League of Humane Voters of New Jersey

League of Humane Voters of New Jersey Election Info and Endorsements

2011

Politicians take issues seriously when voters do. YOUR VOTE MATTERS!

2011 Scorecard

Each LOHV-NJ endorsed candidate was graded according to his or her voting record or recent political assurances. Generally, we do not endorse candidates unless they have GOOD, GREAT, or EXCELLENT voting records.

If hunting issues are important to you, please go to the bottom to see the list of incumbent legislators who are members of the New Jersey Angling & Hunting Conservation Caucus. LOHV-NJ does not endorse any legislator who is a member of the caucus. A few of the members are adept at introducing non-controversial companion animal bills precisely to divide the humane voting bloc. LOHV-NJ does not play that game.

If you need to locate your Legislative District, please search for your town within this Acrobat Reader FILE. Please note that this list was provided by the state and may not contain every town.

LOHV-NJ ENDORSED ASSEMBLY AND SENATE CANDIDATES

	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 15 Senator Shirley Turner (D) - WINNER Senator Turner is pro-animal and has an EXCELLENT incumbent voting record. District 15: East Amwell Twp Ewing Twp Hopewell Boro Hopewell Twp Lambertville City Lawrence Twp Pennington Boro Trenton City West Amwell Twp West Windsor Twp
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 15 Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D) - WINNER Reed Gusciora has a GREAT incument voting record. District 15: East Amwell Twp Ewing Twp Hopewell Boro Hopewell Twp Lambertville City Lawrence Twp Pennington Boro Trenton City West Amwell Twp West Windsor Twp
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 16 Senator Christopher "Kip" Bateman (R) - WINNER Senator Bateman has a GREAT voting record on domestic, wildlife and associated public safety issues. Senator Bateman voted against the perimeter bill and Sunday hunting. District 16: Branchburg Twp Delaware Twp Flemington Boro HillsBoro Twp Manville Boro, Millstone Boro, Montgomery Twp, Princeton Boro, Princeton Twp, Raritan Twp, Readington Twp, Rocky Hill Boro, Somerville Boro, South Brunswick Twp, Stockton Boro.
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 18 Senator Barbara Buono (D) - WINNER Senator Buono has a GREAT voting record on animal issues. Senator Buono voted against Sunday hunting and the poaching bill. She didn't vote for the Perimeter bill. District 18: East Brunswick Twp Edison Twp Helmetta Boro Highland Park Boro Metuchen Boro South Plainfield Boro South River Boro East Brunswick Twp Edison Twp Helmetta Boro Highland Park Boro Metuchen Boro South Plainfield Boro South River Boro
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 19 Senator Joseph Vitale (D) - WINNER Senator Vitale has an EXCELLENT A++ voting record on companion animal and wildlife issues. Districtt 19: Carteret Boro Perth Amboy City Sayreville Boro South Amboy City Woodbridge Twp
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 20 Senator Raymond Lesniak (D) - WINNER Senator Lesniak has a GOOD incumbent voting record on both companion animal and wildlife issues. He voted NO on the perimeter bill and NO on the deer poaching bill. District 20: Elizabeth City Hillside Twp Roselle Boro Union Twp
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 27 Assemblywoman Mila M. Jasey (D) - WINNER Assemblywoman Mila M. Jasey has a GREAT incumbent voting record on companion animal and wildlife issues. District 27: Caldwell Boro Chatham Twp East Hanover Twp Essex Fells Boro Florham Park Boro Hanover Twp Harding Twp Livingston Twp Madison Boro Maplewood Twp Millburn Twp Roseland Boro South Orange Vil Twp West Orange Twp
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 31 Senator Sandra B. Cunningham (D) - WINNER Senator Sandra Cunningham has a GREAT incumbent record on companion and wildlife issues. District 31: Bayonne City and parts of Jersey City.
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 31 Assemblyman Charles Mainor (D) - WINNER Assemblyman Mainor has recently come on board with both companion animal and wildlife issues. District 31: Bayonne City and parts of Jersey City.
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 34 Senator Nia H. Gill, Esq. (D) - WINNER Senator Gill has a GREAT incumbent voting record on companion animal and wildlife issues. District 34: City of Orange Twp Clifton City East Orange City Montclair Twp
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 35 Assemblywoman Nellie Pou (D) running for Senate - WINNER Assemblywoman Pou has an EXCELLENT A++ incumbent voting record for both companion animal and wildlife issues. District 35: Elmwood Park Boro Garfield City Haledon Boro North Haledon Boro Paterson City
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 37 Senator Loretta Weinberg (D) - WINNER Senator Weinberg has a GREAT incumbent voting record for both companion animal and wildlife issues. District 37: Alpine Boro Bogota Boro Cresskill Boro Englewood City Englewood Cliffs Boro Fort Lee Boro Hackensack City Leonia Boro Northvale Boro Palisades Park Boro Rockleigh Boro Teaneck Twp Tenafly Boro
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 37 Assemblyman Gordon M. Johnson (D) - WINNER Assemblyman Johnson has a GREAT incumbent voting record for both companion animal and wildlife issues. District 37: Alpine Boro Bogota Boro Cresskill Boro Englewood City Englewood Cliffs Boro Fort Lee Boro Hackensack City Leonia Boro Northvale Boro Palisades Park Boro Rockleigh Boro Teaneck Twp Tenafly Boro
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 37 Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D) - WINNER Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle has a GREAT incumbent voting record for both companion animal and wildlife issues. She voted against Sunday hunting and the perimeter bill. District 37: Alpine Boro Bogota Boro Cresskill Boro Englewood City Englewood Cliffs Boro Fort Lee Boro Hackensack City Leonia Boro Northvale Boro Palisades Park Boro Rockleigh Boro Teaneck Twp Tenafly Boro
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 38 Senator Robert Gordon (D) - WINNER Senator Bob Gordon has an EXCELLENT incumbent voting record for companion animals and more recently wildlife. He voted NO on the deer poaching bill. District 38: Bergenfield Boro Fair Lawn Boro Glen Rock Boro Hasbrouck Heights Boro Hawthorne Boro Lodi Boro Maywood Boro New Milford Boro Oradell Boro Paramus Boro River Edge Boro Rochelle Park Twp Saddle Brook Twp
