the state's Electoral College votes after the 2004 presidential election; New Jersey's electors cast their ballots on December 13, 2004, in the State House Annex in Trenton, where all 15 votes were cast for Democratic Party candidate John Kerry. On November 6, 2012, he ran for Congress against Republican incumbent U.S. Representative Leonard Lance to represent New Jersey's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He was defeated in the heavily Republican district 57%–40% with a vote of 175,662 to 123,057. On June 3, 2014, he ran for Congress against NJ state Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, NJ state Senator Linda R. Greenstein, and physicist Andrew Zwicker in the Democratic primary for New Jersey's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, to succeed retiring Congressman Rush D. Holt Jr. Chivukula came in third place in the primary with 21.8%, losing to Watson Coleman and Greenstein, who received 43% and 27.8% of the primary vote, respectively. Chivukula received a B.E.E. from College of Engineering, Guindy (now part of Anna University) in electrical engineering and an M.E.E. degree from City College of New York in electrical engineering. He was born in Nellore, India, and currently resides in Somerset, New Jersey. In 2015, Chivukula co-authored "THE 3rd WAY" with Veny Musum which advocates closing the broadening gap between the rich and the poor in America and worldwide through Inclusive Capitalism, or Economic Democracy via business initiatives like increasing an employee's equity stake and other methods of increasing profit sharing among all employees. Election history See also Indian Americans in New Jersey References External links New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms – 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Assembly Member Upendra J. Chivukula, Project Vote Smart 1950 births Living people American Hindus City College of New York alumni Indian emigrants to the United States American politicians of Indian descent Asian-American people in New Jersey politics American mayors of Indian descent Mayors of places in New Jersey American people of Telugu descent Democratic Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly New Jersey city council members People from Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey Politicians from Somerset County, New Jersey State cabinet secretaries of New Jersey 2004 United States presidential electors 21st-century American politicians Recipients of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman