2017 New Jersey General Assembly election

2017 New Jersey General Assembly election

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All 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Vincent Prieto (stepped down) Jon Bramnick Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 14, 2014 January 17, 2012 Leader's seat 32nd (Secaucus) 21st (Westfield) Last election 52 28 Seats won 54 26 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 2,266,879 1,613,865 Percentage 58.1% 41.4% Swing 4.8% 4.5%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold
Speaker before election Vincent Prieto Democratic Elected Speaker Craig Coughlin Democratic

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The 2017 New Jersey General Assembly elections were held on November 7, 2017, to elect members to all 80 seats of the New Jersey General Assembly. Prior to the elections, Democrats held a 52–28 majority in the lower house. Overall, the Democrats increased their majority by 2 to a super-majority at 54–26, due to holding all their seats as well as picking up open seats in District 2 and District 16. This tied Democrats for their largest majority since 1979.

Overall results[edit]

↓

54	26
Democratic	Republican

Parties		Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
			2015	2017	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic	80	52	54	2	68%	2,266,879	58.1%	4.8%
	Republican	78	28	26	2	33%	1,613,865	41.4%	4.5%
	Green	4	0	0		0%	4,828	0.1%	0.3%
	Libertarian	4	0	0		0%	2,804	0.1%	0.0%
	Solidarity	1	0	0		0%	821	0.02%	N/A
	Independent	14	0	0		0%	13,537	0.3%	0.0%
Total		181	80	80	0	100.0%	3,902,734	100.0%	-

Incumbents not seeking re-election[edit]

Democratic[edit]

• Troy Singleton, District 7 (ran for state senate)^[1]
• Blonnie R. Watson, District 29^[2]
• John Wisniewski, District 19 (ran for governor)^[3]

Republican[edit]

• Chris A. Brown, District 2 (ran for state senate)^[4]
• Jack Ciattarelli, District 16 (ran for governor)^[5]
• Declan O'Scanlon, District 13 (ran for state senate)^[6]
• Gail Phoebus, District 24^[7]
• Maria Rodriguez-Gregg, District 8 (withdrew after renomination)^[8]
• David C. Russo, District 40^[9]

In addition, four members who were elected in the last election in 2015 have since resigned: Patrick J. Diegnan (D-18th),^[10] L. Grace Spencer (D-29th),^[11] Scott Rumana (R-40th),^[12] and Dave Rible (R-30th).^[13]

Summary of results by district[edit]

