Elaine Guarino

Republican Party

Elaine Guarino was a2013Republican candidate forDistrict 29 of theNew Jersey General Assembly.^[1]

Biography

Guarino is a retired saleswoman who worked for Bell Atlantic for more than 30 years.^[2]

Elections

2013

See also:New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2013

Guarino ran in the2013 election forNew Jersey General Assembly District 29. Guarino was bracketed withAracelis Sanabria Tejada. She was unopposed in the June 4 Republican primary. She was defeated by incumbentL. Grace Spencer (D) andEliana Pintor Marin (D) in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.^[3][4][5][6]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 29 General Election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	L. Grace SpencerIncumbent	40.4%	15,259
	Democratic	Eliana Pintor Marin	38.8%	14,645
	Republican	Aracelis Sanabria Tejada	10.5%	3,957
	Republican	Elaine L. Guarino	10.3%	3,903
Total Votes				37,764

2011

See also:New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2011

Guarino was a candidate for District 29 of theNew Jersey General Assembly. She was defeated in the November 8 general election. Guarino andLisa Kistner ran unopposed in the Republican Primary on June 7. IncumbentsL. Grace Spencer andAlberto Coutinho ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.^[7]

New Jersey General Assembly District 29 General Election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	L. Grace SpencerIncumbent	42%	8,572
	Democratic	Alberto CoutinhoIncumbent	41.2%	8,391
	Republican	Elaine Guarino	8.5%	1,736
	Republican	Lisa Kistner	8.3%	1,687
Total Votes				20,386

Campaign themes

2011

Guarino highlighted the following campaign themes:^[8]

• Control taxes

• Institute pension reform:

Excerpt: "Cut redundant positions and to prevent officials from holding two jobs so they don’t collect two pensions."

• School reform:

Excerpt: "Make sure teachers are qualified and would make school days longer because kids have too much time on their hands."

• Combat crime

• Provide more services to seniors

Additional reading

• NJSpotlight, "Legislative District 29," October 6, 2011

External links

Suggest a link

• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contribution reports from OpenSecrets
• New Jersey Department of State, Official Primary Results
• New Jersey Department of State, Unofficial general election candidates(dead link)

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