tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15514767364212312952024-02-20T11:01:05.935-08:00Joseph Sinagra ProfileJoe Sinagrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15943595949326167578noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551476736421231295.post-52269610714586068182011-08-08T19:41:00.000-07:002011-08-08T19:41:36.850-07:00Joseph Sinagra Biography<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4457795025352851400"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Joseph Sinagra (born December 20, 1946 in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">New Brunswick, New Jersey</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">) is an </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">American</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Republican Party</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician" title="Politician"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">politician</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">, who was a 2006 congressional candidate for the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">United States House of Representatives</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 12th congressional district"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">New Jersey's 12th congressional district</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">.</span> <div id="bodyContent"> <div><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"></span> </div><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Sinagra is the son of parents Ciro and Rose Sinagra. Sinagra is the oldest of four children, with a brother Ciro (<i>deceased</i>), and two sisters Mary and Julie. Sinagra lives in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmetta,_New_Jersey" title="Helmetta, New Jersey"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Helmetta</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">New Jersey</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> with his wife, the former Patricia Genito, where their children Joe, Jeff (<i>deceased</i>), and Michele were raised.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">After serving in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">United States Air Force</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> 1st Air Commando Wing (TAC) during the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Vietnam War</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> era, Sinagra attended </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex_County_College" title="Middlesex County College"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Middlesex County College</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_County_College" title="Union County College"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Union County College</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> for </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business" title="Business"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Business</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management" title="Management"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Management</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">. He has owned several small businesses, and is employed as </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facilities_Manager" title="Facilities Manager"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Facilities Manager</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> for </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miele" title="Miele"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Miele</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> Corporate Headquarters located in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Princeton, New Jersey</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> and former CEO of My Plumber Inc.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Sinagra held a seat on the Helmetta Planning Board, was Emergency Management Coordinator, and a Helmetta Councilman from 1989 to 1998 (serving three terms on several committees), also as Council President for seven years. Returning in 1999 to fill in for a one year vacated seat (picked by majority Democratic Council). Sinagra has also served as </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman" title="Chairman"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Chairman</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> of the Helmetta Republican Party, presently the Vice-Chair, and was the Republican </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominee" title="Nominee"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">nominee</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> for </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex County, New Jersey"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Middlesex County</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> Clerk challenging incumbent </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Democrat</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"> Elaine Flynn in 2005.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="mw-headline"><span class="mw-headline" id="2007_New_Jersey_Assembly_election"><strong>2006 Congressional Election</strong></span></span></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong></strong></span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Sinagra was the Republican </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidate" title="Candidate"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">candidate</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> for </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Congress" title="U.S. Congress"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">U.S. Congress</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="New Jersey's 12th congressional district"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">New Jersey's 12th congressional district</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">, challenging </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">incumbent</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Democrat</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_D._Holt_Jr." title="Rush D. Holt Jr."><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Rush D. Holt Jr.</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_elections,_2006" title="United States House elections, 2006"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">2006 mid-term elections</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">, in a district that covers portions of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Hunterdon County, New Jersey"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Hunterdon County</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_County,_New_Jersey" title="Mercer County, New Jersey"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Mercer County</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex County, New Jersey"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Middlesex County</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monmouth_County,_New_Jersey" title="Monmouth County, New Jersey"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Monmouth County</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Somerset County, New Jersey"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Somerset County</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Holt defeated Sinagra by almost 2-1, earning 115,413 votes to Sinagra's 60,443. Sinagra's best results were in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex County, New Jersey"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Middlesex County</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">.