State Legislature Special Election Megathread v3

[Mr. Matt]

The NJ Senate race is only the primary (both D & R unopposed). Special elections outside of November haven't been done for legislative races since the late 1980s, the party appointee serves until/continue to serve that election.

[Mr. Matt]

Not a resignation, but a special convention will be needed in NJ- Dick Codey (aka the Governor after McGreevey) is retiring after 50 years in the legislature, this after defeating another incumbent in the June primary.

https://www.nj.com/politics/2023/08/ex-gov-codey-will-not-seek-re-election-to-nj-senate-ending-50-year-tenure.html
https://newjerseyglobe.com/legislature/codey-will-retire-drops-bid-for-re-election-to-n-j-senate/

[Mr. Matt]

As a lover of NJ politics, I still can't get over the fact that the Democratic candidate here is named Tom Keen.

This one won 34 years to the day the original Tom Kean left office.