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NJ General Assembly 19 - Party Switch

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> United States > New Jersey > NJ General Assembly > NJ Assembly 19

Office

State House

Honorific

State Representative - Abbr: St. Rep.

Type

Party Switch

Filing Deadline

August 04, 2003 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

August 04, 2003 - 12:00am Central

Polls Close

August 04, 2003 - 12:05pm Central

Term Start

August 05, 2003 - 12:00pm

Term End

January 10, 2004 - 12:00pm

Contributor

*crickets chirp*

Last Modified

RBH January 20, 2016 11:05pm

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Description

Four term Democrat Arline Friscia switches to the Republican Party and announces her intent to run in the November 2003 General Election as a Republican. The switch is a result of being denied the organizational line in the Democratic Primary, which she subsequently lost to Perth Amboy Mayor Joseph Vas.

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/06/2001
	Name	John S. Wisniewski	Votes	35,090 (37.43%)
	Term	01/08/2002 - 01/13/2004	Margin	21,746 (+23.20%)
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/06/2001
	Name	Arline M. Friscia	Votes	33,458 (35.69%)
	Term	01/08/2002 - 01/13/2004	Margin	20,114 (+21.46%)

NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/04/2003
	Name	John S. Wisniewski	Votes	21,613 (32.29%)
	Term	01/13/2004 - 01/10/2006	Margin	6,709 (+10.02%)
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/04/2003
	Name	Joseph Vas	Votes	18,101 (27.04%)
	Term	01/13/2004 - 01/10/2006	Margin	3,197 (+4.78%)