2019 New Jersey General Assembly election
The 2019 Elections for New Jersey's General Assembly was held on November 5, 2019. All 80 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The candidates that won in November will be part of the 219th New Jersey Legislature.
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All 80 seats of the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Democrats held a 54–26 supermajority in the lower house prior to the election. The members of the New Jersey Legislature are chosen from 40 electoral districts. Each district elects one State Senator and two State Assembly members. New Jersey uses coterminous legislative districts for both its State Senate and General Assembly.
To take control from the Democrats, Republicans needed to net 15 seats from the Democrats in the election. In the elections, the Republicans gained 2 seats, failing to gain control of the chamber.
Going into the 2019 election, every legislative district was represented by two Assembly members of the same party.
Incumbents not running for re-election
Democratic
Republican
- Michael Patrick Carroll, District 25 (running for Morris County Surrogate)[2]
- Amy Handlin, District 13[3]
- David W. Wolfe, District 10[4]
Overall results
52 | 28 |
Democratic | Republican |
Parties | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||
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2017 | 2019 | +/- | Strength | Vote | % | Change | |||
Democratic | 97 | 54 | 52 | 62.50% | 474,160 | 60.93% | |||
Republican | 82 | 26 | 28 | 37.50% | 304,101 | 39.07% | |||
Summary of results by State Assembly district
List of races
District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 |
- Note: Voters in each legislative district will elect TWO members to the New Jersey General Assembly.
District 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Erik Simonsen | 26,544 | 27.16% | ||
Republican | Antwan McClellan | 25,521 | 26.12% | ||
Democratic | R. Bruce Land (incumbent) | 23,098 | 23.64% | ||
Democratic | Matthew Milam (incumbent) | 22,555 | 23.08% | ||
Total votes | 97,718 | 100% | |||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 2
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Vincent Mazzeo (incumbent) | 23,211 | 26.71% | ||
Democratic | John Armato (incumbent) | 21,892 | 25.19% | ||
Republican | Philip Guenther | 20,905 | 24.05% | ||
Republican | John Risley, Jr. | 20,906 | 24.05 | ||
Total votes | 100% | ||||
Democratic hold |
District 3
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Burzichelli (incumbent) | 23,327 | 27.85% | ||
Democratic | Adam Taliaferro (incumbent) | 22,693 | 27.1% | ||
Republican | Beth Sawyer | 19,346 | 23.1% | ||
Republican | Edward R. Durr | 18,386 | 21.95% | ||
Total votes | 83,752 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 4
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Paul Moriarty (incumbent) | 22,347 | 29.87% | ||
Democratic | Gabriela Mosquera (incumbent) | 21,920 | 29.3% | ||
Republican | Paul Dilks | 15,748 | 21.05% | ||
Republican | Stephen Pakradooni, Jr. | 14,806 | 19.79% | ||
Total votes | 74,821 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 5
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | William Spearman (incumbent) | 21,533 | 33.95% | ||
Democratic | William Moen, Jr. | 20,743 | 32.7% | ||
Republican | Nicholas Kush | 10,711 | 16.89% | ||
Republican | Kevin Ehret | 10,442 | 16.46% | ||
Total votes | 63,429 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 6
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Louis Greenwald (incumbent) | 30,166 | 34.7% | |
Democratic | Pamela Lampitt (incumbent) | 29,354 | 33.77% | |
Republican | Cynthia Plucinski | 13,801 | 15.88% | |
Republican | John Papeika | 13,612 | 15.66% | |
Total votes | 86,933 | 100% |
District 7
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Carol Murphy (incumbent) | 28,735 | 37.64% | ||
Democratic | Herbert Conaway, Jr. (incumbent) | 28,594 | 37.46% | ||
Republican | Peter Miller | 17,348 | 22.73% | ||
Independent | Kathleen Cooley[lower-alpha 2] | 1,656 | 2.17% | ||
Total votes | 76,333 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 8
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jean Stanfield | 24,310 | 25.41% | ||
Republican | Ryan Peters (incumbent) | 24,168 | 25.26% | ||
Democratic | Gina LaPlaca | 23,141 | 24.19% | ||
Democratic | Mark Natale | 22,364 | 23.37% | ||
Independent | Tom Giangiulio, Jr.[lower-alpha 3] | 1,696 | 1.77% | ||
Total votes | 95,679 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
