Ken Gordon was a 2011 Democratic candidate for District 7 of the New Jersey General Assembly. He dropped out of the race in late April. Gordon was a candidate for the 2011 Democratic Party nomination for District 7 of the New Jersey General Assembly. Gordon was bracketed with Yvette Sterling in the June 7 primary, however, Sterling's candidacy was found invalid by the Secretary of State's office in late April and her name was removed from the ballot. Following that, Gordon dropped out of the race. Troy Singleton and incumbent Herb Conaway advanced to the general election on November 8, 2011. With redistricting moving nine-term Republican incumbent Joseph Malone, III from the 30th to the 7th District, NJ Spotlight identified the 7th as a potential place for the GOP to pickup a seat in the Assembly.
