Socialist Party of New Jersey

Socialist Party of New Jersey
Co-Chair	Stephanie Gussin, Greg Pason
Secretary	Pat Noble
Founded	1970s
Headquarters	Montclair, NJ
Ideology	Democratic socialism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Socialist Party USA
Official colors	Red
Website
SP New Jersey

The Socialist Party of New Jersey (SPNJ) is the state chapter of the Socialist Party USA in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

The Socialist Party of America voted 73:34 to change its name to Social Democrats, USA in December of 1972.^[1] SPUSA was founded in 1973, after which the SPNJ was founded.

The Socialist Party of New Jersey engages in both electoral politics and non-electoral activism. Recent electoral campaigns include include Greg Pason's 2006 run for United States Senate and Willie Norwood's 2006 campaign for United States House of Representatives in southern New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District. Non-electoral activism includes anti-racist actions in cooperation with Residents Against Racism, support for unions and unionization in cooperation with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and other unions, anti-war and anti-imperialist agitation, and support for feminism and women's rights.

The Socialist Party of New Jersey has two active locals, a Northern New Jersey local headquartered in Montclair, and a Monmouth and Ocean County local in Red Bank, the Socialist Party of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

The Socialist Party in New Jersey fails to meet state requirements to have the party listed on voter registration forms, so unlike eight other parties the state does not track membership or consider the party a political party as defined by the state of New Jersey^[2].

Current Candidates for Office (2012)

• Stewart Alexander for President, Alejandro Mendoza for Vice President (nominated by the Socialist Party USA, will be seeking ballot access by petition in 2012)
• Greg Pason for US Senate (will be seeking ballot access by petition in 2012)

Former Candidates for Office

Gubernatorial Candidates

• 2009: Greg Pason/Costantino Rozzo- 2,085 votes (0.09%)^[3]
• 2005: Costantino Rozzo- 2,078 votes (0.09%)^[4]
• 2001: Costantino Rozzo- 1,537 votes (0.07%)
• 1997: Greg Pason- 2,800 votes (0.12%)^[5]

US Senate Candidates

• 2006: Greg Pason- 2,490 votes (0.1%)
• 2002: Greg Pason- 2,702 votes (0.13%)
• 2000: Greg Pason- 3,365 votes (0.11%)^[6]

US House of Representatives Candidates

• 1994, District 9: Greg Pason- 1,490 votes (0.93%)

County/local Candidates

• 2011 Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders: Pat Noble- 1,389 votes (0.67%) ^[7]
• 2008 Madison Borough Council: Peter Moody- Write-in candidacy (votes not counted)

External links

• SPNJ Official Website
• Socialist Party of Northern New Jersey
• Socialist Party of Monmouth and Ocean Counties
• Pat Noble for Monmouth County Freeholder Campaign Website
• Residents Against Racism

1. ^ Anonymous (31 December 1972). "Socialist Party now the Social Democrats, U.S.A.". New York Times: p. 36. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00B16FC3E5A137A93C3AA1789D95F468785F9. Retrieved February 8, 2010. 
2. ^ http://www.njelections.org/2008results/08generalelection/voter-registration-summary102008.pdf
3. ^ http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/09-official-general-election-gov-lt-gov-tallies-120109.pdf
4. ^ http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2005_Official_General_Election-Governor_tallies.pdf
5. ^ http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/1997-general-election-results-governor.pdf
6. ^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm
7. ^ http://co.monmouth.nj.us/electionresults/election%20result.htm