District 9
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Brian Rumpf (incumbent) | 35,190 | 34.8% | ||
Republican | DiAnne Gove (incumbent) | 34,462 | 34.08% | ||
Democratic | Sarah Collins | 16,246 | 16.07% | ||
Democratic | Wayne Lewis | 15,211 | 15.04% | ||
Total votes | 101,109 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
District 10
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gregory McGuckin (incumbent) | 31,212 | 31.48% | ||
Republican | John Catalano | 30,345 | 30.6% | ||
Democratic | Eileen Della Volle | 18,224 | 18.38% | ||
Democratic | Erin Wheeler | 17,899 | 18.05% | ||
Independent | Vincent Barrella[lower-alpha 4] | 818 | 0.83% | ||
Independent | Ian Holmes[lower-alpha 5] | 653 | 0.66% | ||
Total votes | 99,151 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
District 11
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joann Downey (incumbent) | 22,482 | 26.58% | ||
Democratic | Eric Houghtaling (incumbent) | 22,415 | 26.5% | ||
Republican | Michael Amoroso | 20,171 | 23.84% | ||
Republican | Matthew Woolley | 19,525 | 23.08% | ||
Total votes | 84,593 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 12
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ronald Dancer (incumbent) | 23,866 | 32.19% | ||
Republican | Robert Clifton (incumbent) | 23,173 | 31.25% | ||
Democratic | David Lande | 13,909 | 18.76% | ||
Democratic | Malini Guha | 13,194 | 17.8% | ||
Total votes | 74,142 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
District 13
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerard Scharfenberger | 25,155 | 29.87% | ||
Republican | Serena DiMaso (incumbent) | 24,649 | 29.27% | ||
Democratic | Barbara Singer | 17,240 | 20.47% | ||
Democratic | Allison Friedman | 17,181 | 20.4% | ||
Total votes | 84,225 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
District 14
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Wayne DeAngelo (incumbent) | 29,734 | 30.32% | ||
Democratic | Daniel Benson (incumbent) | 29,012 | 29.59% | ||
Republican | Thomas Calabrese | 19,791 | 20.18% | ||
Republican | Bina Shah | 18,024 | 18.38% | ||
Independent | Michael Bollentin[lower-alpha 6] | 1,500 | 1.53% | ||
Total votes | 98,061 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 15
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (incumbent) | 22,742 | 39.01% | ||
Democratic | Anthony Verrelli (incumbent) | 22,141 | 37.98% | ||
Republican | Jennifer Williams | 9,426 | 16.17% | ||
Independent | Edward Forchion[lower-alpha 7] | 2,447 | 4.2% | ||
Independent | Dioh Williams[lower-alpha 8] | 1,541 | 2.64% | ||
Total votes | 58,297 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 16
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Andrew Zwicker (incumbent) | 26,280 | 27.85% | ||
Democratic | Roy Freiman (incumbent) | 25,077 | 26.58% | ||
Republican | Mark Caliguire | 21,606 | 22.9% | ||
Republican | Christine Madrid | 21,387 | 22.67% | ||
Total votes | 94,350 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 17
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph Egan (incumbent) | 20,272 | 36.47% | ||
Democratic | Joseph Danielsen (incumbent) | 20,108 | 36.18% | ||
Republican | Patricia Badovinac | 7,612 | 13.69% | ||
Republican | Maria Conception Powell | 7,592 | 13.66% | ||
Total votes | 55,584 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 18
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Nancy Pinkin (incumbent) | 19,431 | 30.6% | ||
Democratic | Robert Karabinchak (incumbent) | 18,727 | 29.49% | ||
Republican | Robert Bengivenga | 13,002 | 20.47% | ||
Republican | Jeffrey Brown | 12,349 | 19.44% | ||
Total votes | 63,509 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 19
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Craig Coughlin (incumbent) | 17,878 | 33.52% | ||
Democratic | Yvonne Lopez (incumbent) | 17,039 | 31.95% | ||
Republican | Rocco Genova | 9,046 | 16.96% | ||
Republican | Christian Onuoha | 8,705 | 16.32% | ||
Independent | William Cruz[lower-alpha 9] | 661 | 1.24% | ||
Total votes | 53,329 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 20
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Annette Quijano (incumbent) | 13,173 | 40.75% | ||
Democratic | Jamel Holley (incumbent) | 12,437 | 38.48% | ||
Republican | Charles Donnelly | 3,496 | 10.82% | ||
Republican | Ashraf Hanna | 3,218 | 9.96% | ||
Total votes | 32,324 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 21
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jon Bramnick (incumbent) | 28,787 | 26.31% | ||