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 38 Assemblywoman Connie Wagner (D) - WINNER Assemblywoman Connie Wagner has a GREAT incumbent voting record for both companion animals and wildlife. District 38: Bergenfield Boro Fair Lawn Boro Glen Rock Boro Hasbrouck Heights Boro Hawthorne Boro Lodi Boro Maywood Boro New Milford Boro Oradell Boro Paramus Boro River Edge Boro Rochelle Park Twp Saddle Brook Twp
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 38 CandidateTimothy Eustace (D) - WINNER Timothy Eustace is part of the Senator Gordon and Connie Wagner ticket and recieves our endorsement. District 38: Bergenfield Boro Fair Lawn Boro Glen Rock Boro Hasbrouck Heights Boro Hawthorne Boro Lodi Boro Maywood Boro New Milford Boro Oradell Boro Paramus Boro River Edge Boro Rochelle Park Twp Saddle Brook Twp
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 39 Assemblyman Robert Schroeder (R) - WINNER Assemblywoman Robert Schroeder is a new legislator who has voted against the perimeter bill and voted for continuing education credits for veterinarians to help spay/neuter and TNR programs. District 39: Bloomingdale Boro Closter Boro Demarest Boro Dumont Boro Emerson Boro Harrington Park Boro Haworth Boro Hillsdale Boro Mahwah Twp Montvale Boro Norwood Boro Oakland Boro Old Tappan Boro Park Ridge Boro Ramsey Boro Ringwood Boro River Vale Twp Saddle River Boro Upper Saddle River Boro Wanaque Boro Washington Twp Westwood Boro Woodcliff Lake Boro
	ENDORSEMENT: Legislative District 40 Candidate for Assembly Cassandra Lazzara (D) - DEFEATED Cassandra Lazzara scored an A+ on her submitted questionnaire. Merrilee Cichy, an LOHV-NJ District Director spoke highly of Sandi after receing a call from her to discuss companion animal and wildlife issues. Sandi is receptive and open to our ideas and goals. Districtt 40: Allendale Boro Cedar Grove Twp Franklin Lakes Boro Ho-Ho-Kus Boro Little Falls Twp Midland Park Boro Pequannock Twp Pompton Lakes Boro Ridgewood Vil Riverdale Boro Totowa Boro Waldwick Boro Wayne Twp Woodland Park Boro Wyckoff Twp
FREEHOLDER RACES
	ENDORSEMENT: Bergen County Freeholder: Joan M. Voss (D) - WINNER Joan has a 100% pro-animal rating as an incumbent Assemblywoman. During her 4-term tenure in the Assembly, Voss voted againt the Perimeter bill, which reduced the safety buffer around homes from 450 feet to a mere 150 feet for bow hunters. She voted against Sunday hunting, supported the fur labeling law, and voted yes on securing continuing education credits for veterinarians who spayed and neutered animals for free. She will be an asset as Bergen County Freeholder.
	ENDORSEMENT: Bergen County Freeholder: David L. Ganz (D) - WINNER Ganz was instrumental in crafting the anti-goose gassing resolution, as well as the anti-bear hunt resolutions in 2010 in Bergen County, New Jersey.
	ENDORSEMENT: Essex County Freeholder-At-Large: Marilynn English (I)http://www.wethepeopleofessex.com/ - DEFEATED From Marilynn: I understand how frustrating it is to you and your neighbors, seeing continued deterioration of core services in spite of seemingly endless increases in taxes. As an example of how I started to become aware of our County's situation, in September 2008, I first began investigating the money spent on the deer hunt in South Mountain Reservation, and subsequent hunts in Eagle Rock and Hilltop Reservations. We've been told incorrectly that these hunts did not cost the taxpayers anything. I have obtained hundreds of records via the Open Public Records Act, and found that money could have been saved by spaying/neutering and/or inoculating these animals.
	ENDORSEMENT: Monmouth County Freeholder: Amy Mallett (D) - TOO CLOSE TO CALL "As a Freeholder in Monmouth County I certainly empathize with the League of Humane Voters. I am honored to have received their endorsement. While on the Board of Chosen Freeholders, I will continue to take animal protection very seriously, and support all efforts to prevent exploitation or harm to domestic pets, as well as wildlife." - Amy Mallett
LOCAL RACES
	ENDORSEMENT: Holmdel Township Committee Race Mayor Pat Impreveduto (R) - WINNER I truly believe wildlife populations provide social, economic, and aesthetic benefits for all residents of Holmdel. - Pat Impreveduto While on the township committee of Holmdel Mayor Pat Impreveduto has expressed his concern for the humane treatment of the deer population. He has demonstrated his willingness to explore new ideas of deer management in a safe and humane way. - Laurie Perla, LOHV-NJ District Director
	ENDORSEMENT: Old Bridge Mayoral Race Candidate for Mayor Owen Henry (R) - WINNER In a questionnaire submitted to the League of Humane Voters of New Jersey, Owen Henry, candidate for the position of Old Bridge Township Mayor has stated the following: he is supportive of Trap-Neuter-Return for outdoor cat populations he would support a Township program and/or ordinance that endorses TNR as it has "worked in other towns and has proven results" he does not support feeding bans or Trap and Remove as they do "not solve the problem and are cruel and inhumane" The current mayor, Patrick Gillespie, has not responded to our questionnaire.
	ENDORSEMENT: West Milford Mayoral Race Mayor Bettina Bieri running for re-election. (D) - WINNER Bettina has been a leader, Board member & working volunteer for the all-volunteer municipal animal shelter in our community for 18 years, and is currently serving as Health Officer responsible for the health and well-being of all domestic and wild animals that arrive at the facililty. About 17 years ago she was successful in having the NJ Statutes amended to eliminate inhumane euthanasia methods that were employed at that time because they were not specifically precluded by law. She was also instrumental in passing a TNR ordinance in town. She is a Bear Group supporter and a member of Sustainable West Milford as well as the Pequannock River Coalition. She supports the goals of the Highlands Act and believes that we need to take measures as a society to protect our natural resources for future generations.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The New Jersey Angling & Hunting Conservation Caucus: Supports all hunting and a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to hunt. - ALL THESE LEGISLATORS RETAINED THEIR SEATS. OUR WORK IS NOT OVER!

