The Socialist Party of New Jersey (SPNJ) is the state chapter of the Socialist Party USA in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
The Socialist Party of New Jersey engages in both electoral politics and non-electoral activism. Some examples of non-electoral activism includes anti-racist actions in cooperation with Residents Against Racism, support for unions and unionization in cooperation with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and other unions, anti-war and anti-imperialist agitation, and support for feminism and women's rights.
In 2014, the SPNJ declared victory in a lawsuit (Noble v. State) against the State of New Jersey over the State preventing the Party from having voter registration rights. The SPNJ joins eight other political parties who have voter registration, six of which are minor/alternative parties and also had to file a lawsuit to receive voter registration abilities.
The Socialist Party of New Jersey has two active locals, a Northern New Jersey local headquartered in Montclair, and a Central New Jersey local headquartered in Red Bank.
Organization The Socialist Party of New Jersey is governed by a State Executive Committee (SEC), elected to two-year terms at a state convention on odd years. The state convention elects one to two State Chairs, as well as a State Secretary and State Treasurer. Additionally, each chartered local is invited to elect one representative to sit on the SEC as a voting member.
Former candidates
Gubernatorial candidates 2013: Maynor Moreno/Stephanie Gussin- Write-in candidacy (votes not counted) 2009: Greg Pason/Costantino Rozzo- 2,085 votes (0.09%)http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/09-official-general-election-gov-lt-gov-tallies-120109.pdf 2005: Costantino Rozzo- 2,078 votes (0.09%) 2001: Costantino Rozzo- 1,537 votes (0.07%) 1997: Greg Pason- 2,800 votes (0.12%)
US Senate candidates 2012: Greg Pason- 2,249 votes (0.07%) 2006: Greg Pason- 2,490 votes (0.11%) 2002: Greg Pason- 2,702 votes (0.13%) 2000: Greg Pason- 3,365 votes (0.11%)
US House of Representatives candidates 2008, District 2: Constantio Rozzo- 648 votes (0.23%) 2006, District 2: Willie Norwood- 385 votes (0.21%) 2004, District 2: Constantio Rozzo- 595 votes (0.22%) 2004, District 5: Greg Pason- 574 votes (0.19%) 2002, District 2: Constantio Rozzo- 771 votes (0.46%) 2000, District 2: Constantio Rozzo- 788 votes (0.34%) 1994, District 9: Greg Pason- 1,490 votes (0.93%) (on ballot as "Independent") 1984, District 3: Lawrence D. Erickson- 907 votes (0.40%) 1982, District 3: Lawrence D. Erickson- 436 votes (0.26%) 1980, District 3: Lawrence D. Erickson- 643 votes (0.30%)
State Assembly candidates 2005, District 2: Sharin Chiorazzo- 832 votes (0.77%) and Willie Norwood- 665 (0.61%) (two candidates elected) 2005, District 10: Scott Baier- 584 votes (0.46%) (two candidates elected) 2003, District 1: Constantino Rozzo- 768 votes (0.81%) (two candidates elected) 1997, District 27: John-Martin Winter- 1,051 votes (1.50%) (two candidates elected) 1995, District 27: John-Martin Winter- 478 votes (1.07%) (two candidates elected)
County/local candidates 2018 Red Bank Regional High School Board of Education: Pat Noble- 2,539 votes (98.60%) (non-partisan race) 2015 Red Bank Regional High School Board of Education: Pat Noble- 1,103 votes (97.78%) (non-partisan race) 2012 Red Bank Regional High School Board of Education: Pat Noble- 1,187 votes (54.47%) (non-partisan race) 2011 Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders: Pat Noble- 1,389 votes (0.67%) 2008 Madison Borough Council: Peter Moody- Write-in candidacy (votes not counted) 2006 Mayor of Paterson: Tommy Silva- 205 votes (1.12%) (non-partisan race)
Presidential nominee results Since 1976, the Socialist Party USA has run a candidate for President of the United States. The party's nominee has been on the ballot in New Jersey in 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 2000, 2004 and 2008. The candidate who has received the highest vote total in New Jersey was Willa Kenoyer in 1988.
YearNomineeResultVotesNotes1900 Eugene V. Debs4 of 64,611 (1.15%)1904 Eugene V. Debs3 of 69,587 (2.22%)1908 Eugene V. Debs3 of 610,249 (2.19%)1912 Eugene V. Debs4 of 615,948 (3.69%)1916 Allan L. Benson3 of 510,405 (2.10%)1920 Eugene V. Debs3 of 727,141 (3.00%)1924 Robert M. La Follette3 of 8108,901 (10.03%)Also nominated by the Progressive Party.1928 Norman Thomas3 of 64,897 (0.32%)1932 Norman Thomas3 of 642,998 (2.64%)1936 Norman Thomas4 of 73,931 (0.22%)1940 Norman Thomas4 of 62,433 (0.12%)1944 Norman Thomas5 of 53,558 (0.17%)1948 Norman Thomas5 of 710,521 (0.54%)1952 Darlington Hoopes3 of 88,592 (0.36%)1956 Darlington HoopesN/AN/ANot on ballot; final presidential campaign of Socialist Party of America1976 Frank Zeidler12 of 12469 (0.02%)First nominee of Socialist Party USA1980 David McReynolds10 of 131,973 (0.07%)1984 Sonia Johnson9 of 91,247 (0.02%)Also nominated by the Citizens Party.1988 Willa Kenoyer 7 of 112,587 (0.08%)1992 J. Quinn Brisben N/AN/A(not on ballot) 1996 Mary Cal Hollis N/AN/A(not on ballot)2000 David McReynolds 7 of 91,880 (0.06%)2004 Walt Brown 7 of 9664 (0.02%)2008 Brian Moore 7 of 10699 (0.02%)2012 Stewart Alexander N/AN/A(not on ballot)2016 Mimi Soltysik N/AN/A(not on ballot)2020 Howie Hawkins 4 of 8 14,202 (0.31%) Also nominated by the Green Party.
External links SPNJ Official Website Socialist Party of Northern New Jersey Central New Jersey Socialist Party Residents Against Racism
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