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NJ State Legislature HPAE 2017 General Election Endorsements Ambassador Phil Murphy for Governor Sheila Oliver for Lt. Governor NJ State Legislature District Title Candidate Name COPE Recommends Incumbent 1 Senate Jeff Van Drew (D) Endorsement Yes 1 Assembly Bob Andrzejczak (D) Endorsement Yes 1 Assembly R. Bruce Land (D) Endorsement Yes 2 Senate Colin Bell Endorsement Yes 2 Assembly Vincent Mazzeo (D) Endorsement Yea 2 Assembly John Armato Endorsement Yes 3 Senate Steve Sweeney (D) Endorsement Yes 3 Assembly John Burzichelli (D) Endorsement Yes 3 Assembly Adam Taliaferro (D) Endorsement Yes 4 Senate Fred Madden (D) Endorsement Yes 4 Assembly Paul Moriarity (D) Endorsement Yes 4 Assembly Gabriela Mosquera (D) Endorsement Yes 5 Senator Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D) Endorsement Yes 5 Assembly Arthur Barclay (D) Endorsement Yes 5 Assembly Patricia Egan Jones (D) Endorsement Yes 6 Senate James Beach (D) Endorsement Yes 6 Assembly Louis D. Greenwald (D) Endorsement Yes 6 Assembly Assemblywoman Endorsement Yes Pamela R. Lampitt (D) 7 Senate Troy Singleton (D) Endorsement *Assembly 7 Assembly Herb Conaway (D) Endorsement YES 7 Assembly Carol Murphy(D) Endorsement No 8 Senate George Youngkin (D) Endorsement No 8 Assembly Maryann Merlino (D) Endorsement No 8 Assembly Joanne Schwartz (D) Endorsement No 10 Assembly Raymond S. Baker (D) Endorsement No 11 Senate Vin Gopal (D) Endorsement No 11 Assembly Joann Downey (D) Endorsement Yes 11 Assembly Eric Houghtaling (D) Endorsement Yes 14 Senate Linda Greenstein (D) Endorsement Yes 14 Assembly Wayne DeAngelo (D) Endorsement Yes 14 Assembly Daniel Benson (D) Endorsement Yes 15 Senate Shirley Turner (D) Endorsement Yes 15 Assembly Reed Gusciora (D) Endorsement Yes 15 Assembly Elizabeth Maher Muoio Endorsement Yes (D) 16 Senate Laurie Poppe (D) Endorsement No 16 Assembly Andrew Zwicker (D) Endorsement Yes 16 Assembly Roy Freiman (D) Endorsement No 17 Senate Bob Smith (D) Endorsement Yes 17 Assembly Joseph Egan (D) Endorsement Yes 17 Assembly Joseph Danielson (D) Endorsement Yes 18 Senate Patrick Diegnan, Jr (D) Endorsement Yes 18 Assembly Nancy Pinkin (D) Endorsement Yes 18 Assembly Robert Karabinchak (D) Endorsement Yes 19 Senate Joseph Vitale (D) Endorsement Yes 19 Assembly Craig Coughlin (D) Endorsement Yes 19 Assembly Yvonne Lopez (D) Endorsement No 20 Senate Joe Cryan (D) Endorsement No 20 Assembly Annette Quijano (D) Endorsement Yes 20 Assembly Jamel Holley (D) Endorsement Yes 21 Senate Jill LaZare (D) Endorsement No 21 Assembly Lacey Rzeszowski (D) Endorsement No 22 Senate Nicholas Scutari (D) Endorsement Yes 22 Assembly Jerry Green (D) Endorsement Yes 22 Assembly James Kennedy (D) Endorsement Yes 23 Senate Christine Lui Chen (D) Endorsement No 23 Assembly Laura Shaw (D) Endorsement No 24 Senate Jennifer Hamilton (D) Endorsement No 24 Assembly Gina Trish (D) Endorsement No 24 Assembly Kate Matteson (D) Endorsement No 25 Senate Lisa Bhimani (D) Endorsement No 25 Assembly Tom Moran (D) Endorsement No 25 Assembly Richard Corcoran (D) Endorsement No 26 Senate Elliot Isibor Endorsement No 27 Senate Richard Codey (D) Endorsement Yes 27 Assembly John McKeon (D) Endorsement Yes 27 Assembly Mila Jasey (D) Endorsement Yes 28 Senate Ronald Rice (D) Endorsement Yes 28 Assembly Cleopatra Tucker (D) Endorsement Yes 28 Assembly Ralph Caputo (D) Endorsement Yes 29 Senate M. Teresa Ruiz (D) Endorsement Yes 29 Assembly Eliana Pintor-Marin (D) Endorsement Yes 31 Senate Sandra Cunningham (D) Endorsement Yes 31 Assembly Nick Chiaravalloti (D) Endorsement Yes 31 Assembly Angela McKnight (D) Endorsement Yes 32 Senate Nicholas Sacco (D) Endorsement Yes 32 Assembly Vincent Prieto (D) Endorsement Yes 32 Assembly Angelica Jimenez (D) Endorsement Yes 33 Senate Brian Stack (D) Endorsement Yes 33 Assembly Raj Mukherji (D) Endorsement Yes 33 Assembly Annette Chaparro (D) Endorsement Yes 34 Senate Nia Gill (D) Endorsement Yes 34 Assembly Sheila Oliver (D) Endorsement Yes 34 Assembly Thomas Giblin (D) Endorsement Yes 35 Assembly Nellie Pou (D) Endorsement Yes 35 Assembly Benjie Wimberly (D) Endorsement Yes 35 Assembly Shavonda Sumter (D) Endorsement Yes 36 Senate Paul Sarlo (D) Endorsement Yes 36 Assembly Gary Schaer (D) Endorsement Yes 36 Assembly Marlene Caride (D) Endorsement Yes 37 Senate Loretta Weinberg (D) Endorsement Yes 37 Assembly Gordon Johnson (D) Endorsement Yes 37 Assembly Valerie Vainieri Huttle Endorsemetn Yes (D) 38 Senate Bob Gordon (D) Endorsement Yes 38 Assembly Joseph Lagana (D) Endorsement Yes 38 Assembly Tim Eustace (D) Endorsement Yes 40 Senate Thomas Duch (D) Endorsement No 40 Assembly Paul Vagianos (D) Endorsement No 40 Assembly Christine Ordway (D) Endorsement No Burlington County Freeholders: Balvir Singh Tom Pulliom Pennsylvania & Philadelphia Elections: The following candidates have been endorsed by the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO: For City Controller: Alan Butkovitz For District Attorney: Larry Krasner For Judge of the Court of Common Pleas: Stella Tsai, Mark Cohen, Daniel Sulman, Leon Goodman, Deborah Canty, Dawn Tancredi, Wendi Barish, Zac Shaffer, Vincent Melchiorre, David Conroy, Lucretia Clemons For Judge of the Municipal Court: Marissa Brumbach, George Twardy Jr., Sherman Toppin The following candidates were recommended to the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO* for endorsement: For Justice of the Supreme Court: Dwayne Woodruff For Judge of the Superior Court: Carolyn Nichols, Maria McLaughlin For Judge of the Commonwealth Court: Ellen Ceisler, Todd Eagen .
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