Parker Space

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Parker Space
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New Jersey State Senate District 24
Tenure

2024 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

1

Predecessor
Prior offices
Mayor of Wantage

New Jersey General Assembly District 24

Compensation

Base salary

$49,000/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2023

Education

High school

High Point Regional High School, 1987

Personal
Profession
Business owner
Contact

Parker Space (Republican Party) is a member of the New Jersey State Senate, representing District 24. He assumed office on January 9, 2024. His current term ends on January 11, 2028.

Space (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Jersey State Senate to represent District 24. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.

Biography

Space graduated from the Sussex County Vocational Technical School and the Sussex County Fire Academy. His professional experience includes being the owner and operator of Space Farms Museum and Zoo.[1] Space served as Mayor of Wantage in 2005 and from 2008 to 2009.[1][2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Space was assigned to the following committees:

2020-2021

Space was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Space was assigned to the following committees:

2016 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2016 legislative session, Space served on the following committees:

New Jersey committee assignments, 2016
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Labor

2015 legislative session

In the 2015 legislative session, Space served on the following committees:

2014 legislative session

In the 2014 legislative session, Space served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2023

See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2023

General election

General election for New Jersey State Senate District 24

Parker Space defeated Edmund Khanoo in the general election for New Jersey State Senate District 24 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Parker Space
Parker Space (R)
 
64.1
 
33,604
Edmund Khanoo (D)
 
35.9
 
18,821

Total votes: 52,425
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 24

Edmund Khanoo advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 24 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Edmund Khanoo
 
100.0
 
5,727

Total votes: 5,727
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 24

Parker Space advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 24 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Parker Space
Parker Space
 
100.0
 
15,042

Total votes: 15,042
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Endorsements

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2021

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 24 (2 seats)

Incumbent Parker Space and incumbent Harold Wirths defeated Georgianna Cook and Scott Fadden in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 24 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Parker Space
Parker Space (R)
 
35.6
 
51,198
Image of Harold Wirths
Harold Wirths (R)
 
32.7
 
46,966
Georgianna Cook (D)
 
16.3
 
23,436
Scott Fadden (D)
 
15.5
 
22,224

Total votes: 143,824
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 24 (2 seats)

Scott Fadden and Georgianna Cook advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 24 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Scott Fadden
 
91.9
 
5,555
Georgianna Cook (Write-in)
 
8.1
 
488

Total votes: 6,043
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 24 (2 seats)

Incumbent Parker Space and incumbent Harold Wirths advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 24 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Parker Space
Parker Space
 
51.5
 
16,793
Image of Harold Wirths
Harold Wirths
 
48.5
 
15,808

Total votes: 32,601
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2019

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 24 (2 seats)

Incumbent Parker Space and incumbent Harold Wirths defeated Deana Lykins and Dan Soloman Smith in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 24 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Parker Space
Parker Space (R)
 
34.6
 
30,867
Image of Harold Wirths
Harold Wirths (R)
 
33.0
 
29,424
Image of Deana Lykins
Deana Lykins (D) Candidate Connection
 
17.0
 
15,113
Image of Dan Soloman Smith
Dan Soloman Smith (D)
 
15.4
 
13,684

Total votes: 89,088
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 24 (2 seats)

Deana Lykins and Dan Soloman Smith advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 24 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Deana Lykins
Deana Lykins Candidate Connection
 
52.1
 
3,691
Image of Dan Soloman Smith
Dan Soloman Smith
 
47.9
 
3,392

Total votes: 7,083
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 24 (2 seats)

Incumbent Parker Space and incumbent Harold Wirths advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 24 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Parker Space
Parker Space
 
51.4
 
12,998
Image of Harold Wirths
Harold Wirths
 
48.6
 
12,270

Total votes: 25,268
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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.[3] 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.[4] The following candidates ran in the New Jersey General Assembly District 24 general election.[5][6]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 24 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Parker Space Incumbent 30.67% 33,873
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Harold Wirths 27.91% 30,820
     Democratic Kate Matteson 20.33% 22,456
     Democratic Gina Trish 18.29% 20,200
     Green Aaron Hyndman 1.42% 1,568
     Green Kenny Collins 1.37% 1,518
Total Votes 110,435
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Kate Matteson and Gina Trish defeated Michael Pirog in the New Jersey General Assembly District 24 Democratic primary election.[7][8]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 24 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Kate Matteson 46.49% 5,997
Green check mark transparent.png Gina Trish 41.97% 5,414
Michael Pirog 11.54% 1,489
Total Votes 12,900
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Incumbent Parker Space and Harold Wirths defeated Nathan Orr and David Atwood in the New Jersey General Assembly District 24 Republican primary election.[9][8]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 24 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Parker Space Incumbent 40.16% 11,149
Green check mark transparent.png Harold Wirths 35.45% 9,842
Nathan Orr 13.64% 3,787
David Atwood 10.75% 2,983
Total Votes 27,761
Source: New Jersey Department of State

