William Benfer

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William Benfer

Together We Can Party

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November 6, 2018

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William Benfer (Together We Can Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Elections

2018

See also: New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 2

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Van Drew (D)	52.9	136,685
		Seth Grossman (R)	45.2	116,866
		John Ordille (L)	0.7	1,726
		Steven Fenichel (Time for Truth Party)	0.4	1,154
		Anthony Parisi Sanchez (Cannot Be Bought Party)	0.4	1,064
		William Benfer (Together We Can Party)	0.3	868

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 258,363 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 2

Jeff Van Drew defeated Tanzie Youngblood, Will Cunningham, and Nathan Kleinman in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 2 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Van Drew	57.0	16,901
		Tanzie Youngblood	18.5	5,495
		Will Cunningham	16.2	4,795
		Nathan Kleinman	8.3	2,467

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 29,658
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sean Thom (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 2

Seth Grossman defeated Hirsh Singh, Samuel Fiocchi, and Robert Turkavage in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 2 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Seth Grossman	39.0	10,215
		Hirsh Singh	30.5	7,983
		Samuel Fiocchi	23.3	6,107
		Robert Turkavage	7.1	1,854

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 26,159
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• James Toto (R)
• Brian Fitzherbert (R)
• Mark McGovern (R)

See also

• United States House of Representatives
• New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018
• New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District

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Footnotes

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New Jersey's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Cory Booker (D)

Bob Menendez (D)

Representatives

District 1

Donald Norcross (D)

District 2

Jeff Van Drew (R)

District 3

Andrew Kim (D)

District 4

Chris Smith (R)

District 5

Josh Gottheimer (D)

District 6

Frank Pallone (D)

District 7

Thomas Kean (R)

District 8

Robert Menendez (D)

District 9

Bill Pascrell (D)

District 10

Vacant

District 11

Mikie Sherrill (D)

District 12

Bonnie Coleman (D)

Democratic Party (10)

Republican Party (3)

Vacancies (1)