Legislative District	Position	Incumbent	Party		Elected Assembly Member	Party
1st	1	R. Bruce Land		Democrat	R. Bruce Land		Democrat
	2	Bob Andrzejczak		Democrat	Bob Andrzejczak		Democratic
2nd	1	Vince Mazzeo		Democrat	Vince Mazzeo		Democrat
	2	Chris A. Brown		Republican	John Armato		Democrat
3rd	1	John J. Burzichelli		Democrat	John J. Burzichelli		Democrat
	2	Adam Taliaferro		Democrat	Adam Taliaferro		Democrat
4th	1	Paul D. Moriarty		Democrat	Paul D. Moriarty		Democrat
	2	Gabriela Mosquera		Democrat	Gabriela Mosquera		Democrat
5th	1	Arthur Barclay		Democrat	Arthur Barclay		Democrat
	2	Patricia Egan Jones		Democrat	Patricia Egan Jones		Democrat
6th	1	Louis Greenwald		Democrat	Louis Greenwald		Democrat
	2	Pamela Rosen Lampitt		Democrat	Pamela Rosen Lampitt		Democrat
7th	1	Herb Conaway		Democrat	Herb Conaway		Democrat
	2	Troy Singleton		Democrat	Carol A. Murphy		Democrat
8th	1	Maria Rodriguez-Gregg		Republican	Ryan Peters		Republican
	2	Joe Howarth		Republican	Jean Stanfield		Republican
9th	1	Brian E. Rumpf		Republican	Brian E. Rumpf		Republican
	2	DiAnne Gove		Republican	DiAnne Gove		Republican
10th	1	Gregory P. McGuckin		Republican	Gregory P. McGuckin		Republican
	2	David W. Wolfe		Republican	David W. Wolfe		Republican
11th	1	Eric Houghtaling		Democrat	Eric Houghtaling		Democrat
	2	Joann Downey		Democrat	Joann Downey		Democrat
12th	1	Ronald S. Dancer		Republican	Ronald S. Dancer		Republican
	2	Robert D. Clifton		Republican	Robert D. Clifton		Republican
13th	1	Declan O'Scanlon		Republican	Serena DiMaso		Republican
	2	Amy Handlin		Republican	Gerard Scharfenberger		Republican
14th	1	Wayne DeAngelo		Democrat	Wayne DeAngelo		Democrat
	2	Daniel R. Benson		Democrat	Daniel R. Benson		Democrat
15th	1	Elizabeth Maher Muoio		Democrat	Elizabeth Maher Muoio		Democrat
	2	Reed Gusciora		Democrat	Reed Gusciora		Democrat
16th	1	Andrew Zwicker		Democrat	Andrew Zwicker		Democrat
	2	Jack Ciattarelli		Republican	Roy Freiman		Democrat
17th	1	Joseph Danielsen		Democrat	Joseph Danielsen		Democrat
	2	Joseph V. Egan		Democrat	Joseph V. Egan		Democrat
18th	1	Nancy Pinkin		Democrat	Nancy Pinkin		Democrat
	2	Robert Karabinchak		Democrat	Robert Karabinchak		Democrat
19th	1	Craig Coughlin		Democrat	Craig Coughlin		Democrat
	2	John Wisniewski		Democrat	Yvonne Lopez		Democrat
20th	1	Annette Quijano		Democrat	Annette Quijano		Democrat
	2	Jamel Holley		Democrat	Jamel Holley		Democrat
21st	1	Jon Bramnick		Republican	Jon Bramnick		Republican
	2	Nancy Munoz		Republican	Nancy Munoz		Republican
22nd	1	James J. Kennedy		Democrat	James J. Kennedy		Democrat
	2	Gerald Green		Democrat	Gerald Green		Democrat
23rd	1	Erik Peterson		Republican	Erik Peterson		Republican
	2	John DiMaio		Republican	John DiMaio		Republican
24th	1	Parker Space		Republican	Parker Space		Republican
	2	Gail Phoebus		Republican	Hal Wirths		Republican
25th	1	Tony Bucco		Republican	Tony Bucco		Republican
	2	Michael Patrick Carroll		Republican	Michael Patrick Carroll		Republican
26th	1	BettyLou DeCroce		Republican	BettyLou DeCroce		Republican
	2	Jay Webber		Republican	Jay Webber		Republican
27th	1	John F. McKeon		Democrat	John F. McKeon		Democrat
	2	Mila Jasey		Democrat	Mila Jasey		Democrat
28th	1	Cleopatra Tucker		Democrat	Cleopatra Tucker		Democrat
	2	Ralph R. Caputo		Democrat	Ralph R. Caputo		Democrat
29th	1	Eliana Pintor Marin		Democrat	Eliana Pintor Marin		Democrat
	2	Blonnie R. Watson		Democrat	Shanique Speight		Democrat
30th	1	Sean T. Kean		Republican	Sean T. Kean		Republican
	2	Ned Thomson		Republican	Ned Thomson		Republican
31st	1	Angela V. McKnight		Democrat	Angela V. McKnight		Democrat
	2	Nicholas Chiaravalloti		Democrat	Nicholas Chiaravalloti		Democrat
32nd	1	Angelica M. Jimenez		Democrat	Angelica M. Jimenez		Democrat
	2	Vincent Prieto		Democrat	Vincent Prieto		Democrat
33rd	1	Raj Mukherji		Democrat	Raj Mukherji		Democrat
	2	Annette Chaparro		Democrat	Annette Chaparro		Democrat
34th	1	Thomas P. Giblin		Democrat	Thomas P. Giblin		Democrat
	2	Sheila Oliver		Democrat	Sheila Oliver		Democrat
35th	1	Shavonda E. Sumter		Democrat	Shavonda E. Sumter		Democrat
	2	Benjie E. Wimberly		Democrat	Benjie E. Wimberly		Democrat
36th	1	Gary Schaer		Democrat	Gary Schaer		Democrat
	2	Marlene Caride		Democrat	Marlene Caride		Democrat
37th	1	Gordon M. Johnson		Democrat	Gordon M. Johnson		Democrat
	2	Valerie Huttle		Democrat	Valerie Huttle		Democrat
38th	1	Joseph Lagana		Democrat	Joseph Lagana		Democrat
	2	Tim Eustace		Democrat	Tim Eustace		Democrat
39th	1	Holly Schepisi		Republican	Holly Schepisi		Republican
	2	Robert Auth		Republican	Robert Auth		Republican
40th	1	Kevin J. Rooney		Republican	Kevin J. Rooney		Republican
	2	David C. Russo		Republican	Christopher DePhillips		Republican

Close races[edit]

Districts where the difference of total votes between the top-two parties was under 10%:

1. District 8, 0.8%
2. District 21, 4.2%
3. District 25, 4.6%
4. District 39, 5.8%
5. District 40, 6.1%
6. District 16, 6.4% gain

List of races[edit]

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

Voters in each legislative district elect two members to the New Jersey General Assembly.

