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California State University, Los Los Angeles
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Carl Bergmanson
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Bergmanson is a vocal critic of the Democratic Party establishment in New Jersey. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey in both the 2009 and 2013 elections. In 2008, Bergmanson led an unsuccessful campaign to recall Governor Jon Corzine, the first effort to recall a governor in New Jersey history.
In February 2009, Bergmanson announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 2009 race for Governor of New Jersey.
Bergmanson continues to criticize the Democratic Party for being financially irresponsible. He has stated that he believes only a fiscally conservative Democrat could potentially beat sitting Governor Chris Christie.
On February 8, 2013 he announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination in the 2013 gubernatorial election. He withdrew from the Democratic primary on April 22nd.
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Bergmanson, who ran on a platform of fiscal discipline, governmental reform, and removing the tolls on the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike and the Atlantic City Expressway, finished second in the balloting for the Democratic nomination with 9% of the votes cast behind incumbent governor Jon Corzine, who won re-nomination with 77% of the vote.