2015

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2015

Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 2, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2015.[10] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Michael Grace and Jacqueline Stapel were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Parker Space and Gail Phoebus were bracketed together and faced Nathan Orr and Marie Bilik in the Republican primary. Space and Phoebus defeated Grace, Stapel and Kenneth Collins (G) in the general election.[11][12][13][14]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 24 General Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngParker Space Incumbent 35% 18,058
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngGail Phoebus 33.3% 17,217
     Democratic Jacqueline Stapel 13.9% 7,165
     Democratic Michael Grace 13.5% 6,998
     Green Kenneth Collins 4.3% 2,227
Total Votes 51,665
New Jersey General Assembly, District 24 Republican Primary, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngParker Space Incumbent 39.8% 8,750
Green check mark transparent.pngGail Phoebus Incumbent 37.4% 8,222
Nathan Orr 11.6% 2,560
Marie Bilik 11.2% 2,463
Total Votes 21,995

2013

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2013

Space won re-election in the 2013 election for New Jersey General Assembly District 24. Space was bracketed with fellow incumbent Alison McHose. He was unopposed in the June 4 Republican primary. He and incumbent Alison McHose (R) defeated Susan M. Williams (D) and William Weightman (D) in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.[15][16][17][18]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 24 General Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngAlison McHose Incumbent 36% 37,399
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngParker Space Incumbent 33.8% 35,093
     Democratic Susan M. Williams 16.3% 16,883
     Democratic William Weightman 13.9% 14,411
Total Votes 103,786

Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2021

Parker Space did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

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2015

Space and Gail Phoebus' campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Solar scandal

Parker and Gail are opposed to the shady, backroom solar settlement that cost taxpayers millions and put a gag order on elected officials who dare to criticize the players involved. In fact, Parker and Gail led the charge expose any wrongdoing associated with the solar scandal by calling both federal and state investigations to make sure those responsible were held accountable for their actions.

Property Tax Reform

Parker and Gail will join State Senator Mike Doherty in support of a new, fair education funding plan that would allocate an equal amount of money per student in every New Jersey School District. The current failed system that spends 60% of all education tax dollars in just 5% of the district’s – the so-called “Abbott Districts” clustered in urban areas like Newark, Jersey City and Camden – has failed students and making the stat unaffordable for taxpayers.

Jobs and Economic Growth

Parker and Gail are both local small business owners who understand what it’s like to meet payroll, balance budgets and navigate the onerous regulations passed down by those in Trenton. In the State Assembly, Gail will join Parker in fighting for legislation that reduces the tax burden on business and eliminates costly red tape so that New Jersey can become a more attractive place to build and grow a business, and create jobs.

Gas Tax

Parker has been a leader in the State Assembly opposing an increase in the state gas tax being pushed for by Democrats and union special interests. He has also called for a review of the reasons it costs more to maintain and build roads in New Jersey than any other place in the nation. Together, Parker and Gail will stand firm against any gas tax increase being heaped upon the already most overtaxed people in America.[19]

—Space and Phoebus for State Assembly (2015)[20]

Campaign finance summary


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Parker Space campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023New Jersey State Senate District 24Won general$165,729 $0
2021New Jersey General Assembly District 24Won general$77,272 $0
2013New Jersey General Assembly, District 24Won $46,862 N/A**
Grand total$289,863 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Personal

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Space and his wife, Jill, have three children.[1]

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Alternative Press, "Parker Space Chosen as New Assemblyman for New Jersey Legislative District 24," February 23, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2013
  2. NJ Assembly Republicans, "SPACE SWORN IN AS NEWEST MEMBER OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY," March 21, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2013
  3. New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
  4. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
  5. New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
  6. New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
  7. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  8. 8.0 8.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
  9. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  10. New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
  11. New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  12. New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
  13. New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  14. New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
  15. New Jersey Department of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed July 26, 2013
  16. New Jersey Department of State, "Official 2013 General Assembly general election candidates," accessed April 10, 2014
  17. Associated Press, "New Jersey - Summary Vote Results," November 6, 2013
  18. New Jersey Department of State, "2013 Official General Election results," accessed December 9, 2013
  19. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  20. Space and Phoebus for State Assembly, "Parker and Gail on the Issues," accessed May 26, 2015

Political offices
Preceded by
Steven Oroho (R)
New Jersey State Senate District 24
2024-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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New Jersey General Assembly District 24
2013-2024
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
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Mayor of Wantage
2005-2009
Succeeded by
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