JNESO Healthcare Union District Council 1 announced last week their formal endorsement of New Jersey legislator candidates running for both State Assembly or State Senate.

According to a statement by JNESO, the group’s board of director’s voted unanimously to endorse 100 candidates in various elections across the state. One of those endorsements was for Eliot Arlo Colon, candidate for NJ Assembly in Legislative District 30.

In a statement, Board President Elfrieda Johnson, stated “We need leaders who are ready and willing to fight alongside us to protect and preserve the quality of care for patients and help improve working conditions for all nurses, tech’s and healthcare professionals throughout the State of New Jersey.”

Mr. Colon thanked JNESO for their formal endorsement of his campaign, saying, “Healthcare is a top priority for the state of New Jersey, including the protection and well-being of those healthcare workers and professionals. We must ensure a thriving and successful healthcare system in New Jersey, not for economic gains or financial security, but because a bad healthcare industry can quite literally become a matter of life and death.”

“Should I be elected, I will fight to represent healthcare workers in the Assembly to ensure they aren’t getting the short end of the stick,” said Mr. Colon.

JNESO District Council 1 represents more than 5,000 healthcare professionals in 19 facilities across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The union represents nurses, medical technicians, medical support personnel, caregivers and others in the health care field.

The general election for NJ Assembly is on November 7, 2017 in which Colon is battling against incumbents, Sean T. Kean and party installed incumbent, Ned Thomson, who was named David Rible’s replacement as Assemblymen after his resignation to serve as the Director of the NJ ABC in June 2017.

About Assembly Candidate Eliot Arlo Colon: Assembly Candidate Colon is the President of the Brielle Board of Education, having served six years on the board of education. Colon is also the Chairman of the Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan, NJ and Partner/Co-Owner of Miro Consulting, Inc. based in Woodbridge, NJ which was previously named NJBIZ Fastest Growing Company. Colon was named NJBIZ Executive of the Year finalist and Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists four years in a row.

Assembly Candidate Colon, born August 19, 1969, grew up in Edison, N.J. He resides in Brielle Township with his wife Lorene, and two teenage sons.

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