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Tag: Lily Benavides

Why petition circulators matter in New Jersey elections

August 24, 2026   5:07 amAugust 24, 2026   8:39 am
A candidate’s nominating petition is supposed to demonstrate, at least minimally, that real voters support putting a real candidacy before the electorate. But signatures alone do not establish how that support was obtained, whether voters understood what they were signing,...
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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...
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Green Party gets new gubernatorial candidate

August 21, 2025   6:30 pmAugust 22, 2025   2:50 am
Lily Benavides, a former New Hampshire state legislator and an immigrant from Colombia, has filed 2,434 signatures to become the Green Party candidate for governor of New Jersey on the general election ballot, replacing Stephen N. Zielinski, Sr.. Citing a...
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Green Party names new lieutenant governor candidate

August 12, 2025   3:58 pmAugust 12, 2025   4:19 pm
The Green Party’s prospective nominee for governor named her pick for lieutenant governor Tuesday afternoon. Lily Benavides, who is seeking signatures to reach the ballot, tapped Lisa Ryan, an activist and software engineer, as her running mate. Benavides is seeking...
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Muslim advocacy group endorses Watson Coleman, Prempeh, other pro-ceasefire congressional candidates

October 16, 2024   4:32 pm
The Council on American–Islamic Relations Action New Jersey (CAIR Action NJ), a top advocacy group for Muslim Americans in New Jersey, has endorsed a slate of pro-Palestine New Jersey congressional candidates, most of them running under the label of the...
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