 27, 2013. Another bill, A4249, allowing eligible voters who cast ballots on October 16 for senator to also vote early for the November general election, finally passed both legislative houses on June 27. Both bills were sent to Governor Christie for approval or veto with little expectation that either would be signed by Christie into law.[12][13] The governor vetoed both bills on September 9, 2013.[14]

The Christie administration looked into contingency plan options for additional state workers, transportation resources, voting machines and associated hardware, and skilled voting machine technicians in order to avoid any potential conflicts due to the short time span of 20 days between the special election and the general election.[15] Use of any of these options would increase the cost of $12 million for the October election, which would be in addition to $12 million for the August primary, that were both estimated by the New Jersey Office of Legislative Services. Contingency plans would be needed due to potential scheduling and logistical conflicts in the use of the same voting machines for both elections. New Jersey state law requires voting machines to be locked down for 15 days after an election, in case a defeated candidate seeks a recount. Voting machines would also need to be set up several days in advance of the general election. The state has made arrangements to reimburse by December 31, 2013 all necessary expenses after an audit of submitted election costs by each of the County Boards of Elections.[16][17]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Alieta Eck
Steve Lonegan

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Alieta
Eck
Steve
Lonegan
Other Undecided
Kean University Archived January 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine June 18, 2013 321 ±?% 15% 45% 12% 29%
Quinnipiac Archived July 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine July 2–7, 2013 330 ±5.4% 5% 62% 1% 32%
Quinnipiac Archived August 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine August 1–5, 2013 257 ±6.1% 10% 74% 3% 13%
Results by county:
  Lonegan—>90%
  Lonegan—80–90%
  Lonegan—70–80%
  Lonegan—60–70%

Results

Republican primary results[36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Lonegan 103,280 80.09%
Republican Alieta Eck 25,669 19.91%
Total votes 128,958 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Cory Booker

Statewide endorsements

National endorsements

Rush D. Holt, Jr.
Frank Pallone

Debates

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Cory
Booker
Rush D.
Holt, Jr.
Sheila
Oliver
Frank
Pallone
Other Undecided
Rutgers-Eagleton June 3–9, 2013 364 ±5.1% 55% 8% 9% 28%
Quinnipiac Archived June 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine June 7–9, 2013 306 ±5.6% 53% 10% 9% 1% 27%
Monmouth June 10–11, 2013 205 ±6.9% 63% 10% 6% 8% 13%
Rasmussen June 12–13, 2013 416 ±5% 54% 11% 5% 8% 3% 18%
Kean University Archived January 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine June 18, 2013 366 ±?% 49% 9% 9% 6% 5% 22%
Quinnipiac Archived July 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine July 2–7, 2013 400 ±4.9% 52% 8% 3% 10% 1% 27%
Monmouth July 11–14, 2013 403 ±4.9% 49% 8% 3% 12% 28%
Quinnipiac Archived August 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine August 1–5, 2013 388 ±5% 54% 15% 5% 17% 1% 8%
Results by county:
  Booker—70–80%
  Booker—60–70%
  Booker—50–60%
  Booker—40–50%
  Pallone—40–50%
  Holt—50–60%

Results

Democratic primary results[36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cory Booker 216,936 59.17%
Democratic Frank Pallone 72,584 19.80%
Democratic Rush Holt Jr. 61,463 16.76%
Democratic Sheila Oliver 15,656 4.27%
Total votes 366,639 100.00%

Special election

Booker enjoyed advantages over Lonegan in fundraising and name recognition.[57] However, he was scrutinized regarding "his personal finances and the terms of his departure from law firm Trenk DiPasquale; the viability of his video startup, Waywire, and the investors behind it; and his behavior on Twitter, including messages to an Oregon stripper". Booker "also drew criticism from the left over his progressive credentials." Booker painted Lonegan as a "tea-party extremist", while Lonegan questioned Booker's performance as Mayor of Newark.[58]

Candidates

Major party candidates

Other candidates

Debates

Fundraising

Candidate (party) Receipts Disbursements Cash on hand Debt
Cory Booker (D) $2,108,248 $2,582,837 $4,533,079 $0
Steve Lonegan (R) $129,766 $171,538 $192,586 $101,822
Source: Federal Election Commission[62][63] Reports through July 24, 2013

Top contributors

Cory Booker Contribution Steve Lonegan Contribution
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan $34,800 Lance for Congress $2,000
Time Warner $33,000
Slate Path Capital $23,400
Loews Corporation $20,000
Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, PA $19,050
Lazard $18,500
Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co Inc. $15,600
Walt Disney Company $15,200
Falcon Edge Capital $15,000
Harvest Partners $15,000
Source: OpenSecrets[64]

