
League of Humane Voters of New Jersey Election Info and Endorsements
2013
For endorsement
purposes, LOHV-NJ makes no distinction between cruelty to companion or
domestic animals, and cruelty to wildlife.
This inclusive
policy can lead to apparent arbitrary endorsements. A legislator who
actively sponsors or repeatedly votes for legislation promoting cruel
trapping or killing of wildlife will not obtain an LOHV-NJ endorsement even
if he or she sponsors, or votes for, an anti-cruelty bill for other animals.
Too often. legislators working hand in glove with the shooting, trapping, or
archery industries deliberately sponsor "anti-cruelty" bills to inoculate
themselves from a humane backlash. The League chooses not to be divided, nor
conquered.
A beaver clamped
between the monstrously powerful jaws of a body gripping trap suffers no
less than a brutally abused companion animal.
For the above
reasons, we have included candidates' votes on companion, farm, exotic, and
wildlife issues. Members may review these votes and cast their own
accordingly.
In certain cases,
LOHV-NJ has factored in previous, humane votes cast during the previous
session against damaging wildlife bills, or assistance in halting negative
legislation, to arrive at our endorsement.
If you need to
locate your Legislative District, please click
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2012 - 2013 Legislative Session Scorecard.
General Election
Day -
November 5, 2013
LOHV-NJ ENDORSED
GOVERNOR, ASSEMBLY, AND SENATE CANDIDATES:
ENDORSEMENT:
Barbara Buono (D) for GOVERNOR -
DEFEATED
Barbara Buono has
a 90% voting record on animal issues.
In the past, she
voted against Sunday hunting, against the perimeter bill, in favor of fur
labeling, against the deer poaching bill, in favor of including animals in
domestic abuse restraining orders.
In this
legislative session, Senator Buono voted to protect tigers, horses and
gestating pigs.
ENDORSEMENT:
District 14 Senator Linda R. Greenstein (D) -
WINNER
Senator
Greenstein is pro-animal and has a 75% incumbent voting record.
Senator
Greenstein voted to protect tigers, horses, and gestating pigs.
ENDORSEMENT:
District 15 Senator Shirley Turner (D) -
WINNER
Senator Turner is
pro-animal and has an 80% incumbent voting record.
In this
legislative session, Senator Turner co-sponsored A2023, the law that
prohibits the slaughter of horses and sale of horse flesh for human
consumption.
Senator Turner
voted favorably for tigers, horses, and gestating pigs.
ENDORSEMENT:
District 16 Senator Christopher "Kip" Bateman (R) -
WINNER
Senator Bateman
is pro-animal, pro-environment and has a 100% incumbent voting record.
In the past,
Senator Bateman voted against Sunday hunting, against the perimeter bill, in
favor of fur labeling, against the deer poaching bill, and in favor of
including animals in domestic abuse restraining orders.
In this
legislative session, Senator Bateman is the prime sponsor of legislation to
protect animal rehabilitators and tigers.
Senator Bateman
voted favorably for tigers, horses, and gestating pigs. The Senator also
voted against S1085, known as the forest logging bill.

ENDORSEMENT: District 16 Assemblyman Jack M. Ciattarelli (R) -
WINNER
Assemblyman
Ciattarelli has an impressive pro-animal record and has an 89% incumbent
voting record. In the past, he voted in favor of including animals in
domestic abuse restraining orders.
In this
legislative session, Assemblyman Ciattarelli voted favorably for tigers,
horses, Moose's Law, and gestating pigs.
Assemblyman
Ciattarelli voted against logging our forests and against deer farming.
ENDORSEMENT:
District 19 Senator Joseph F. Vitale (D) -
WINNER
Senator Vitale is
pro-animal, pro-environment and has a 100% incumbent voting record.
In the past,
Senator Vitale voted against Sunday hunting, against the perimeter bill, in
favor of fur labeling, against the deer poaching bill, and in favor of
including animals in domestic abuse restraining orders.
In this
legislative session, Senator Vitale voted to protect tigers, horses and
gestating pigs.
ENDORSEMENT:
District 20 Senator Raymond J. Lesniak (D) -
WINNER
Senator Lesniak
has an incredible pro-environment and pro-animal incumbent voting record of
89%.
In the past,
Senator Lesniak voted against the perimeter bill, in favor of fur labeling,
against the deer poaching bill, in favor of including animals in domestic
abuse restraining orders.