Results by district[edit]

District 1[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Bob Andrzejczak, incumbent assemblyman
• R. Bruce Land, incumbent assemblyman

Results

1st Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Andrzejczak	6,163	51.2
	Democratic	R. Bruce Land	5,870	48.8
Total votes			12,033	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

All three County Republican Parties in the district (Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland) initially endorsed McDowell and Sauro for the Assembly seats. However, the Cape May and Cumberland parties pulled their endorsements of McDowell after a video surfaced of him propositioning a woman in a bar, with Cumberland endorsing Campbell instead.^[15]

Declared

• Robert Campbell, Mayor of Downe^[15]
• Brian McDowell, real estate agent and former contestant on The Apprentice^[16]
• Jim Sauro, Cumberland County Freeholder and nominee for Assembly in 2015^[16][17]

Results

1st Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James R. Sauro	5,843	54.2
	Republican	Robert G. Campbell	3,180	29.5
	Republican	Brian McDowell	1,750	16.2
Total votes			10,773	100.0

General election[edit]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bob Andrzejczak (D)	R. Bruce Land (D)	Jim Sauro (R)	Robert Campbell (R)	Other	Undecided
Stockton University	September 13–18, 2017	430 LV	± 4.7%	32%	26%	19%	18%	<1%	4%

Results

1st Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bob Andrzejczak (incumbent)	32,554	31.2	3.3
	Democratic	R. Bruce Land (incumbent)	30,938	29.7	3.3
	Republican	James R. Sauro	20,445	19.6	3.0
	Republican	Robert G. Campbell	20,250	19.4	3.8
Total votes			104,187	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2[edit]

Incumbent Republican Assemblyman Chris A. Brown and incumbent Democratic Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo both declared runs for Senate to replace the retiring Jim Whelan.^[4][19] Mazzeo later dropped out of the Senate race on March 15 and instead ran for re-election.^[20]

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Vince Sera, Brigantine City Councilman^[21]
• Brenda Taube, former Margate City Commissioner^[22]

Results

2nd Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vince Sera	5,551	50.7
	Republican	Brenda Taube	5,398	49.3
Total votes			10,949	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• John Armato, Buena Vista Township Committeeman^[23]
• Jim Carney, former Atlantic County Surrogate^[24]
• Ernest Coursey, Atlantic County Freeholder^[24]
• Rizwan Malik, former Atlantic City Councilman^[25]
• Vince Mazzeo, incumbent assemblyman
• Theresa "Birdie" Watts, attorney^[26]

Withdrawn

• Colin Bell, former Atlantic County Freeholder and nominee for Assembly in 2015 (running for State Senate)^[27]
• Barbara Rheault, former Mullica Township Committeewoman (did not submit petitions)^[28][23]

Results

2nd Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vince Mazzeo	7,197	37.5
	Democratic	John Armato	5,596	29.1
	Democratic	Ernest D. Coursey	3,852	20.0
	Democratic	Jim A. Carney	1,278	6.7
	Democratic	Theresa D. Watts	925	4.8
	Democratic	Rizwan Malik	365	1.9
Total votes			19,213	100.0

Independents and third parties[edit]

Declared

• Heather Gordon (independent), small business owner and author^[29]
• Mico Lucide (Green), community activist and organizer^[30]

General election[edit]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Vince Mazzeo (D)	John Armato (D)	Vince Sera (R)	Brenda Taube (R)	Mico Lucide (G)	Heather Gordon (I)	Undecided
Stockton University	October 26 – November 1, 2017	530 LV	± 4.3%	31%	27%	17%	18%	—	—	6%
Stockton University	September 23–28, 2017	521 LV	± 4.3%	34%	25%	17%	16%	2%	2%	3%

Results

2nd Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Vince Mazzeo (incumbent)	27,601	28.6	3.1
	Democratic	John Armato	25,683	26.6	2.2
	Republican	Vince Sera	20,814	21.5	5.0
	Republican	Brenda Taube	20,611	21.3	2.3
	Independent, Honest, Reliable	Heather Gordon	1,208	1.3	N/A
	Green	Mico Lucide	718	0.7	N/A
Total votes			96,635	100.0
	One Democratic gain from Republican

District 3[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• John J. Burzichelli, incumbent assemblyman
• John Kalnas, independent candidate for Assembly in 2015^[31]
• Adam Taliaferro, incumbent assemblyman

Results

3rd Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Taliaferro	8,523	46.4
	Democratic	John Burzichelli	8,401	45.7
	Democratic	John Kalnas	1,439	7.8
Total votes			18,363	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Linwood Donelson, Salem County Vocational Technical Schools board member^[32]
• Philip Donohue, former teacher^[32]

Results

3rd Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Philip J. Donohue	4,268	50.6
	Republican	Linwood H. Donelson III	4,162	49.4
Total votes			8,430	100.0

Independents and third parties[edit]

