Joanne Kuniansky Archives - New Jersey Globe

Natalie Rivera ends U.S. Senate bid after falling short on signatures

June 9, 2026 3:56 pm

Perennial candidate Natalie Lynn Rivera has dropped her independent bid for the U.S. Senate after a judge invalidated enough signatures on her nominating petition to secure a place on the general election ballot. Rivera filed with 2,012 signatures, just 12...

Husband-and-wife duo from Tennessee will run as pro-life independents for competitive N.J. seats

June 3, 2026 1:10 pm

Twenty-two independent and minor-party candidates filed to run for U.S. House and Senate in New Jersey by yesterday’s deadline, including a prominent husband-and-wife duo from Tennessee running as anti-abortion candidates in New Jersey’s two most competitive congressional districts. Randall Terry,...

Stack launches bid for re-election in Union City

January 22, 2026 7:05 amJanuary 22, 2026 11:30 am

Brian P. Stack, the longest-serving mayor in Union City history and an old-school retail public official who shares his personal cell phone number with his constituents, will seek re-election in the May non-partisan municipal contest. “The foundation of our public...

Green Party candidates ends bid for governor after petitions fall short

August 28, 2025 6:24 pmAugust 29, 2025 2:59 pm

Green Party candidate Lily Benavides has dropped her bid for governor of New Jersey after Democrats successfully challenged enough nominating petition signatures to bring her below the required 2,000. Benavides, a late replacement candidate after Steven Zielinski, Sr. withdrew earlier...

Socialist Workers Party will field candidate for U.S. Senate

January 16, 2024 9:24 amJanuary 16, 2024 3:52 pm

The Socialist Workers Party (SWP), a left-wing minor party in New Jersey, will field candidates for United States Senate and the 8th congressional district in 2024. Joanne Kuniansky, who was the SWP’s nominee for governor in 2021 and has since...

2021 Socialist Workers Party gubernatorial candidate files for Senate run against Stack

February 2, 2023 11:44 am

Joanne Kuniansky, who got 4,012 votes in the 2021 gubernatorial election as the Socialist Workers Party nominee, has filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission for an independent State Senate candidacy in the 33rd legislative district. Campaigning alongside...

Independent candidates got around 1.3% of N.J.’s congressional vote

November 17, 2022 12:23 pm

Every candidate who won a congressional seat in New Jersey this year was a Democrat or Republican – no surprises there. But 29 independent and minor party candidates also ran for Congress, combining for 31,949 votes statewide, or 1.26% of...