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NJLGC 2005 Assembly Race Questionaire
The New Jersey Lesbian and Gay Coalition is a 501(c)4 organization and cannot endorse any candidate for political office. We can provide education about candidates---where they stand on the issues that are most important to our community. These results are released in our annual voters guide. This year is not the time for complacency. In the Governor's race there are significant differences between the candidates. Please know the candidates and most importantly, please VOTE.
This year's most contested race is the race for the office of Governor. We released the results of the surveys from Jon Corzine and Doug Forrester last week.
The other key race in New Jersey this year is for the office of Assembly. Many of those races are not close and in most cases the incumbent is expected to win. There are a few races, however, that are of significant importance to our community and we sent our survey to those candidates. In one district we did not receive any response. In the other two races we received some, not all, of the surveys. An asterisk notes the incumbent.
While they are not included in the chart below,
in the 26th district, Democrats Avery Hart and Kate McCabe have reached out to the LGBT community and attended our venues.
| 11th District -- Surveys were sent to the following candidates, however no surveys were returned. |
| Sean Kean* | Republican | | Jim Reilly | Democrat
| | Steve Corodemus* | Republican | | Matt Doherty | Democrat
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| 16th District -- Surveys were sent to the following candidates. Bateman, Goldberg and Eader responded. |
| Pete Biondi* | Republican | | Charles Eader | Democrat |
Christopher "Kip" Bateman* | Republican | | Michael Goldberg | Democrat |
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| 25th District -- Surveys were sent to the following candidates. Schindler responded. |
| Michael P. Carroll* | Republican | | Thomas Jackson | Democrat |
| Richard A. Merkt* | Republican | | Janice Schindler | Democrat |
NJLGC 2005 Assembly Candidate Responses
| Candidates for Assembly 2005 Voters Guide Responses |
| | 16th District | 25th District |
| Question | Bateman | Eader | Goldberg | Schindler |
| 1. Do you support bill A3678, civil rights legislation that would amend NJ's Law Against Discrimination to explicitly ban discrimination against transgendered and gender variant people? | Yes | Yes
| Yes | Yes |
| 2. Would you support legislation to extend to committed same sex couples the same civil benefits, obligations, and protections as are currently extended by state law to married couples?
| Yes | Yes
| Yes | Yes |
| 3. Would you support legislation to legalize the possession and sale of clean hypodermic syringes and needles to NJ residents, to protect their health and to prevent the spread of HIV, Hepatitis C and other blood-borne diseases?
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes | Yes |
| 4. Would you support legislation to extend New Jersey hate crimes statutes to protect transgendered and gender variant people?
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes | Yes |
| 5. Would you support legislation to strengthen NJ's hate crimes statutes to add further protection to NJ's communities of color?
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes | Yes |
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