Republican | Nancy Munoz (incumbent) | 28,079 | 25.66% | ||
Democratic | Lisa Mandelblatt | 25,452 | 23.26% | ||
Democratic | Stacey Gunderman | 24,865 | 22.73% | ||
Independent | Martin Marks[lower-alpha 10] | 1,147 | 1.05% | ||
Independent | Harris Pappas[lower-alpha 11] | 1,081 | 0.99% | ||
Total votes | 109,411 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
District 22
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Linda Carter (incumbent) | 18,703 | 40.25% | ||
Democratic | James Kennedy (incumbent) | 18,099 | 38.95% | ||
Republican | Patricia Quattrocchi | 9,665 | 20.8% | ||
Total votes | 46,467 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 23
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John DiMaio (incumbent) | 27,887 | 30.41% | ||
Republican | Erik Peterson (incumbent) | 27,758 | 30.27% | ||
Democratic | Denise King | 18,093 | 19.73% | ||
Democratic | Marisa Trofimov | 17,969 | 19.59% | ||
Total votes | 91,707 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
District 24
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Parker Space (incumbent) | 30,380 | 34.78% | ||
Republican | Harold Wirths (incumbent) | 28,953 | 33.15% | ||
Democratic | Deana Lykins | 14,704 | 16.83% | ||
Democratic | Dan Soloman Smith | 13,313 | 15.24% | ||
Total votes | 87,350 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
District 25
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Anthony Bucco, Jr. (incumbent) | 26,848 | 27.19% | ||
Republican | Brian Bergen | 25,552 | 25.87% | ||
Democratic | Lisa Bhimani | 23,505 | 23.8% | ||
Democratic | Darcy Draeger | 22,850 | 23.14% | ||
Total votes | 98,755 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
District 26
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | BettyLou DeCroce (incumbent) | 24,706 | 28.5% | ||
Republican | Jay Webber (incumbent) | 24,451 | 28.21% | ||
Democratic | Christine Clarke | 18,813 | 21.7% | ||
Democratic | Laura Fortgang | 18,711 | 21.59% | ||
Total votes | 86,681 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
District 27
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John McKeon (incumbent) | 26,062 | 32.6% | ||
Democratic | Mila Jasey (incumbent) | 25,282 | 31.63% | ||
Republican | Michael Dailey | 14,353 | 17.96% | ||
Republican | Mauro Tucci | 14,236 | 17.81% | ||
Total votes | 79,933 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 28
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ralph Caputo (incumbent) | 15,396 | 41.29% | ||
Democratic | Cleopatra Tucker (incumbent) | 15,163 | 40.67% | ||
Republican | Joy Bembry-Freeman | 3,181 | 8.53% | ||
Republican | Antonio Pires | 2,946 | 7.9% | ||
Independent | Derrick Ross | 598 | 1.6% | ||
Total votes | 37,284 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 29
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eliana Pintor Marin (incumbent) | 7,957 | 40.73% | ||
Democratic | Shanique Speight (incumbent) | 7,652 | 39.17% | ||
Republican | John Anello | 1,545 | 7.91% | ||
Republican | Jeannette Veras | 1,399 | 7.16% | ||
Independent | Yolanda Johnson[lower-alpha 12] | 529 | 2.71% | ||
Independent | Nichelle Velazquez[lower-alpha 13] | 455 | 2.33% | ||
Total votes | 19,537 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 30
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Sean Kean (incumbent) | 24,810 | 36.35% | ||
Republican | Edward Thomson (incumbent) | 23,078 | 33.82% | ||
Democratic | Steven Farkas | 9,781 | 14.33% | ||
Democratic | Jason Celik | 9,391 | 13.76% | ||
Independent | Hank Schroeder[lower-alpha 14] | 1,186 | 1.74% | ||
Total votes | 68,246 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
District 31
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Angela McKnight (incumbent) | 18,432 | 43.22% | ||
Democratic | Nicholas Chiaravalloti (incumbent) | 16,750 | 39.27% | ||
Republican | Jason Mushnick | 3,792 | 8.89% | ||
Republican | Mary Kay Palange | 3,674 | 8.61% | ||
Total votes | 33,893 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 32
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Angelica Jimenez (incumbent) | 13,974 | 40.48% | ||
Democratic | Pedro Mejia (incumbent) | 13,485 | 39.06% | ||
Republican | Ann Carletta | 3,551 | 10.29% | ||
Republican | Francesca Curreli | 3,514 | 10.18% | ||
Total votes | 29,548 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 33
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Raj Mukherji (incumbent) | 23,644 | 42.41% | ||
