Jerry Green gets Garden State Equality endorsement

Asm Jerry Green (D-22)

Garden State Equality, New Jersey's LGBTI organization, has endorsed Assemblyman Jerry Green for re-election in November.

I am posting the entire endorsement list, since the the group's minimalist website does not give a way to search for it, and PoliticsNJ put up only a partial list.

The group also endorsed the other 22nd Legislative District candidates, Asw Linda Stender and Sen. Nick Scutari.

The release from Garden State Equality follows --

Tuesday, November 6th is election day. All 120 seats in the state legislature are up for election, including all 40 seats in the Senate and all 80 seats in the Assembly. New Jersey has 40 state legislative districts, each represented by one Senator and two Assembly members. That means you can vote for one Senate candidate and two Assembly candidates.

For those who don't follow New Jersey politics closely, the option to vote for two Assembly candidates can seem counterintuitive. You may vote for the two Democratic Assembly candidates in your district; or the two Republican Assembly candidates; or one Democratic and one Republican Assembly candidate; or you may vote for just one Assembly candidate rather than two.

Garden State Equality's endorsements, listed below, are based on which candidates are strongest on LGBTI civil rights. For incumbents, our endorsement process involved an analysis of the incumbents' voting records throughout their legislative careers. For challengers, our endorsement process involved interviews and extensive local research.

To find which state legislative district you live in, please visit http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/municipalities.asp , the state legislature's web page that lists districts by municipality.

Newark and Jersey City are each divided into three state legislative districts -- and the site above will not be helpful. If you live in Newark or Jersey City, or in any other municipality not listed on the site above, please call Garden State Equality headquarters at (973) GSE-LGBT, let us know your address, and we'll let you know your district.

District 1
Jeff Van Drew	Senate	D	Assembly member running for Senate
Nelson Albano	Assembly	D	incumbent
Matt Milliam	Assembly	D
District 2
James Whelan	Senate	D	Assembly member running for Senate
Blondell Spellman	Assembly	D
Joseph Wilkins	Assembly	D
District 3
Stephen Sweeney	Senate	D	incumbent
John Burzichelli	Assembly	D	incumbent
Doug Fisher	Assembly	D	incumbent
District 4
Fred Madden	Senate	D	incumbent
Paul Moriarty	Assembly	D	incumbent
Sandra Love	Assembly	D
District 5
Dana Redd	Senate	D
Joe Roberts	Assembly	D	incumbent
[Only one endorsement for Assembly here]
District 6
John Adler	Senate	D	incumbent
Louis Greenwald	Assembly	D	incumbent
Pamela Lampitt	Assembly	D	incumbent
District 7
Richard Dennison	Senate	D
Jack Conners	Assembly	D	incumbent
Herb Conaway	Assembly	D	incumbent
District 8
[No endorsements here]
District 9
[No endorsements here]
District 10
Andrew Ciesla	Senate	R	incumbent
[No endorsements for Assembly here]
District 11
[No endorsement for Senate here]
Mary Pat Angelini	Assembly	R
[Only one endorsement for Assembly here]
District 12
Ellen Karcher	Senate	D	incumbent
Mike Panter	Assembly	D	incumbent
Amy Mallet	Assembly	D
District 13
[No endorsement for Senate here]
Amy Handlin	Assembly	R	incumbent
[Only one endorsement for Assembly here]
District 14
Bill Baroni	Senate	R	Assembly member running for Senate
Linda Greenstein	Assembly	D	incumbent
[Only one endorsement for Assembly here]
District 15
Shirley Turner	Senate	D	incumbent
Bonnie Watson Coleman	Assembly	D	incumbent
Reed Gusciora	Assembly	D	incumbent
District 16
Christopher Bateman	Senate	R	Assembly member running for Senate
Michael Fedun	Assembly	D
[Only one endorsement for Assembly here]
District 17
Bob Smith	Senate	D	incumbent
Upendra Chivukula	Assembly	D	incumbent
[Only one endorsement for Assembly here]
District 18
Barbara Buono	Senate	D	incumbent
Peter Barnes	Assembly	D	incumbent
Patrick Diegnan	Assembly	D	incumbent
District 19
Joseph Vitale	Senate	D	incumbent
John Wisniewski	Assembly	D	incumbent
Joseph Vas	Assembly	D	incumbent
District 20
Raymond Lesniak	Senate	D	incumbent
Neil Cohen	Assembly	D	incumbent
Joseph Cryan	Assembly	D	incumbent
District 21
Gina Genovese	Senate	D
Jon Bramnick	Assembly	R	incumbent
[Only one endorsement for Assembly here]
District 22
Nicholas Scutari	Senate	D	incumbent
Jerry Green	Assembly	D	incumbent
Linda Stender	Assembly	D	incumbent
District 23
[No endorsements here]
District 24
[No endorsements here]
District 25
[No endorsement for Senate here]
Dana Wefer	Assembly	D
[Only one endorsement for Assembly here]
District 26
[No endorsements here]
District 27
Dick Codey	Senate	D	incumbent
John McKeon	Assembly	D	incumbent
Mila Jasey	Assembly	D	incumbent
District 28
[No endorsement for Senate here]
Cleopatra Tucker	Assembly	D
[Only one endorsement for Assembly here]
District 29
Teresa Ruiz	Senate	D
Grace Spencer	Assembly	D
Alberto Coutinho	Assembly	D
District 30
[No endorsements here]
District 31
Sandra Bolden Cunningham	Senate	D
L. Harvey Smith	Assembly	D
[Only one endorsement for Assembly here]
District 32
Nicholas Sacco	Senate	D	incumbent
Joan Quigley	Assembly	D	incumbent
Vincent Prieto	Assembly	D	incumbent
District 33
Brian Stack	Senate	D	Assembly member running for Senate
Ruben Ramos	Assembly	D
Caridad Rodriguez	Assembly	D
District 34
Nia Gill	Senate	D	incumbent
Tom Giblin	Assembly	D	incumbent
Sheila Oliver	Assembly	D	incumbent
District 35
John Girgenti	Senate	D	incumbent
Nellie Pou	Assembly	D	incumbent
Elease Evans	Assembly	D	incumbent
District 36
[No endorsement for Senate here]	Assembly	D	incumbent
Frederick Scalera	Assembly	D	incumbent
[Only one endorsement for Assembly here]
District 37
Loretta Weinberg	Senate	D	incumbent
Gordon Johnson	Assembly	D	incumbent
Valerie Vainieri Huttle	Assembly	D	incumbent
District 38
Robert Gordon	Senate	D	Assembly member running for Senate
Joan Voss	Assembly	D	incumbent
Connie Wagner	Assembly	D
District 39
Joseph Ariyan	Senate	D
Charlotte Vandervalk	Assembly	R	incumbent
[Only one endorsement for Assembly here]
District 40
[No endorsements here]

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Garden State Equality

-- Dan Damon

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