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  NJ General Assembly 07
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Parents > United States > New Jersey > NJ General Assembly > NJ Assembly 07
OfficeState House
HonorificState Representative - Abbr: St. Rep.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline April 07, 1997 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 1997 - 05:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 1997 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 13, 1998 - 12:00pm
Term End September 03, 1998 - 12:00pm
# Winners2
Contributor*crickets chirp*
Last ModifiedRBH June 13, 2017 03:49am
Data SourcesFitzgerald's Legislative Manual, 1998.
Description Perhaps the most controversial New Jersey election of the 1990s. Problems with a voting machine led to a successful legal challenge of this election by Republican Ken Faulkner.

When the court nullified the result of the election, Conners was unseated and his Assembly seat was declared vacant. Pursuant to New Jersey law, the last party to win the seat in a general election is empowered to fill the vacancy. Since Republicans Diane Allen and Carmine DeSopo last won the seat in 1995, the members of the Burlington and Camden County Republican Parties chose third-place finisher Ken Faulkner to fill the vacancy until a special election could be held for the seat in November of 1998.

Faulker would lose the special election in a landslide to Jack Conners.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/07/1995
NameDiane Allen Votes22,242 (27.73%)
Term01/09/1996 - 01/13/1998 Margin5,113 (+6.37%)
  PartyRepublican Won11/07/1995
NameCarmine DeSopo Votes20,488 (25.54%)
Term01/09/1996 - 01/13/1998 Margin3,359 (+4.19%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won09/18/1998
NameKen Faulkner Votes1 (100.00%)
Term09/18/1998 - 11/04/1998 Margin1 (+100.00%)
  PartyDemocratic Won09/18/1998
NameHerb Conaway Votes0 (0.00%)
Term09/18/1998 - 11/04/1998 Margin0 (+0.00%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE

CANDIDATES (2 Winners)
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Name Herb Conaway Jack Conners Ken Faulkner George E. Williams Hosey Best Raymond Hellings Carmen S. Zarrelli
PartyDemocratic Democratic Republican Republican NJ Conservative NJ Conservative Reform
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Uncertified Votes 27,447 (24.63%) 27,402 (24.59%) 27,335 (24.53%) 25,122 (22.54%) 1,257 (1.13%) 1,091 (0.98%) 900 (0.81%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -45 (-0.04%) -112 (-0.10%) -2,325 (-2.09%) -26,190 (-23.50%) -26,356 (-23.65%) -26,547 (-23.82%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 01/01/1997 01/01/1997 01/01/1997 01/01/1997 01/01/1997 01/01/1997 --
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Name George Guzdek  
PartyReform  
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Uncertified Votes 880 (0.79%)  
Margin-26,567 (-23.84%)  
Predict Avg.0.00%  
Cash On Hand $--  
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