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In 2006, the Supreme Court of New Jersey ordered the state to provide the rights and benefits of marriage to gay and lesbian couples. The following year, New Jersey became the third state in the U.S. (after Connecticut and Vermont) to offer civil unions to same-sex couples. In 2013, the state supreme court ruled that New Jersey must allow same ...
A political party platform (American English), party program, or party manifesto (preferential term in British and often Commonwealth English) is a formal set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate, to appeal to the general public, for the ultimate purpose of garnering the general public's support and votes about complicated topics or issues.
The Green Party of New Jersey is an active Green Party of the U.S. state affiliate, having nominated over 150 candidates for office since it began in 1997. The party experienced its first non-partisan electoral victory in 1999 when Gary Novosielski was elected to the Board of Education of the Rutherford School District .
Its main rival is the New Jersey Republican State Committee. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling every statewide office, including both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and the governorship, as well as 7 out of 12 U.S. House seats and both chambers of the state legislature. Two Democratic representatives died in 2024.
The centerpiece of the party's strategy is to restore fusion voting in New Jersey, [1] [3] [10] [11] [12] and eventually implement the practice nationally. [13] Fusion would allow a candidate to appear on a ballot multiple times for multiple parties allowing voters to support a candidate even if they disagree with that candidate's major party affiliation.
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Erik C. Peterson (born March 8, 1966) is an American Republican Party politician who represents the 23rd Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly. Peterson, who previously served on the Hunterdon County Board of Chosen Freeholders, replaced Assemblyman Michael J. Doherty, who was elected to the New Jersey Senate. He was sworn in ...
Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. [13] The representatives from the 7th District for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are: [14] Senator Troy Singleton (D) Assemblyman Herb Conaway (D) Assemblywoman Carol A. Murphy (D)