Isaac Hadzovic

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Isaac Hadzovic

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Democratic Party

Education

High school

Hackettstown High School

Bachelor's

Kent State University

Personal
Profession
International account manager
Contact

Personal website 

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Isaac Hadzovic was a 2017 Democratic candidate for District 23 of the New Jersey General Assembly. He did not appear on the official general election list provided by the New Jersey Department of State website.[1]

Biography

Hadzovic earned his bachelor's degree from Kent State University in 2016. His professional experience includes working as an international account manager. He was also a volunteer firefighter for the Hackettstown Fire Department from 2009 to 2017.[2]

Campaign themes

2017

Hadzovic's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Our Economy And Jobs

  • Despite our enviable location and our highly educated workforce, New Jersey has yet to recover all of its jobs from the Great Recession. This is because the Christie Administration has engaged in a policy of disinvestment, putting New Jersey at an economic disadvantage compared to our neighbors. I believe that we must create an environment that welcomes small businesses and doesn’t drive them out. I believe that effective investments in areas like transportation, education, and STEM creates jobs and long-term economic growth for our state.

Environment

  • Climate change is a reality and 2016 was the hottest year on record. Yet the State of New Jersey has pulled out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, an agreement among nine of our neighboring states meant to curb emissions of carbon dioxide. I believe that it is time to reverse that decision and join with surrounding states in the protection of our precious environment. I also oppose the PennEast pipeline that would cut through the heart of our district and would make it harder to transition to alternative energy. Let’s ensure that New Jersey leads the nation in protecting the environment and alternative energy.

Affordability And Property Taxes

  • I am committed to helping make sure that anyone who works hard and plays by the rules has a chance to build a middle-class life. Residents of New Jersey face some of the highest housing costs and the highest property taxes in the nation. We also continue to suffer from the effects of the Great Recession, including the highest foreclosure rate in the country. I believe in expanding counseling programs to keep people in their homes and repurposing foreclosed properties as affordable housing, expanding tax credits to create new housing and lowering property taxes by funding our schools, incentivizing shared services, and restoring rebates to low-income, seniors, and disabled residents.

Pension

  • New Jersey’s pension system is one of the nation’s most underfunded. The state calculates our unfunded liability at $49 billion. That’s a lot of money, but it’s nothing compared to astronomical outside accounting estimates, which range from $135 billion to $180 billion. Anyone who tells you they can solve the pension crisis without making hard choices isn’t being honest with you. Our state has squandered its resident’s hard-earned money for too long. We will begin addressing this together.

Healthcare

  • Access to health care is a basic right – one that is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington and the special interests that support them. New Jersey is no exception. For too long we have let special interests like for-profit hospitals outweigh the interests of 9 million residents. New Jersey has been a national leader on healthcare in the past and I will fight to make it a leader again. This starts with standing up to Donald Trump and the right-wing agenda to repeal the ACA and gut Medicaid and Medicare, which would cause nearly 800,000 people in NJ to lose coverage.[3]
 ”
—Isaac Hadzovic[4]

Elections

2017

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2017

General election

Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2017. All 80 seats were up for election. State assembly members are elected to two-year terms. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on June 6, 2017. The filing deadline for the primary election was April 3, 2017.[5] Legislative districts in the New Jersey General Assembly are multi-member districts, with two representatives in each district. In Democratic and Republican primary elections, the top two candidates move forward to the general election, and the top two candidates in the general election are declared the winners.[6] The following candidates ran in the New Jersey General Assembly District 23 general election.[1][7]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 23 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png John DiMaio Incumbent 29.37% 33,880
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Erik Peterson Incumbent 27.94% 32,233
     Democratic Laura Shaw 21.14% 24,386
     Democratic Charles Boddy 18.80% 21,690
     End the Corruption Tyler J. Gran 1.67% 1,921
     We Define Tomorrow Michael Estrada 1.09% 1,256
Total Votes 115,366
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Laura Shaw and Isaac Hadzovic were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 23 Democratic primary election.[8][9]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 23 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Laura Shaw 51.88% 7,706
Green check mark transparent.png Isaac Hadzovic 48.12% 7,147
Total Votes 14,853
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Incumbent John DiMaio and incumbent Erik Peterson were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 23 Republican primary election.[10][9]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 23 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png John DiMaio Incumbent 50.43% 10,353
Green check mark transparent.png Erik Peterson Incumbent 49.57% 10,177
Total Votes 20,530
Source: New Jersey Department of State

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed August 11, 2017 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "NJDOSGE" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ Isaac Hadzovic, "About me," accessed May 15, 2017
  3. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. ↑ Isaac Hadzovic, "Issues," accessed May 15, 2017
  5. ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
  6. ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
  7. ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
  8. ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
  10. ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017


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