Edward Forchion

Robert Edward Forchion Jr. (Legal Marijuana Now Party) (also known as NJ Weedman) is running for election for President of the United States. He declared candidacy for the general election scheduled on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2021

New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2021 (June 8 Republican primary)

New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2021 (June 8 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for Governor of New Jersey

Incumbent Phil Murphy defeated Jack Ciattarelli, Madelyn Hoffman, Gregg Mele, and Joanne Kuniansky in the general election for Governor of New Jersey on November 2, 2021.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Phil Murphy (D)	51.2	1,339,471
	Jack Ciattarelli (R)	48.0	1,255,185
	Madelyn Hoffman (G)	0.3	8,450
	Gregg Mele (L)	0.3	7,768
	Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party)	0.2	4,012

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,614,886
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Robert Edward Forchion Jr. (Legalize Marihuana Party)
Justin Maldonado (Independent)
David Winkler (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of New Jersey

Incumbent Phil Murphy defeated Lisa McCormick in the Democratic primary for Governor of New Jersey on June 8, 2021.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Phil Murphy	100.0	382,984
	Lisa McCormick (Write-in)	0.0	0

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 382,984
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Roger Bacon (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey

Jack Ciattarelli defeated Philip Rizzo, Hirsh Singh, and Brian Levine in the Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey on June 8, 2021.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jack Ciattarelli	49.5	167,690
	Philip Rizzo	25.7	87,007
	Hirsh Singh	21.6	73,155
	Brian Levine	3.3	11,181

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 339,033
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Doug Steinhardt (R)

2020

New Jersey's 12th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Democratic primary)

New Jersey's 12th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 12

Incumbent Bonnie Watson Coleman defeated Mark Razzoli, Robert Edward Forchion Jr., and Kenneth Cody in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 12 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)	65.6	230,883
	Mark Razzoli (R)	32.6	114,591
	Robert Edward Forchion Jr. (Independent)	1.3	4,512
	Kenneth Cody (Truth Vision Hope Party)	0.5	1,739

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 351,725
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Stan Koshy (Independent)
Zadok Rubin (People's Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 12

Incumbent Bonnie Watson Coleman defeated Lisa McCormick in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 12 on July 7, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Bonnie Watson Coleman	89.2	81,936
	Lisa McCormick	10.8	9,928

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 91,864
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 12

Mark Razzoli advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 12 on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Razzoli	100.0	19,992

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,992
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2019

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 15 (2 seats)

Incumbent Verlina Reynolds-Jackson and incumbent Anthony S. Verrelli defeated Jennifer Williams, Robert Edward Forchion Jr., and Dioh Williams in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 15 on November 5, 2019.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)	39.2	23,715
✔	Anthony S. Verrelli (D)	38.0	23,029
	Jennifer Williams (R)	16.0	9,698
	Robert Edward Forchion Jr. (Legalize Marijuana Party)	4.2	2,537
	Dioh Williams (Legalize Marijuana Party)	2.6	1,593

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 60,572
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 15 (2 seats)

Incumbent Verlina Reynolds-Jackson and incumbent Anthony S. Verrelli defeated Alex Bethea in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 15 on June 4, 2019.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Verlina Reynolds-Jackson	46.7	5,919
✔	Anthony S. Verrelli	41.1	5,202
	Alex Bethea	12.2	1,545

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,666
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 15 (2 seats)

Jennifer Williams advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 15 on June 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Williams	100.0	1,772

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,772
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2018

See also: New Jersey state legislative special elections, 2018

A special election for District 15 of the New Jersey General Assembly was called for November 6, 2018. Both seats in the district were on the ballot in the special election.

The district became vacant following the resignations of Reed Gusciora (D) and Elizabeth Maher Muoio (D). Gusciora resigned in June 2018 after being sworn in as mayor of Trenton, New Jersey. Muoio resigned after being sworn in as treasurer of New Jersey. Anthony Verrelli (D) was appointed to fill Gusciora's seat and Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D) was appointed to fill Muoio's seat.

General election

Special general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 15 (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the special general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 15 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)	36.2	49,294
✔	Anthony S. Verrelli (D)	35.6	48,404
	Tracy Sinatra (R)	13.3	18,061
	Justin Tibbetts (R)	12.7	17,230
	Alex Bethea (Integrity Transparency Accountability Party)	1.5	2,044
	Robert Edward Forchion Jr. (Repeal Bail Reform Party)	0.8	1,107

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 136,140
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2016

See also: New Jersey's 12th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) defeated Steven Uccio (R) and several third party candidates in the general election on November 8, 2016. Watson Coleman defeated Alexander Kucsma in the Democratic primary on June 7, 2016. Watson Coleman won re-election in the November 8 election.^[1]^[2]^[2]^[3]

