Pablo Olivera
Pablo Olivera (Labour Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 8th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Olivera received his B.S. in Biology and Chemistry from Montclair State University in 1986, his M.P.A in Health Administration from Rutger's University in 1989 and his M.E. in Administration from Saint Peter's College in 2001. His professional experience includes working as a general manager for Oswald Dental Lab, Inc. and as a teacher with Belleville Public Schools.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: New Jersey's 8th Congressional District election, 2024
New Jersey's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)
New Jersey's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 8
Incumbent Robert Menendez Jr. defeated Anthony Valdes, Christian Robbins, Pablo Olivera, and Lea Sherman in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Robert Menendez Jr. (D) | 59.2 | 116,434 | |
| Anthony Valdes (R) | 34.6 | 68,152 | ||
 | Christian Robbins (G) | 2.8 | 5,465 | |
| Pablo Olivera (Labour Party) | 2.2 | 4,295 | ||
| Lea Sherman (Socialist Workers Party) | 1.2 | 2,419 | |
| Total votes: 196,765 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8
Incumbent Robert Menendez Jr. defeated Ravinder Bhalla and Kyle Jasey in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Robert Menendez Jr. | 52.0 | 22,465 | |
| Ravinder Bhalla | 37.5 | 16,218 | ||
| Kyle Jasey | 10.5 | 4,528 | ||
| Total votes: 43,211 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8
Anthony Valdes advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Anthony Valdes | 100.0 | 4,905 | |
| Total votes: 4,905 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dario Duffe (R)
Endorsements
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2023
See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2023
General election
General election for New Jersey State Senate District 29
Incumbent Teresa Ruiz defeated Maritza Mathews and Pablo Olivera in the general election for New Jersey State Senate District 29 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Teresa Ruiz (D) | 83.5 | 7,766 | |
| Maritza Mathews (R) | 14.5 | 1,351 | |
| Pablo Olivera (Labour Party) | 1.9 | 181 | ||
| Total votes: 9,298 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 29
Incumbent Teresa Ruiz advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 29 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Teresa Ruiz | 100.0 | 4,127 | |
| Total votes: 4,127 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 29
Maritza Mathews advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 29 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Maritza Mathews | 100.0 | 256 |
| Total votes: 256 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: New Jersey's 8th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 8
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Robert Menendez Jr. (D) | 72.9 | 70,837 | |
| Marcos Arroyo (R) | 24.2 | 23,540 | |
| Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party) | 0.9 | 894 | |
| Dan Delaney (L) | 0.7 | 687 | ||
| David W. Cook (Other) | 0.7 | 647 | ||
| Pablo Olivera (Labour Party) | 0.4 | 361 | ||
| John Salierno (Truth and Merit) | 0.2 | 226 | |
| Total votes: 97,192 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8
Robert Menendez Jr. defeated David Ocampo Grajales and Ane Roseborough-Eberhard in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Robert Menendez Jr. | 83.0 | 26,490 | |
| David Ocampo Grajales | 11.7 | 3,749 | ||
| Ane Roseborough-Eberhard | 5.2 | 1,668 | ||
| Total votes: 31,907 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Eugene Mazo (D)
- Ricardo Luis Rojas (D)
- Brian Varela (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8
Marcos Arroyo defeated Ana Rivera in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marcos Arroyo | 100.0 | 3,127 |
| Ana Rivera (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Total votes: 3,127 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for Newark City Council North Ward
Incumbent Anibal Ramos defeated Katilia Velez, Pablo Olivera, and Hellane Freeman in the general election for Newark City Council North Ward on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Anibal Ramos (Nonpartisan) | 80.0 | 4,401 | |
| Katilia Velez (Nonpartisan) | 13.1 | 722 | |
| Pablo Olivera (Nonpartisan) | 3.7 | 205 | ||
| Hellane Freeman (Nonpartisan) | 2.9 | 160 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 5,501 | ||||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Albio Sires (D) defeated Agha Khan (R), Dan Delaney (L), and Pablo Olivera (Wake Up America) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Sires defeated Eloy Delgado in the Democratic primary on June 7, 2016. Sires won re-election in the November 8 election.[2][3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Albio Sires Incumbent |
77% | 134,733 | |
| Republican | Agha Khan | 18.5% | 32,337 | |
| Wake Up America | Pablo Olivera | 2.5% | 4,381 | |
| Libertarian | Dan Delaney | 2% | 3,438 | |
