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State Office Name Party Rating
Loretta Weinberg 100%
NJ Mayor Reed Gusciora 90%
NJ State Senate - 15 Shirley Turner Democratic 90%
Charles Zisa 90%
Joseph Charles, Jr. 89%
Garry Furnari 89%
John Lynch 83%
Norman Robertson 80%
NJ State Senate - 19 Joseph Vitale Democratic 80%
Raul Garcia 75%
Diane Allen 70%
Byron Baer 70%
Peter Barnes, Jr. 70%
Leonard Connors, Jr. 70%
Ronald Rice 70%
NJ State Senate - 17 Bob Smith Democratic 70%
NJ U.S. House - 12 Bonnie Watson Coleman Democratic 70%
John Wisniewski 70%
C. Louis Bassano 67%
Wayne Bryant 67%
Barbara Buono 67%
Peter Inverso 67%
Donald Tucker 67%
Raymond Lesniak 63%
Jack Sinagra 63%
John Adler 60%
Andrew Ciesla 60%
Richard Codey 60%
Christopher Connors 60%
Joseph Doria, Jr. 60%
Arline Friscia 60%
Jerry Green 60%
LeRoy Jones, Jr. 60%
Walter Kavanaugh 60%
Bernard Kenny, Jr. 60%
Louis Kosco 60%
William Payne 60%
NJ Mayor - At-Large Nicholas Sacco 60%
Alfred Steele 60%
Raymond Zane 60%
John Bennett III 56%
Pete Biondi 50%
James Cafiero 50%
Wilfredo Caraballo 50%
Neil Cohen 50%
Steven Corodemus 50%
NJ State Senate - 5 Nilsa Cruz-Perez Democratic 50%
Scott Garrett 50%
Nia Gill 50%
William Gormley 50%
Anthony Impreveduto 50%
Kenneth LeFevre 50%
Robert Martin 50%
John Matheussen 50%
Jeffrey Moran 50%
Edward O'Connor, Jr. 50%
NJ U.S. House - 9 Nelida Pou Democratic 50%
Joan Quigley 50%
William Schluter 50%
NJ State Senate - 30 Robert Singer Republican 50%
Craig Stanley 50%
Guy Talarico 50%
Joe Kyrillos, Jr. 44%
Henry McNamara 44%
David Wolfe 44%
Michael Arnone 40%
Martha Bark 40%
Christopher Bateman 40%
Anthony Bucco 40%
Michael Carroll 40%
NJ U.S. House - 3 Herb Conaway, Jr. Democratic 40%
Jack Conners 40%
Donald DiFrancesco 40%
George Geist 40%
NJ State Assembly - 6 Lou Greenwald Democratic 40%
Guy Gregg 40%
Rose Marie Heck 40%
NJ State Senate - 10 Jim Holzapfel Republican 40%
Leonard Lance 40%
Kevin O'Toole 40%
Mary Previte 40%
Joseph Roberts, Jr. 40%
Thomas Smith, Sr. 40%
Joseph Suliga 40%
Charlotte Vandervalk 40%
Joel Weingarten 40%
Gerald Zecker 40%
Alan Augustine 33%
John Rooney 33%
David Russo 33%
Nicholas Asselta 30%
Joseph Azzolina, Sr. 30%
Richard Bagger 30%
Francis Blee 30%
Francis Bodine 30%
Gerald Cardinale 30%
Larry Chatzidakis 30%
Jack Collins 30%
Melvin Cottrell 30%
Alex DeCroce 30%
State Office Name Party Rating
Loretta Weinberg 100%
NJ Mayor Reed Gusciora 90%
NJ State Senate - 15 Shirley Turner D 90%
Charles Zisa 90%
Joseph Charles, Jr. 89%
Garry Furnari 89%
John Lynch 83%
Norman Robertson 80%
NJ State Senate - 19 Joseph Vitale D 80%
Raul Garcia 75%
Diane Allen 70%
Byron Baer 70%
Peter Barnes, Jr. 70%
Leonard Connors, Jr. 70%
Ronald Rice 70%
NJ State Senate - 17 Bob Smith D 70%
NJ U.S. House - 12 Bonnie Watson Coleman D 70%
John Wisniewski 70%
C. Louis Bassano 67%
Wayne Bryant 67%
Barbara Buono 67%
Peter Inverso 67%
Donald Tucker 67%
Raymond Lesniak 63%
Jack Sinagra 63%
John Adler 60%
Andrew Ciesla 60%
Richard Codey 60%
Christopher Connors 60%
Joseph Doria, Jr. 60%
Arline Friscia 60%
Jerry Green 60%
LeRoy Jones, Jr. 60%
Walter Kavanaugh 60%
Bernard Kenny, Jr. 60%
Louis Kosco 60%
William Payne 60%
NJ Mayor - At-Large Nicholas Sacco 60%
Alfred Steele 60%
Raymond Zane 60%
John Bennett III 56%
Pete Biondi 50%
James Cafiero 50%
Wilfredo Caraballo 50%
Neil Cohen 50%
Steven Corodemus 50%
NJ State Senate - 5 Nilsa Cruz-Perez D 50%
Scott Garrett 50%
Nia Gill 50%
William Gormley 50%
Anthony Impreveduto 50%
Kenneth LeFevre 50%
Robert Martin 50%
John Matheussen 50%
Jeffrey Moran 50%
Edward O'Connor, Jr. 50%
NJ U.S. House - 9 Nelida Pou D 50%
Joan Quigley 50%
William Schluter 50%
NJ State Senate - 30 Robert Singer R 50%
Craig Stanley 50%
Guy Talarico 50%
Joe Kyrillos, Jr. 44%
Henry McNamara 44%
David Wolfe 44%
Michael Arnone 40%
Martha Bark 40%
Christopher Bateman 40%
Anthony Bucco 40%
Michael Carroll 40%
NJ U.S. House - 3 Herb Conaway, Jr. D 40%
Jack Conners 40%
Donald DiFrancesco 40%
George Geist 40%
NJ State Assembly - 6 Lou Greenwald D 40%
Guy Gregg 40%
Rose Marie Heck 40%
NJ State Senate - 10 Jim Holzapfel R 40%
Leonard Lance 40%
Kevin O'Toole 40%
Mary Previte 40%
Joseph Roberts, Jr. 40%
Thomas Smith, Sr. 40%
Joseph Suliga 40%
Charlotte Vandervalk 40%
Joel Weingarten 40%
Gerald Zecker 40%
Alan Augustine 33%
John Rooney 33%
David Russo 33%
Nicholas Asselta 30%
Joseph Azzolina, Sr. 30%
Richard Bagger 30%
Francis Blee 30%
Francis Bodine 30%
Gerald Cardinale 30%
Larry Chatzidakis 30%
Jack Collins 30%
Melvin Cottrell 30%
Alex DeCroce 30%
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