**U.S. House, New Jersey District 12 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bonnie Watson Coleman Incumbent	62.9%	181,430
	Republican	Steven Uccio	32%	92,407
	Legalize Marijuana	Edward Forchion	2.1%	6,094
	Teddy Roosevelt Progressive	Robert Shapiro	1%	2,775
	Libertarian	Thomas Fitzpatrick	0.9%	2,482
	Green	Steven Welzer	0.7%	2,135
	We the People	Michael Bollentin	0.5%	1,311
Total Votes				288,634
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections

**U.S. House, New Jersey District 12 Democratic Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Bonnie Watson Coleman Incumbent	93.6%	66,479
Alexander Kucsma	6.4%	4,525
Total Votes		71,004
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections

2014

See also: New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014

Forchion planned to run in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 3rd District. Forchion was removed from the general election ballot and fought back by bringing his case to appellate court.^[4]

Petition controversy

Forchion's name was struck from the ballot by an administrative law judge after the New Jersey Democratic State Committee argued that only 97 of Forchion's 200 signatures were valid, and he needed 100 in order to get on the ballot. Forchion brought the case to appellate court, and the court ordered that they would dismiss the case on August 4, 2014, if Forchion did not "produce transcripts from a 15-hour administrative law hearing," which would cost him at least $3,500. Forchion subsequently began fundraising for the money to pay for the transcripts.^[5]

Forchion's challenge of the court's decision was based on four main arguments:^[6]

“

(1) he does have 100 valid signatures;
(2) if he doesn’t, it is because election officials gave him a map of the district that had errors in it;
(3) regardless of all that, the law says challenges are due four days after the petition is submitted, but the Democratic Party official who challenged his petition didn’t object until six days;
(4) furthermore the challenge was faxed, and that is not a permissible means for a challenge to be filed.

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”

—Richard Winger, http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/07/new-jersey-independent-congressional-candidate-not-allowed-to-pursue-ballot-access-lawsuit-without-paying-3500-for-transcript/

2012

See also: New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012

Forchion ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 3rd District. Forchion ran as an Independent. He faced Shelley Adler, Jon Runyan, Christopher Dennick, Jr., Frederick John Lavergne, Robert Shapiro and Robert Witterschein in the general election on November 6.

**U.S. House, New Jersey District 3 General Election, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Shelley Adler	44.9%	145,506
	Republican	Jon Runyan Incumbent	53.7%	174,253
	No Slogan	Christopher Dennick, Jr.	0.1%	280
	Legalize Marijuana	Robert Edward Forchion	0.6%	1,965
	No Slogan	Frederick John Lavergne	0.2%	770
	Bob's for Jobs	Robert Shapiro	0.3%	1,104
	None of Them	Robert Witterschein	0.2%	530
Total Votes				324,408
Source: New Jersey Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2011

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2011

Forchion was an independent candidate for District 8 of the New Jersey General Assembly. He was defeated in the November 8 general election.^[8]

New Jersey General Assembly District 8 General Election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Christopher Brown	30.1%	19,799
	Republican	Scott Rudder Incumbent	29.9%	19,649
	Democratic	Pamela Finnerty	19%	12,480
	Democratic	Anita Lovely	18.4%	12,107
	Independent	Robert Edward Forchion Jr.	2.5%	1,653
Total Votes				65,688

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2021

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2020

Robert Edward Forchion Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Robert Edward Forchion Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

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Footnotes

↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, "General election candidates," accessed August 11, 2016 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "genlist16" defined multiple times with different content
↑ CNN, "New Jersey House 12 Results," November 8, 2016
↑ NJ.com, "N.J. Weedman's ballot case moved to appellate court," accessed June 24, 2014
↑ NJ.com, "Marijuana activist 'N.J. Weedman' must raise $3,500 if he hopes to appear on Congressional ballot," accessed July 31, 2014
↑ Ballot Access News, "New Jersey Independent Congressional Candidate Not Allowed to Pursue Ballot Access Lawsuit Without Paying $3,500 for Transcript," accessed July 31, 2014
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "2011 Unofficial General Assembly General Election Candidate List" (dead link)

[list-1] New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016

[genlist16-2] 2.0 ^2.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, "General election candidates," accessed August 11, 2016 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "genlist16" defined multiple times with different content

[3] CNN, "New Jersey House 12 Results," November 8, 2016

[4] NJ.com, "N.J. Weedman's ballot case moved to appellate court," accessed June 24, 2014

[5] NJ.com, "Marijuana activist 'N.J. Weedman' must raise $3,500 if he hopes to appear on Congressional ballot," accessed July 31, 2014

[6] Ballot Access News, "New Jersey Independent Congressional Candidate Not Allowed to Pursue Ballot Access Lawsuit Without Paying $3,500 for Transcript," accessed July 31, 2014

[quotedisclaimer-7] Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[8] New Jersey Division of Elections, "2011 Unofficial General Assembly General Election Candidate List" (dead link)

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Edward Forchion

Elections

2021

General election

General election for Governor of New Jersey

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of New Jersey

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 12

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 12

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 12

2019

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 15 (2 seats)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 15 (2 seats)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 15 (2 seats)

2018

General election

Special general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 15 (2 seats)

2016

2014

Petition controversy

2012

2011

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2020

2019

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