Barbara Singer

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Barbara Singer

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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2019

Education

Law

Brooklyn Law School

Personal

Profession

Attorney

Barbara Singer (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 13. Singer lost in the general election on November 5, 2019.

Singer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Barbara Singer earned a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. Singer's career experience includes working as an attorney.

Elections

2019

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 13 (2 seats)

Gerard Scharfenberger and incumbent Serena DiMaso defeated Barbara Singer and Allison Friedman in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 13 on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gerard Scharfenberger (R)	29.8	25,828
✔		Serena DiMaso (R)	29.2	25,297
	Submit photo	Barbara Singer (D)	20.6	17,835
		Allison Friedman (D)	20.5	17,763

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 86,723
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 13 (2 seats)

Allison Friedman and Barbara Singer advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 13 on June 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Allison Friedman	51.5	3,496
✔	Submit photo	Barbara Singer	48.5	3,291

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,787
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 13 (2 seats)

Gerard Scharfenberger and incumbent Serena DiMaso advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 13 on June 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gerard Scharfenberger	50.2	5,302
✔		Serena DiMaso	49.8	5,270

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,572
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Campaign themes

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Barbara Singer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Singer's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

Community Safety including first responders

Environmental preservation

Fiscal responsibility

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

The environment has always been a passion of mine and now living in the Bayshore area that still has active farmland, preservation is extremely important. I am also interested in Women's and Children's issues. Being a professional and a mother of three, combining both worlds can be challenging. I have been able to work with two companies that were willing to be creative in fusing both worlds for their employees and be successful companies. I would like to advocate for more companies to do this. As a Girl Scout leader since I was 18, I am a strong advocate for providing leadership programming for our youth.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I look up to the people in my immediate life who were examples of living a good life, being productive citizens, community activists and mentor to many. I believe people can and should contribute to improving their own corner of the world and I admire those who do that. They include my own Girl Scout leader who led troops and helped put amazing female leaders into our community for over 50 years, although she had no children of her own. My mentor and boss, an attorney who showed that work, family, community participation and running for office can all be part of a successful life style. My mother who was a teacher and also able to combine her family obligations with her community work in a healthy and successful way.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

An ability to work with people, understand where they are coming from, that differences of opinion don't make people "wrong," desire to research to understand issues, to find commonalities between groups

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“	What is your political philosophy? I choose to run for office as a way to improve my community beyond my volunteer work.	”
—Barbara Singer

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Footnotes

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Current members of the New Jersey General Assembly

Leadership

Representatives

District 1

Antwan McClellan (R)

Erik Simonsen (R)

District 2

Don Guardian (R)

Claire Swift (R)

District 3

Dave Bailey (D)

Heather Simmons (D)

District 4

Dan Hutchison (D)

Cody Miller (D)

District 5

William Moen (D)

William Spearman (D)

District 6

Louis Greenwald (D)

Melinda Kane (D)

District 7

Carol Murphy (D)

Balvir Singh (D)

District 8

Andrea Katz (D)

Michael Torrissi (R)

District 9

Gregory Myhre (R)

Brian Rumpf (R)

District 10

Paul Kanitra (R)

Gregory McGuckin (R)

District 11

Margie Donlon (D)

Luanne Peterpaul (D)

District 12

Robert Clifton (R)

Alex Sauickie (R)

District 13

Victoria Flynn (R)

Gerard Scharfenberger (R)

District 14

Wayne DeAngelo (D)

Tennille McCoy (D)

District 15

Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)

Anthony Verrelli (D)

District 16

Mitchelle Drulis (D)

Roy Freiman (D)

District 17

Joseph Danielsen (D)

Kevin Egan (D)

District 18

Robert Karabinchak (D)

Sterley Stanley (D)

District 19

Craig Coughlin (D)

Yvonne Lopez (D)

District 20

Reginald Atkins (D)

Annette Quijano (D)

District 21

Michele Matsikoudis (R)

Nancy Muñoz (R)

District 22

Linda Carter (D)

James Kennedy (D)

District 23

John DiMaio (R)

Erik Peterson (R)

District 24

Dawn Fantasia (R)

Michael Inganamort (R)

District 25

Christian Barranco (R)

Aura Dunn (R)

District 26

Brian Bergen (R)

Jay Webber (R)

District 27

Rosy Bagolie (D)

Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)

District 28

Garnet Hall (D)

Cleopatra Tucker (D)

District 29

Eliana Marin (D)

Shanique Speight (D)

District 30

Sean Kean (R)

Avi Schnall (D)

District 31

William Sampson (D)

Barbara Stamato (D)

District 32

John Allen (D)

Jessica Ramirez (D)

District 33

Julio Marenco (D)

Gabriel Rodriguez (D)

District 34

Carmen Morales (D)

Michael Venezia (D)

District 35

Alaa Abdelaziz (D)

Shavonda Sumter (D)

District 36

Clinton Calabrese (D)

Gary Schaer (D)

District 37

Shama Haider (D)

Ellen Park (D)

District 38

Lisa Swain (D)

Chris Tully (D)

District 39

Robert Auth (R)

John Azzariti (R)

District 40

Al Barlas (R)

Christopher DePhillips (R)

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