Nurses endorse Corzine, but take a pass on 22 Assembly incumbents
By EditorThe New Jersey State Nurses Association (NJSNA) has endorsed Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine for a second term. The organization represents an estimated 110,000 nurses statewide.
"Governor Jon Corzine has been a friend to nursing. He has pledged support for legislation that removes the Joint Protocol for Advanced Practice Nurses prescribing in New Jersey and to educational advancement for nurses," said Terri Mount, NJSNA/INPAC Chair. "He is the candidate best prepared to help NJSNA secure critical policy changes affecting nursing practice in New Jersey."
In State Assembly races, the NJSNA endorsed mostly incumbents from both parties. They did not take a position in District 1, where Democrats Nelson Albano (D-Vineland) and Matthew Milam (D-Vineland) are seeking re-election in a hotly contested race, and endorsed no challenger candidates in any district.
The NJSNA declined to endorse twenty incumbents, ten from each party: Brian Rumpf (R-Little Egg Harbor), David Rible (R-Wall), Peter Biondi (R-Hillsborough), Denise Coyle (R-Bernards), Peter Barnes (D-Edison), Joseph Cryan (D-Union), Annette Quijano (D-Elizabeth), John DiMaio (R-Hackettstown), Alison McHose (R-Franklin), Gary Chiusano (R- Frankford), Michael Patrick Carroll (R-Morris Twp.), John McKeon (D-West Orange), Ralph Caputo (D-Belleville), Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark), Grace Spencer (D-Newark), Albert Coutinho (D-Newark), Ruben Ramos (D-Hoboken), Caridad Rodriguez (D-West New York), David Russo (R-Ridgewood) and Scott Rumana (R-Wayne).
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In many instances where there was no endorsement, it was because the candidates - both incumbents and challengers - failed to return the questionnaire.