In this
legislative session, Senator Lesniak was the prime sponsor to prevent the
illegal importation of tigers.
Senator Lesniak
is the prime sponsor of S1921, which establishes an animal cruelty offense
for the cruel confinement of a gestating pigs. The Senator co-sponsor the
bill to protect horses, and is the prime sponsor of Bear Smart legislation.
Senator Lesniak
voted favorably for tigers, horses, and gestating pigs.
ENDORSEMENT:
District 31 Senator Sandra B. Cunningham (D) -
WINNER
Senator
Cunningham continues to impress us with her pro-animal (both wildlife and
companion) incumbent voting record of 83%.
In this
legislative session Senator Cunningham voted favorably for tigers, horses,
and gestating pigs.
The Senator is a co-sponsor of the Bear Smart legislation.
ENDORSEMENT:
District 34 Senator Nia H. Gill, Esq. (D) -
WINNER
Senator Gill is
pro-animal, pro-environment and has a 83% incumbent voting record.
In the past,
Senator Gill voted against Sunday hunting, against the perimeter bill, in
favor of fur labeling, and against the deer poaching bill.
In this
legislative session, Senator Gill voted to protect tigers, horses and
gestating pigs.
ENDORSEMENT:
District 34 Assemblyman Thomas P. Giblin (D) -
WINNER
Assemblyman
Giblin is pro-animal, pro-environment and has an 86% incumbent voting
record.
Assemblyman
Giblin voted favorably for tigers, horses, animal rehabilitators, Moose's
Law, and gestating pigs.
Assemblyman
Giblin is a co-sponsor of S2369, the Bear Smart legislation.
ENDORSEMENT:
District 35 Senator Nellie Pou (D) -
WINNER
Senator Pou is
pro-animal, pro-environment and has a 80% incumbent voting record.
Senator Pou is a
co-sponsor of S2369, the Bear Smart Legislation.
In this
legislative session, Senator Pou voted favorably for tigers, horses, and
gestating pigs.
ENDORSEMENT:
District 37 Senator Loretta Weinberg (D) -
WINNER
Senator Weinberg
is pro-animal, pro-environment and has a 83% incumbent voting record.
Senator Weinberg
is a co-sponsor of S2369, the Bear Smart legislation and S1921, which
establishes an animal cruelty offense for the cruel confinement of a
gestating pig.
In this
legislative session, Senator Weinberg voted favorably for tigers, horses,
and gestating pigs.
ENDORSEMENT:
District 38 Senator Robert M. Gordon (D) -
WINNER
Senator Gordon is
pro-animal, pro-environment and has an 80% incumbent voting record.
Senator Gordon is
a co-sponsor of S2369, the Bear Smart Legislation. Senator Gordon voted
favorably for tigers, horses, and gestating pigs.
ENDORSEMENT:
District 38 Assemblyman Timothy J. Eustace (D) -
WINNER
Assemblyman
Eustace is pro-animal, pro-environment and has an 86% incumbent voting
record.
Assemblyman
Eustace is a co-sponsor of S1921, which establishes an animal cruelty
offense for the cruel confinement of a gestating pig.
Assemblyman
Eustace voted favorably for tigers, horses, Moose's Law, gestating pigs, and
beavers.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
The New Jersey
Angling & Hunting Conservation Caucus supports all hunting and a
constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to hunt.
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Senator Jeff Van Drew (D-1)
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Assemblyman Nelson Albano (D-1)
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Senator Steve Sweeney (D-3)
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Assemblyman John Burzichelli (Co Chair) (D-3)
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Senator Donald Norcross (Co Chair) (D-5)
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Senator James Beach (D-6)
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Senator Dawn Marie Addiego (R-8)
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Assemblyman Scott Rudder (R-8)
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Senator Jennifer Beck (R-11)
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Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini (R-11)
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Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-11)
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Senator Joseph Kyrillos (R-13)
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Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon (R-13)
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Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo (D-14)
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Senator Bob Smith (D-17)
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Senator Michael Doherty (R-23)
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Senator Steven Oroho (Co Chair) (R-24)
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Senator Anthony Bucco (R-25)
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Assemblyman Anthony Bucco (R-25)
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Senator Robert Singer (R-30)
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Assemblyman Sean Kean (R-30)
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Assemblyman Dave Rible (R-30)
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Assemblyman Scott Rumana
(R-40)
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