Constitution Party Candidate for New Jersey Legislature Polled Over 10% in Race with Both Major Parties

On November 8, 2011, New Jersey held elections for legislature. In the 24th legislative district, Constitution Party nominee Rose Anne Salanitri polled 10.2% of the total vote cast, even though she had opponents from both major parties. Here is her campaign web page, which says she is a Constitution Party nominee. She is somewhat well-known for having launched a campaign to recall U.S. Senator Robert Menendez. Her ballot label was not “Constitution”, but “Tea Party Proud.”

Generally, minor parties candidates in New Jersey poll rather small percentages of the vote, because in almost all counties, all candidates who aren’t Democrats and Republicans are put in a far right-hand column on the ballot under the uninspiring ballot heading, “By petition.”

The 24th district is in Sussex County, in north rural New Jersey.