</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sinagra#cite_note-0"><u><sup><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">[1]</span></span></sup></u></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The bare-bones campaign of Joseph Sinagra against Rush Holt received 35% of the vote, just 2% less than former Secretary of State </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Soaries" title="Buster Soaries"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Buster Soaries</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> won in 2002 after spending $1 million and in a better year for Republicans.</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sinagra#cite_note-1"><u><sup><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">[<strong>2]</strong></span></span></span></sup></u></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="mw-headline" id="2007_New_Jersey_Assembly_election">2007 New Jersey Assembly <span style="color: black;">election</span></span></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span class="mw-headline"></span></strong></span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Sinagra ran for a seat in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_General_Assembly" title="New Jersey General Assembly"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">New Jersey General Assembly</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> located in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex County, New Jersey"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Middlesex County, New Jersey</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">, representing the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Legislative_Districts,_2001_redistricting#District_18" title="New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2001 redistricting"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">18th Legislative District</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">, where both seats are held by incumbent Democrats. He ran uncontested in the 2007 election primaries. Facing 2-1 odds, Sinagra won 4 out of 7 towns in the General Election and missed winning the assembly seat by less than a 6% margin, spending .75 per vote against the incumbents $20 per vote.</span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"></span> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span class="mw-headline" id="2009_New_Jersey_Assembly_election"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2009 New Jersey Assembly election</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Joseph Sinagra of Helmetta was endorsed at the Middlesex County GOP screening committee, and nominated by the Republican organization as their 2009 candidate for 18th District State Assembly. The district includes East Brunswick, Edison, Helmetta, Metuchen, South Plainfield, South River and Spotswood. Sinagra came within 2,202 votes of winning the 2009 Assembly seat. This was a feat in itself for a district of 108,632 registered voters, 13.1% as Republican and 28.1% registered Democrats. In 2009, Sinagra came within 2,226 votes of winning the State Assembly, receiving a better percentage (a <i>3% margin</i>) vote than almost any other Republican challenger anywhere in the State of New Jersey.</div>In Middlesex County’s District 18, Assemblyman Peter Barnes and Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan won their election rematch against Republican challenger Joe Sinagra, but saw their margin of victory cut in half from 2007 – from 4,000 to 2,000 votes.<br />
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Endorsements"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span> </h2><h2><span class="mw-headline"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Endorsements</span></span></h2><b>Conservatives With Attitude</b> said, <i>"Joe Sinagra is running for the Assembly in New Jersey's 18th Legislative District. He has taken a strong stand for legal residents in New Jersey and across America. New Jersey needs more legislators like Joe Sinagra. Sinagra stands for a pro-growth, pro-taxpayer, pro-property rights, agenda."</i><br />
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<i></i>Receiving the 2009 endorsement from CWA, they had this to say about Joe Sinagra, <i>"If anyone can face a strong challenge that is in front of him and overcome it, it is Joe Sinagra. An Air Force veteran during the Vietnam War, a husband, father and a good man, there needs to be more Joe Sinagra’s serving in Public Office."</i><br />
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<i></i>'<i>Receiving the <b>Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey</b> endorsement in 2007, CIANJ said,</i> “This candidate is committed to creating jobs, reducing New Jersey’s regulatory burden, and improving the overall economic climate of our state. With an anticipated deficit in next year’s budget, projected to be more than $2.2 billion, it is critical that this candidate, who believes in smaller government, is elected to the New Jersey legislature." and again receiving the endorsement in 2009, PENPAC chair Richard Goldberg said <i>"Joe Sinagra represents the principles of free enterprise, limited government, and job expansion through economic development.”</i><br />
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">References</span></span></h2>^<a class="external free" href="http://www.woodbridgegop.net/County.htm" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #c98f24;">http://www.woodbridgegop.net/County.htm</span></a><br />
<div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sinagra#cite_ref-0"><span style="color: #c98f24;">^</span></a></b> <a class="external text" href="http://ebs.gmnews.com/news/2006/1109/Front_Page/049.html" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #c98f24;">Holt garners a return trip to Washington, D.C.</span></a>, <i>East Brunswick Sentinel</i>, November 8, 2006 </li>
<li id="cite_note-1"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sinagra#cite_ref-1"><span style="color: #c98f24;">^</span></a></b> PoliticsNJ.com </li>
</ol></div><b>New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association</b><a class="external free" href="http://www.njpsa.org/agr/news.cfm?newsid=476" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #c98f24;">http://www.njpsa.org/agr/news.cfm?newsid=476</span></a><br />
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links"><span style="font-size: x-small;">External links</span></span></h2><ul><li><a class="external text" href="http://www.joe-sinagra.com/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #c98f24;">Joe Sinagra's congressional campaign site</span></a> </li>
<li><a class="external text" href="http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20090401/NEWS/904010317" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #c98f24;">County GOP endorses its slate of candidates</span></a> </li>
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