| Total Votes | 174,889 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Albio Sires Incumbent |
86.9% | 45,988 | ||
| Eloy Delgado | 13.1% | 6,933 | ||
| Total Votes | 52,921 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections |
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2015
Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 2, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2015.[5] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Incumbent L. Grace Spencer and incumbent Eliana Pintor Marin were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Nicholas Campione and Jeannette Veras were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Spencer and Pintor Marin defeated Campione, Veras and Pablo Olivera (Wake Up Jersey) in the general election.[6][7][8][9]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 29 General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | L. Grace Spencer Incumbent |
42.9% | 7,146 | |
| Democratic | Eliana Pintor Marin Incumbent |
39.2% | 6,539 | |
| Republican | Nicholas Campione | 8.5% | 1,409 | |
| Republican | Jeannette Veras | 6.5% | 1,077 | |
| Wake Up Jersey | Pablo Olivera | 3% | 498 | |
| Total Votes | 16,669 | |||
2014
U.S. House
Olivera ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 8th District. He lost to incumbent Albio Sires (D) in the general election.[10] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Albio Sires Incumbent |
77.4% | 61,510 | |
| Republican | Jude Anthony Tiscornia | 19% | 15,141 | |
| Wake Up USA | Pablo Olivera | 1.3% | 1,022 | |
| Politicians Are Crooks | Herbert Shaw | 1.5% | 1,192 | |
| 911 Truth Needed | Robert Thorne | 0.8% | 653 | |
| Total Votes | 79,518 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections | ||||
Newark City Council
Elections for the city council of Newark, New Jersey took place on May 12, 2014. Incumbent Anibal Ramos, Jr. defeated Luis M. Lopez and Pablo R. Olivera for the North Ward seat.[11][12]
| Newark City Council, North Ward, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Anibal Ramos, Jr. Incumbent |
71.9% | 5,780 | |
| Luis M. Lopez | 24.8% | 1,995 | |
| Pablo R. Olivera | 3.2% | 256 | |
| Write-in | 0.1% | 7 | |
| Total Votes | 8,038 | ||
| Source: Essex County Clerk's Office - 2014 Election Results | |||
2013
U.S. Senate
Olivera ran in the 2013 special election for the U.S. Senate, representing New Jersey. Olivera ran as the Unity is Strength candidate.[13][2] He was defeated in the general election on October 16, 2013.[14]
| U.S. Senate, New Jersey Special General Election, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Cory Booker |
54.9% | 740,742 | |
| Republican | Steve Lonegan | 44% | 593,684 | |
| Independent | Edward C. Stackhouse | 0.4% | 5,138 | |
| Independent | Robert DePasquale | 0.2% | 3,137 | |
| Independent | Stuart Meissner | 0.2% | 2,051 | |
| Independent | Pablo Olivera | 0.1% | 1,530 | |
| Independent | Antonio N. Sabas | 0.1% | 1,336 | |
| Independent | Eugene LaVergne | 0.1% | 1,041 | |
| Total Votes | 1,348,659 | |||
| Source: Official results via New Jersey Division of Elections[15] | ||||
State Senate
- See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2013
Olivera ran in the 2013 election for New Jersey State Senate District 29. He was defeated by incumbent Teresa Ruiz (D) in the general election on November 5, 2013.[16][17]
| New Jersey State Senate, District 29 General Election, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Teresa Ruiz Incumbent |
78.3% | 16,078 | |
| Republican | Raafat Barsoom | 17.7% | 3,636 | |
| Independent | Pablo Olivera | 3.9% | 808 | |
| Total Votes | 20,522 | |||
2012
Olivera ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 8th District. Olivera faced Albio Sires, Maria Karczewski, Stephen Deluca and Herbert Shaw in the general election on November 6.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Albio Sires Incumbent |
78% | 130,853 | |
| Republican | Maria Karczewski | 18.9% | 31,763 | |
| Independent | Stephen Deluca | 1% | 1,710 | |
| Independent | Pablo Olivera | 1% | 1,625 | |
| Independent | Herbert Shaw | 1.1% | 1,839 | |
| Total Votes | 167,790 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
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2023
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2022
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ "Project Vote Smart," "Pablo Olivera's Biography," accessed September 5, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ CNN, "New Jersey House 08 Results," November 8, 2016
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary election results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "2014 New Jersey House Election Results," accessed November 7, 2014
- ↑ City of Newark, "Candidate list" accessed March 18, 2014
- ↑ City of Newark, "Unofficial election results," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ NJ.com, "6 N.J. independents running for U.S. Senate in October special election," accessed August 19, 2013
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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