1998 Election Results -- Another Step Forward!

Green Party candidates put in a respectable showing in 1998, our second year on the electoral scene in New Jersey and the first time we have run something of a slate. We raised important issues, appeared in the press more prominently than ever before, and blanketed central New Jersey and Atlantic County with our distinctive lawn signs.

In the 12th Congressional District Madelyn Hoffman received 1,416 votes, about .8 percent of the total. Among third parties, she came in second to the Libertarian candidate who received about 1.15%. Madelyn got almost twice as many votes as either the Reform Party or Natural Law Party candidates.

In the 6th District, Carl Mayer had the distinction of being the first Green to get the highest vote total among alternative party candidates (in a tie with the Conservative Party candidate, while a Libertarian candidate came in "third"). Carl received 1,264 votes, about .9 percent of the total.

In the 4th District, Nick Mellis was not far behind the Conservative and Libertarian Party candidates. He got 1,039 votes, about .7 percent of the total.

Fred Disque and Paul Williams were the first home-grown Green Party candidates in New Jersey to get more than 1% of the vote (Ralph Nader got about 1.2% in NJ in 1996). Fred received 1,351 votes, almost 1.5% of the total, running for Freeholder in Burlington County. The Conservative Party candidate there received 1.75%. Paul got 511 votes, 1.1%, running for the at- large Freeholder seat in Atlantic County.

These results make it clear that the Green Party is on track toward becoming recognized as one of the more significant of the third parties in the state, though at this point we usually run behind the well established Conservatives and Libertarians. Overall 5,581 people voted Green Party in New Jersey in this election; our candidates averaged 1% of the vote, up from .5% of the vote in 1997.

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