New Jersey General Assembly, 2020–21 term
The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. The 2020–2021 term (219th legislative session) began on January 14, 2020 and will end on January 11, 2022. The Assembly members elected to this term were elected on November 5, 2019 (except for those since appointed or elected in special elections) and will serve until the end of the next term in 2022. This assembly session was preceded by the 2018–2019 session and will be followed by the 2022–2023 session.
Composition
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | Vacancies | ||
| End of previous legislature | 54 | 26 | 80 | 0 |
| Begin 2020-21 legislature | 52 | 28 | 80 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 68% | 33% | ||
Future assemblypeople
Changes
- In the 1st District, Republicans Antwan McClellan and Erik Simonsen defeated Democratic incumbents R. Bruce Land and Matthew W. Milam. These were the only seats that were flipped in the 2019 election, giving Republicans two more seats in the New Jersey State Assembly.
- In the 5th District, incumbent Democrat Patricia Egan Jones did not run for re-election and will be replaced by Bill Moen (also a Democrat).
- In the 8th District, incumbent Joe Howarth lost to Jean Stanfield in the Republican primary election, and will be replaced by Stanfield after she won in the general election.
- In the 10th District, incumbent Republican David W. Wolfe did not run for re-election and will be replaced by John Catalano (also a Republican).
- In the 13th District, incumbent Republican Amy Handlin did not run for re-election and will be replaced by Gerard Scharfenberger (also a Republican).
- In the 25th District, incumbent Republican Michael Patrick Carroll did not run for re-election in order to unsuccessfully run for Morris County Surrogate, and will be replaced by Brian Bergen (also a Republican).
Membership of the General Assembly will be as follows:
Notes
- First appointed to the seat
- Previously served in the Assembly as a Republican from 1968–1972
- Previously served in the Assembly from 2002–2008
References
External links
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