If they are running in different legislative districts, see note next to name.

Senator Donald Norcross (Co Chair) (D-5)

Senator Steven Oroho (Co Chair) (R-24)

Senator Steve Sweeney (D-3)

Senator James Beach (D-6)

Senator Jeff Van Drew (D-1)

Senator Anthony Bucco (R-25)

Senator Sean Kean (R-11) Running for Assembly in District 30.

Senator Bob Smith (D-17)

Senator Robert Singer (R-30)

Senator Joseph Kyrillos (R-13)

Senator Jennifer Beck R-12 Running for Senate in District 11

Senator Michael Doherty (R-23)

Senator Dawn Marie Addiego (R-8)

Assemblyman John Burzichelli (Co Chair) (D-3)

Assemblyman Gary Chiusano (Co Chair) (R-24)

Assemblyman Matt Milam (D-1)

Assemblyman Scott Rudder (R-8)

Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon (R-12) Running for Assembly in District 13.

Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini (R-11)

Assemblyman Dave Rible (R-11) Running for Assembly in District 30.

Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo (D-14)

Assemblyman Peter Biondi (R-16)

Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-12) Running for Assembly in District 11.

Assemblyman Scott Rumana (R-40)

Assemblyman Anthony Bucco (R-25)

Assemblyman Nelson Albano (D-1)