Top industries

Cory Booker Contribution Steve Lonegan Contribution
Financial Institutions $314,500 Candidate Committees $5,000
Lawyers/Law Firms $156,725 Republican/Conservative $500
Entertainment Industry $131,000 Misc Issues $250
Real Estate $115,390 Pro-Life Organizations $250
Business Services $63,050
Misc Finance $62,850
Retired $54,700
Non-Profit Organizations $48,100
Manufacturing & Distributing $42,600
Universities $34,500
Source: OpenSecrets[65]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Steve
Lonegan (R)
Cory
Booker (D)
Other Undecided
Quinnipiac Archived June 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine June 7–9, 2013 858 ±3.4% 27% 54% 18%
Monmouth June 10–11, 2013 560 ±4.2% 37% 53% 10%
Rasmussen June 10–11, 2013 1,000 ±3% 33% 50% 17%
Quinnipiac Archived July 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine July 2–7, 2013 1,068 ±3% 30% 53% 1% 16%
Quinnipiac Archived August 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine August 1–5, 2013 2,042 ±2.2% 29% 54% 1% 16%
Monmouth August 15–18, 2013 696 ±3.7% 38% 54% 2% 5%
Fairleigh Dickinson University August 21–27, 2013 700 ±3.7% 22% 50% 4% 23%
Rutgers-Eagleton[permanent dead link] September 3–9, 2013 462 ±4.5% 29% 64% 1% 6%
Pulse Opinion Research September 19, 2013 1,000 ±? 33% 52% 4% 10%
Stockton Polling Institute September 15–21, 2013 812 ±3.4% 32.3% 58.4% 9.1%
Quinnipiac Archived September 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine September 19–22, 2013 948 ±3.2% 41% 53% 1% 6%
Monmouth September 26–29, 2013 571 ±4.1% 40% 53% 3% 4%
Fairleigh Dickinson University September 30 – October 5, 2013 702 ±3.7% 29% 45% 3% 23%
Rasmussen October 7, 2013 1,000 ±3% 41% 53% 1% 5%
Quinnipiac October 5–7, 2013 899 ±3.3% 41% 53% 1% 5%
Stockton Polling Institute October 3–8, 2013 729 ±3.6% 39% 50% 11%
Monmouth October 10–12, 2013 1,393 ±2.6% 42% 52% 2% 4%
Rutgers-Eagleton October 7–13, 2013 513 ±4.3% 36% 58% 3% 3%
Harper Polling October 13–14, 2013 778 ±3.5% 41% 52% 2% 5%
Quinnipiac Archived October 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine October 10–14, 2013 1,696 ±2.4% 40% 54% 5%
Hypothetical polling
With Holt, Jr.
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Steve
Lonegan (R)
Rush D.
Holt, Jr. (D)
Other Undecided
Quinnipiac Archived June 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine June 7–9, 2013 858 ±3.4% 31% 36% 1% 32%
Monmouth June 10–11, 2013 560 ±4.2% 41% 44% 15%
Quinnipiac Archived July 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine July 2–7, 2013 1,068 ±3% 36% 37% 3% 24%
With Oliver
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Steve
Lonegan (R)
Sheila
Oliver (D)
Other Undecided
Monmouth June 10–11, 2013 560 ±4.2% 42% 44% 14%
Quinnipiac Archived July 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine July 2–7, 2013 1,068 ±3% 37% 35% 3% 16%
With Pallone
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Steve
Lonegan (R)
Frank
Pallone (D)
Other Undecided
Quinnipiac Archived June 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine June 7–9, 2013 858 ±3.4% 29% 39% 2% 31%
Monmouth June 10–11, 2013 560 ±4.2% 40% 45% 14%
Quinnipiac Archived July 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine July 2–7, 2013 1,068 ±3% 34% 38% 3% 25%

Results

Results of the November election by municipality

Booker defeated Lonegan on October 16, 2013.[66] Booker resigned as Mayor of Newark on October 30, 2013[67] and was sworn in on October 31, 2013 as the junior U.S. senator from New Jersey.[68]

United States Senate special election in New Jersey, 2013[69]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cory Booker 740,742 54.92% -1.11%
Republican Steve Lonegan 593,684 44.02% +2.07%
Independent Edward C. Stackhouse Jr. 5,138 0.38% N/A
Independent Robert Depasquale 3,137 0.23% N/A
Independent Stuart Meissner 2,051 0.15% N/A
Independent Pablo Olivera 1,530 0.11% N/A
Independent Antonio Nico Sabas 1,336 0.10% N/A
Independent Eugene M. LaVergne 1,041 0.08% N/A
Total votes 1,348,659 100.00% N/A
Democratic gain from Republican

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Results by congressional district

Booker 6 of the 12 congressional districts.[70]

District Booker Lonegan Representative
1st 61.54% 37.33% Rob Andrews
2nd 45.7% 53.1% Frank LoBiondo
3rd 46.25% 52.73% Jon Runyan
4th 41.35% 57.31% Chris Smith
5th 49.0% 50.25% Scott Garrett
6th 55.97% 42.93% Frank Pallone Jr.
7th 43.81% 55.31% Leonard Lance
8th 78.1% 20.46% Albio Sires
9th 65.83% 33.1% Bill Pascrell
10th 86.23% 12.63% Donald Payne Jr.
11th 46.69% 52.49% Rodney Frelinghuysen
12th 64.8% 34.15% Rush Holt Jr.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ In June 2013, Chiesa was appointed by Governor Chris Christie to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Frank Lautenberg.

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