New Jersey - District 16 Democrats

A team focused on solutions to today’s challenges.

Meet the Candidates

Andrew Zwicker

Andrew Zwicker is a scientist and educator at Princeton University’s Plasma Physics Laboratory. As your Senator, Andrew works to find sensible solutions to improve our quality of life today and for future generations. He uses evidence to author legislation that creates high-quality jobs, fosters innovation, and protects our environment. He and his wife Barbara, an elementary school educator, live in Kingston where they raised three children.

Roy Freiman

Roy Freiman is a former executive at Prudential Financial and has dedicated his career to making smart financial decisions. As your Assemblyman, Roy has used his business and financial background to help families, senior citizens, and our community navigate through the challenges of COVID-19. Roy believes that economic recovery is just a baseline, and New Jersey’s goal should be a real opportunity for all working families. He and his wife Victoria, a retired public school teacher, have two grown children and live in Hillsborough with their dogs.

Sadaf Jaffer

Dr. Sadaf Jaffer teaches at Princeton University and served two terms as Mayor of Montgomery Township, becoming the first South Asian American woman elected Mayor in New Jersey. As Mayor, Sadaf created bipartisan support and a constituent-driven approach to stop the spread of COVID-19 during the height of the pandemic. Using her local expertise, Sadaf will work to amplify the voices of all LD 16 residents, especially underrepresented communities. She and her husband, Dan, a professor at Princeton, are raising their daughter in Montgomery Township.

Turning today’s challenges into tomorrow’s possibilities.

– Andrew Zwicker, Roy Freiman, and Sadaf Jaffer

Key Issues

USING SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE

Investing in technology infrastructure, work to safely reopen schools, and drive a COVID economic recovery that puts working families first.

ADVOCATING FOR EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY

Fighting for fair pay for frontline workers, keeping our communities safe from gun violence, and eliminating barriers to services for seniors, veterans, women, and people of all races and religions.

Relieving OUR TAX BURDEN

By expanding the senior property tax freeze and by helping restaurants and small businesses with tax relief.

How to Vote in This November’s Election

Vote By Mail

You can have your ballot delivered to your mail box so you can vote from the comfort of your home. There are three ways to return your mail-in-ballot once you have completed it.

1)Mail: It must be postmarked on or before 8:00 p.m. Election Day and be received by your county’s Board of Elections on or before 6 days after Election Day

2) Secure Ballot Drop Box: Place it in one of your county’s secure ballot drop boxes by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. Secure Ballot Drop Box location

3) Board of Elections Office: Deliver it in person to your county’s Board of Elections Office by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. County Election Officials

NOTE: Your Vote-By-Mail ballot CANNOT be returned to your In-Person Early Voting Poll Location or your Election Day Poll Location.

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Vote Early In Person

This new option enables all registered voters to cast their ballot in person, using a voting machine, during in-person early voting period prior to Election Day. You can now choose to vote, in person, when it’s most convenient for your schedule.

No matter where you live in the county, you can vote your specific ballot at any of your county’s designated in-person early voting locations.

In-Person Early Voting for both the Primary Election and the General Election. Early voting locations will be open from at least 10 am to 8 pm on Mondays through Saturdays, and from at least 10 am to 6 pm on Sundays. No appointment is necessary. Accommodations will be made for voters with disabilities.

General Election Early Voting Dates – October 29, 2022–November 6, 2022

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Vote on Election Day

You can vote in person at your polling place, from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Accommodations will be made for voters with disabilities. NOTE: Vote-by-mail ballots CANNOT be returned to your polling place for this election.

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