Democratic | Annette Chaparro (incumbent) | 23,572 | 42.28% | ||
Republican | Holly Lucyk | 4,462 | 8% | ||
Republican | Fabian Rohena | 4,075 | 7.31% | ||
Total votes | 49,855 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 34
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Thomas Giblin (incumbent) | 17,849 | 41.62% | ||
Democratic | Britnee Timberlake (incumbent) | 17,441 | 40.66% | ||
Republican | Bharat Rana | 3,527 | 8.22% | ||
Republican | Irene DeVita | 3,453 | 8.05% | ||
Independent | Clenard Childress, Jr.[lower-alpha 15] | 620 | 1.45% | ||
Total votes | 42,319 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 35
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Benjie Wimberly (incumbent) | 13,213 | 43.61% | |
Democratic | Shavonda Sumter (incumbent) | 13,173 | 43.48% | |
Republican | Tamer Mamkej | 3,909 | 12.9% | |
Total votes | 30,295 | 100% |
District 36
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Gary Schaer (incumbent) | 14,990 | 30.86% | ||
Democratic | Clinton Calabrese (incumbent) | 14,901 | 30.68% | ||
Republican | Foster Lowe | 9,350 | 19.25% | ||
Republican | Khaldoun Androwis | 9,336 | 19.22% | ||
Total votes | 47,346 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 37
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Gordon Johnson (incumbent) | 19,602 | 36.05% | ||
Democratic | Valerie Vainieri Huttle (incumbent) | 19,475 | 35.81% | ||
Republican | Angela Hendricks | 7,484 | 13.76% | ||
Republican | Gino Tessaro | 7,333 | 13.48% | ||
Libertarian | Claudio Belusic | 485 | 0.89% | ||
Total votes | 54,090 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 38
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Lisa Swain (incumbent) | 19,887 | 27.22% | ||
Democratic | P. Christopher Tully (incumbent) | 19,571 | 26.79% | ||
Republican | Christopher DiPiazza | 16,872 | 23.1% | ||
Republican | Michael Kazimir | 16,724 | 22.89% | ||
Total votes | 72,851 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 39
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Holly Schepisi (incumbent) | 27,125 | 28.54% | ||
Republican | Robert Auth (incumbent) | 25,494 | 26.82% | ||
Democratic | John Birkner | 21,434 | 22.55% | ||
Democratic | Gerald Falotico | 20,989 | 22.08% | ||
Total votes | 95,042 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
District 40
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Kevin Rooney (incumbent) | 21,117 | 28.82% | ||
Republican | Christopher DePhillips (incumbent) | 20,576 | 28.08% | ||
Democratic | Julie O'Brien | 15,872 | 21.66% | ||
Democratic | Michael Sedon | 15,706 | 21.44% | ||
Total votes | 73,271 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
Notes
- State Senator since October 2019 and will be replaced in Assembly
- Party listed as "True Blue Unbossed."
- Party listed as "MAGA Conservative."
- Party listed as "Integrity Experience Leadership."
- Party listed as "Addressing Systemic Issues."
- Party listed as "Integrity And Accountability."
- Party listed as "Legalize Marijuana Party."
- Party listed as "Legalize Marijuana Party."
- Party listed as "Independent."
- Party listed as "Independent Conservative."
- Party listed as "Independent Conservative."
- Party listed as "Jobs, Equal Rights."
- Party listed as "Jobs, Equal Rights."
- Party listed as "The Other Candidate."
- Party listed as "Stop The Insanity!"
References
- Trethan, Phaedra (March 14, 2019). "Jones won't seek reelection to Assembly seat". Courier-Post. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
- Westhoven, William (May 11, 2018). "Michael Patrick Carroll confirms NJ Assembly exit; will seek county surrogate seat". Daily Record. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- Cervenka, Susanne; Zimmer, Russ (October 8, 2018). "Amy Handlin retiring from New Jersey Assembly". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- Larsen, Erik (January 23, 2019). "Longtime NJ assemblyman from Brick will not seek re-election". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2019/2019-unofficial-general-results-general-assembly.pdf
- "New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
- "2019 Unofficial Primary Election Results General Assembly" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
- "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For PRIMARY ELECTION 06/04/2019 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- "Official General Election Results: General Assembly" (PDF). Department of State New Jersey Division of Elections. December 2, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.