Michael Pappas

Candidate for New Jersey State Senate, District 16 (Republican). The election is November 2, 2027 (expected).

Running for this seat

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Background

Former U.S. representative; municipal administrator

A former one-term member of the U.S. House from Somerset County, elected in 1996, who lost re-election in 1998. According to the New Jersey Globe, he was elected to the Franklin Township Council at 21, became mayor at 22 and was elected a Somerset County freeholder at 24; he later held a post at the U.S. Small Business Administration and served as High Bridge borough administrator and, as of 2020, Bridgewater administrator. He was the nominee for the District 16 Senate seat in 2021 and 2023, losing both races to Sen. Andrew Zwicker.

Left–right placement

Moderately right, from the giving patterns of their campaign donors (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford). Based on the 61 donors to their 2022 campaign for state Senate. DIME doesn't name donors: it places each one by everyone they give to, then places the candidate by their donors Source

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