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Women Candidates 2009
Results for 2009 elections for statewide and state legislative offices in New Jersey and Virginia.
General Election Codes
I=Incumbent, O=Open Seat, C=Challenger, I/U=Incumbent Unopposed,
O/U=O Unopposed, O?=Open seat if defeats Incumbent in Primary.
New Jersey Election Results
Press Coverage of NJ Lieutenant Governor Race
Information about women candidates in both states will be posted as it becomes available.
General Election Codes
I=Incumbent, O=Open Seat, C=Challenger, I/U=Incumbent Unopposed,
O/U=O Unopposed, O?=Open seat if defeats Incumbent in Primary.
New Jersey Election Results
Press Coverage of NJ Lieutenant Governor Race
| State | Office | Dist. | Candidate Name & Party | General Seat |
Won/ Lost |
| NJ | Lt. Gov. | Loretta Weinberg (D) | * |
Lost | |
| Lt. Gov. | Kim Guadagno (R) | * |
Won | ||
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_________________________________________ The position of lieutenant governor was recently created in New Jersey and will be filled for the first time in 2009, with candidates for lieutenant governor selected by the gubernatorial candidates. The GOP gubernatorial candidate, Chris Christie, is challenging Democratic incumbent Governor Jon Corzine; both have selected women as their running mates. |
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State Assembly 41 (23D, 18R) Won Primary GE Winners 26 (17D, 9R) |
Seat | ||||
| St. Assem. | 003 | Celeste Riley (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 005 | Stefanie Velez-Gentry (R) | O |
L | |
| St. Assem. | 006 | Pamela R. Lampitt (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 007 | Leah J. Arter (R) | C |
L | |
| St. Assem. | 008 | Debbie Sarcone (D) | C |
L | |
| St. Assem. | 008 | Dawn Marie Addiego (R) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 009 | DiAnne Gove (R) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 011 | Mary Pat Angelini (R) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 012 | Michelle Roth (D) | C |
L | |
| St. Assem. | 012 | Caroline Casagrande (R) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 013 | Amy Handlin (R) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 014 | Linda Greenstein (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 015 | Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 015 | Kim Taylor (R) | C |
L | |
| St. Assem. | 016 | Roberta Karpinecz (D) | C |
L | |
| St. Assem. | 016 | Denise Coyle (R) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 020 | Annette Quijano (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 021 | Nancy F. Munoz (R) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 022 | Linda Stender (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 023 | Tammeisha Smith (D) | O |
L | |
| St. Assem. | 024 | Alison Littell McHose (R) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 025 | Wendy Wright (D) | O |
L | |
| St. Assem. | 025 | Rebekah Conroy (D) | O |
L | |
| St. Assem. | 027 | Mila Jasey (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 028 | Cleopatra Tucker (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 029 | L. Grace Spencer (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 029 | Aracelis Sanabria-Tejada (R) | C |
L | |
| St. Assem. | 031 | Irene Kim Asbury (R) | O |
L | |
| St. Assem. | 031 | Marie Day (R) | O |
L | |
| St. Assem. | 032 | Joan Quigley (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 033 | Caridad Rodriguez (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 033 | Beth S. Hamburger (R) | C |
L | |
| St. Assem. | 034 | Sheila Oliver (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 035 | Nellie Pou (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 035 | Elease Evans (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 035 | Lynn Anne Shortway (R) | C |
L | |
| St. Assem. | 037 | Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 038 | Joan Voss (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 038 | Connie Wagner (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Assem. | 038 | Judith Fisher (R) | C |
L | |
| St. Assem. | 039 | Charlotte Vandervalk (R) | I |
W | |
Virginia Election Results
| State | Office | Dist. | Candidate Name & Party | General Seat |
Won/ Lost |
| VA | Lt. Gov. | Jody Wagner (D) | O |
L | |
St. Delegates 30 (20D, 10R) Won Primary GE Winners 17 (12D, 5R) with 3 TCTC 2D, 1R |
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| St. Del. | 006 | Anne Crockett-Stark (R) | I |
W | |
| St. Del. | 006 | A. Carole Pratt (D) | C |
L | |
| St. Del. | 007 | Peggy H, Frank (D) | C |
L | |
| St. Del. | 017 | Gwendolyn W. Mason (D) | O |
L | |
| St. Del. | 022 | Kathy Byron (R) | I/U |
W | |
| St. Del. | 023 | Shannon R. Valentine (D) | I |
L | |
| St. Del. | 029 | Beverly Sherwood (R) | I/U |
W | |
| St. Del. | 034 | Margaret Vanderhye (D) | I |
L | |
| St. Del. | 034 | Barbara Comstock (R) | C |
W | |
| St. Del. | 038 | Kaye Kory (D) | C |
W | |
| St. Del. | 039 | Vivian Watts (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Del. | 040 | Sue S. Conrad (D) | C |
L | |
| ST. Del. | 045 | Vicki L. Vasquez (R) | O |
L | |
| St. Del. | 046 | Charniele L. Herring (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Del. | 046 | Sasha Gong (R) | C |
L | |
| St. Del. | 050 | Jeanette Rishell (D) | C |
L | |
| St. Del. | 058 | Cynthia Neff (D) | C |
L | |
| St. Del. | 063 | Roslyn Dance (D) | I/U |
W | |
| St. Del. | 069 | Betsy Carr (D) | O |
W | |
| St. Del. | 070 | Delores L. McQuinn (D) | I/U |
W | |
| St. Del. | 071 | Jennifer McClelland (D) | I/U |
W | |
| St. Del. | 075 | Roslyn Tyler (D) | I/U |
W | |
| St. Del. | 080 | Jennifer Lee (R) | O |
L | |
| St. Del. | 087 | Paula Miller (D) | I |
W | |
| St. Del. | 092 | Jeion Ward (D) | I/U |
W | |
| St. Del. | 093 | Robin A. Abbott (D) | C | W | |
| St. Del. | 095 | Mamye BaCote (D) | I/U |
W | |
| St. Del. | 096 | Brenda Pogge (R) | I/U |
W | |
| St. Del. | 099 | Catherine T. Cahill (R) | C |
L | |
| St. Del. | 100 | Melody Himel Scalley (R) | C |
L | |
Information about women candidates in both states will be posted as it becomes available.