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Seamus Patrick O'Toole

Holds no public office that the desk could find. The state's candidate list gives a post office box in Clark. Campaign affiliation: Independent; ballot slogan STOP ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE.

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Background, stated goals, record, and money

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Seamus Patrick O'Toole

Background

  • Printed on the ballot with the slogan STOP ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE, with a post office box in Clark as his address. New Jersey Division of Elections
  • Filed 299 petition signatures, 49 more than required, and stayed on the ballot after a challenge by a former Hillsborough Democratic chair was withdrawn. New Jersey Globe

What they say they want to do

What the official record shows

No public office or earlier candidacy was found. He does not appear on the state's 2024 or 2026 primary results for any House seat, has no FEC registration, and the only reporting found concerns his 2026 petition. New Jersey Division of Elections, New Jersey Division of Elections, Federal Election Commission, New Jersey Globe

Campaign money from other committees, by type

No FEC registration exists for him, so there are no filings to read. A House candidate must register once he raises or spends more than 5,000 dollars; whether he has is not something the record shows. Federal Election Commission

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Evidence timeline

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  1. race event

    Official candidate list: three printed candidates

    The state's revised official list and amended certification print three candidates: Kean, Bennett and O'Toole. The Stated Record checked both on September 23, 2026.

    New Jersey Division of Elections New Jersey Division of Elections

  2. race event

    Official candidate list: four candidates

    The Division of Elections' official list printed four candidates for this seat: Kean, Bennett, Leguía and O'Toole.

    New Jersey Division of Elections

  3. race event

    O'Toole keeps his ballot line

    A challenge to O'Toole's nominating petition was withdrawn after an administrative law judge upheld 17 disputed signatures.

    New Jersey Globe

  4. race event

    Primary election

    Kean won the Republican nomination with 35,080 votes and Bennett the Democratic nomination with 27,525.

    New Jersey Division of Elections

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