The Socialist Party of New Jersey (SPNJ) is the state chapter of the

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in the

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. The Socialist Party of New Jersey engages in both

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and non-electoral activism. Electoral campaigns include Greg Pason's 2009 run for

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and Pat Noble's 2011 run for the

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. Non-electoral activism includes anti-racist actions in cooperation with

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, support for unions and unionization in cooperation with the

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(IWW) and other unions, anti-war and anti-imperialist agitation, and support for

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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.

Elected officials

:*Pat Noble, member of the

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Board of Education since January 2nd, 2013

Former candidates

Gubernatorial candidates

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: Maynor Moreno/Stephanie Gussin- Write-in candidacy (votes not counted) :* 2009: Greg Pason/Costantino Rozzo- 2,085 votes (0.09%) :* 2005: Costantino Rozzo- 2,078 votes (0.09%) :* 2001: Costantino Rozzo- 1,537 votes (0.07%) :*

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

: Greg Pason- 2,800 votes (0.12%)

US Senate candidates

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: Greg Pason- 2,249 votes (0.07%) :* 2006: Greg Pason- 2,490 votes (0.11%) :* 2002: Greg Pason- 2,702 votes (0.13%) :*

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

: 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

: Pat Noble- 1,389 votes (0.67%) :*2008 Madison Borough Council: Peter Moody- Write-in candidacy (votes not counted) :*2006

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: Tommy Silva- 205 votes (1.12%) (non-partisan race)

Presidential nominee results

Since 1976, the

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.

External links

SPNJ Official WebsiteSocialist Party of Northern New JerseyCentral New Jersey Socialist PartyResidents Against Racism

References

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Political parties in New Jersey