If Leonard Lance wins his race for Congress this year, there would be three separate elections to fill his seat in the State Senate.
The first contest would be a Special Election Convention, held by the Republican County Committee in Hunterdon and Warren counties 7 to 35 days after Lance resigns. In that race, there are 216 possible votes from Hunterdon and 180 from Warren -- if all County Committee seats are filled.
If a member of the State Assembly were to win the Senate seat, there would be a second Special Election to fill that vacancy.
Additionally, Democrats and Republicans would have a primary for State Senate in June 2009. The primary winners would face off in a November 2009 Special Election, and the victor in that contest would fill the remaining 26 months of Lance’s Senate term.
The winner of a Special Election Convention for State Assembly would fill the remainder of the unexpired term, serving until January 2010, with no 2009 Special Election.
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