Today, Garden State Equality Action Fund announced its list of endorsed candidates for the 2021 general election. Each election cycle, Garden State Equality Action Fund chooses to endorse candidates based on their support for its mission of lifting up the diverse voices of LGBTQ+ communities through education and advocacy to advance the movement for equality in New Jersey and nationally.
“On behalf of our 150,000 members across the Garden State, we work closely with leaders in Trenton to ensure the communities we serve experience lived equality. Throughout our endorsement process, we carefully consider what each candidate will do to help marginalized communities across our state, through schools, healthcare, and much more. We are proud to support these candidates for office in 2021 and look forward to working with them to ensure equality for New Jersey’s marginalized communities,” said Garden State Equality Action Fund Executive Director Christian Fuscarino.
Assembly Endorsements
LD – 1
John Capizola, Jr.
LD – 2
John Armato
Don Guardian
LD – 3
Adam Taliaferro
John Burzichelli
LD – 4
Paul Moriarty
Gabriela Mosquera
LD – 5
William Spearman
William Moen
LD – 6
Louis Greenwald
Pamela Lampitt
LD – 7
Herb Conaway, Jr.
Carol Murphy
LD – 8
Mark Natale
Allison Eckel
LD – 9
Wayne Lewis
LD – 10
No endorsement
LD – 11
Joann Downey
Eric Houghtaling
LD – 12
No endorsement
LD – 13
No endorsement
LD – 14
Daniel Benson
Wayne DeAngelo
LD – 15
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
Anthony Verrelli
LD – 16
Roy Freiman
Sadaf Jaffer
LD – 17
Joe Danielsen
LD – 18
Robert Karabinchak
Sterley Stanley
LD-19
Craig Coughlin
Yvonne Lopez
LD – 20
Annette Quijano
LD – 21
Elizabeth Graner
Anjali Mehrotra
LD – 22
Linda Carter
James Kennedy
LD – 23
No endorsement
LD – 24
No endorsement
LD – 25
No endorsement
LD – 26
No endorsement
LD – 27
Mila Jasey
John McKeon
LD – 28
Ralph Caputo
Cleopatra Tucker
LD – 29
Eliana Pintor Marin
Shanique Speight
LD – 30
No endorsement
LD – 31
Angela McKnight
LD – 32
Angelica M. Jimenez
Pedro Mejia
LD – 33
Annette Chaparro
Raj Mukherji
LD – 34
Thomas Giblin
Britnee Timberlake
LD – 35
Shavonda Sumter
Benjie Wimberly
LD – 36
Clinton Calabrese
LD – 37
No endorsement
LD – 38
Lisa Swain
P. Christopher Tully
LD – 39
Karlito Almeda
Melinda Iannuzzi
LD – 40
No endorsement
Senate Candidates
LD – 1
No endorsement
LD – 2
Vince Mazzeo
LD – 3
Stephen Sweeney
LD – 4
Fred H. Madden
LD – 5
Nilsa Cruz-Perez
LD – 6
James Beach
LD – 7
Troy Singleton
LD – 8
No endorsement
LD – 9
No endorsement
LD – 10
Emma Mammano
LD – 11
Vin Gopal
LD – 13
Vincent Solomeno
LD – 14
Linda Greenstein
LD – 15
Shirley Turner
LD – 16
Andrew Zwicker
LD – 17
Bob Smith
LD – 18
Patrick Diegan
LD – 19
Joe Vitale
LD – 20
Joseph Cryan
LD – 21
Joseph Signorello
LD – 22
Nicholas Scutari
LD – 23
No endorsement
LD – 24
No endorsement
LD – 25
No endorsement
LD – 26
Christine Clarke
LD – 27
Richard Codey
LD – 28
Ronald Rice
LD – 29
M. Teresa Ruiz
LD – 30
Dan Stinger
LD – 31
Sandra B. Cunningham
LD – 32
Nicholas J. Sacco
LD – 33
Brian Stack
LD – 34
Nia Gill
LD – 35
Nellie Pou
LD – 36
Paul A. Sarlo
LD – 37
Gordon Johnson
LD – 38
Joseph Lagana
LD – 39
Holly Schepisi
Governor
Phil Murphy
Local Elections
Ed Potosnak, Franklin Township Council
Ravinder Bhalla, Mayor of Hoboken
Steven Fulop, Mayor of Jersey City
Alexander Mirabella, Union County Commissioner
Steven Tanelli, Bergen County Commissioner
Tracy Silna Zur, Bergen County Commissioner
John Kashwick, Town of Clinton Common Council
Anthony Paradiso, Town Council, Waldwick, Bergen County
Bridget Kelly, Bergen County Clerk
Michael Beson, Monmouth County Commissioner
Jake Hudnut, Jersey City Council
Jim Doyle, Hoboken City Council
Emily Jabbour, Hoboken City Council
Joe Quintero, Hoboken City Council
Steve McIntyre, North Plainfield Council
Suezette Given, North Plainfield Council
Openly LGBTQ Candidates
Garden State Equality Action Fund believes that it has a responsibility to share with our members a list of LGBTQ self-disclosed candidates, whether or not they received an endorsement. We encourage our members to support all LGBTQ candidates who support our community:
Kate Triggiano, Red Bank City Council
TC McCourt, Morris County Commissioner
Don Guardian, New Jersey Assembly
Vincent Solomeno, New Jersey Senate
Ed Potosnak, Franklin Township Council
Shannon Cuttle, Maplewood & South Orange Board of Education
John Kashwick, Clinton City Council
Steve McIntyre, North Plainfield Council
Marty Weber, Barnegat Council
Mariana Pontoriero, Brick Township Council
Caitlin Giles McCormick, Flemington City Council
Chris Sheridan, Rochelle Park Committee
A.J. Oliver, Morris County Commissioner
Daniella Mendez, Dover Board of Education
Anthony Paradiso, Waldwick Town Council
Jake Hudnut, Jersey City Council
