The governor’s seat is up for grabs. Though New Jersey residents have voted majority Democrat for every Presidential candidate since 1992, put only Democratic Senators in office since 1972 and created a majority Democratic legislature since 2004, the gubernatorial race is anyone’s race. Garden State voters have chosen a Republican leader three times in the past 50 years.
That is why it is important to be informed about who the candidates are for this year’s election. With six Democrats and five Republicans vying for the governorship, there are also 80 Assembly seats up for grabs and countless county and local positions as well. This month, in the issue Democrat, Republican or Unaffiliated – It’s June Primaries Time!, we tell you everything you need to know about how and where to vote as well as who is running for office and what they stand for.
What issue is driving you to vote in the Primary Election? That is what we asked around town this month for our Pulse of Princeton. Do you align with these voters? Have a different reason driving you? Watch the video now.
Have you registered and are preparing to cast your ballot? The article Your Vote on Primary Day Can Impact the Races for District 16 and the State provides all the details on the different voting options, where and when you can weigh in as well as detailed information about the candidates running for Assembly in NJ District 16, and who is running for all the other county and local offices on the Princeton ballot.
With so many gubernatorial candidates to choose from, it is important to get acquainted with each. The article Get to Know the Candidates for Governor Before You Vote provides insight into each Democrat and Republican running in the Primary Election and offers insight from each specifically on what they have to offer Mercer County voters.
As we often do when an election is looming, we have reached out to respected community members to provide some things to think about before you vote. This month we bring you A Democrat’s Perspective: Considerations as Primary Day Approaches and A Republican’s Perspective: Considerations as Primary Day Approaches. No matter which party you align with, you can always learn from those across the aisle, too.
A train strike is looming and there is some exciting music coming to town. Stay on top of both impactful events by reading this month’s Perspectives Revisited.
With no other resource to learn about every candidate on your ballot, Princeton Perspectives is the place to be informed. Thank you for reading and please pass this issue onto your friends, family and neighbors, so they can be informed, too!
Lisa Jacknow spent years working in national and local news in and around New York City before moving to Princeton. Working as both a TV producer and news reporter, Lisa came to this area to focus on the local news of Mercer County at WZBN-TV. In recent years, she got immersed in the Princeton community by serving leadership roles at local schools in addition to volunteering for other local non-profits. In her free time, Lisa loves to spend time with her family, play tennis, sing and play the piano. A graduate of the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, Lisa was raised just north of Boston, Massachusetts but has lived in the tri-state area since college. She is excited to be Editor and head writer for Princeton Perspectives!