Declared

• Edward Durr (independent)^[33]

General election[edit]

Results

3rd Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John J. Burzichelli (incumbent)	31,853	30.3	1.8
	Democratic	Adam Taliaferro (incumbent)	30,733	29.2	2.1
	Republican	Philip J. Donohue	21,758	20.7	1.6
	Republican	Linwood H. Donelson III	20,181	19.2	1.2
	One for All	Edward Durr	589	0.6	N/A
Total votes			105,114	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 4[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Paul D. Moriarty, incumbent assemblyman
• Gabriela Mosquera, incumbent assemblywoman

Results

4th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul D. Moriarty	11,510	50.5
	Democratic	Gabriela M. Mosquera	11,277	49.5
Total votes			22,787	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Patricia Jefferson Kline
• Eduardo J. Maldonado

Results

4th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patricia Jefferson Kline	3,793	50.4
	Republican	Eduardo J. Maldonado	3,730	49.6
Total votes			7,523	100.0

Independents and third parties[edit]

Declared

• William McCauley Jr. (independent)^[33]

General election[edit]

Results

4th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Paul D. Moriarty (incumbent)	32,892	32.2	1.8
	Democratic	Gabriela M. Mosquera (incumbent)	31,800	31.2	1.3
	Republican	Patricia Jefferson Kline	18,386	18.0	2.2
	Republican	Eduardo J. Maldonado	17,761	17.4	2.0
	Represent, Not Rule	William McCauley Jr.	1,194	1.2	N/A
Total votes			102,033	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 5[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Arthur Barclay, incumbent assemblyman
• Patricia Egan Jones, incumbent assemblywoman

Results

5th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patricia Egan Jones	11,059	51.1
	Democratic	Arthur Barclay	10,571	48.9
Total votes			21,630	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Kevin Ehret, nominee for Assembly in 2015^[34]
• Teresa L. Gordon

Results

5th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Teresa L. Gordon	2,597	50.1
	Republican	Kevin Ehret	2,582	49.9
Total votes			5,179	100.0

General election[edit]

Results

5th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Patricia Egan Jones (incumbent)	29,282	34.6	0.6
	Democratic	Arthur Barclay (incumbent)	27,544	32.5	0.5
	Republican	Teresa L. Gordon	14,181	16.8	0.9
	Republican	Kevin Ehret	13,625	16.1	0.2
Total votes			84,632	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 6[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Frederick Dande
• Louis Greenwald, incumbent assemblyman
• Pamela Rosen Lampitt, incumbent assemblywoman

Results

6th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pamela R. Lampitt	13,746	44.0
	Democratic	Louis D. Greenwald	13,282	42.5
	Democratic	Frederick Dande	4,216	13.5
Total votes			31,244	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Winston Extavour
• David C. Moy

Results

6th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David C. Moy	3,891	50.0
	Republican	Winston Extavour	3,888	50.0
Total votes			7,779	100.0

Independents and third parties[edit]

Declared

• Monica Sohler (American Solidarity Party)^[33]

General election[edit]

Results

6th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Louis D. Greenwald (incumbent)	41,767	36.0	3.4
	Democratic	Pamela R. Lampitt (incumbent)	40,291	34.7	3.7
	Republican	David C. Moy	16,811	14.5	2.5
	Republican	Winston Extavour	16,335	14.1	2.4
	American Solidarity	Monica Sohler	821	0.7	N/A
Total votes			116,025	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 7[edit]

Incumbent Democratic Assemblyman Troy Singleton ran for the district's open Senate seat.^[1] Fellow incumbent Democrat Herb Conaway contemplated a run for Senate as well, but decided to run for re-election.^[35]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Jennifer Chuang, pediatrician^[36]
• Herb Conaway, incumbent assemblyman
• Carol A. Murphy, director of Policy and Communication for Assemblywoman Gabriela Mosquera^[37]

Results

7th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Herb Conaway	11,952	44.0
	Democratic	Carol Murphy	11,688	43.0
	Democratic	Jennifer Hinlu Chuang	3,522	13.0
Total votes			27,162	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Mike Piper
• Octavia Scott

Declined

• Dana Dewedoff, Young Republican and nonprofit president^[38]

Results

7th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Octavia Scott	5,708	50.0
	Republican	Mike Piper	5,699	50.0
Total votes			11,407	100.0

Piper was replaced on the ballot for the general election by Beverly Common Councilman Bob Thibault, as selected by local Republican committee members on September 6.^[39]

General election[edit]

Results

7th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Herb Conaway (incumbent)	39,879	33.1	2.5
	Democratic	Carol Murphy	38,819	32.3	2.4
	Republican	Octavia Scott	20,941	17.4	1.9
	Republican	Robert Thibault	20,726	17.2	1.7
Total votes			120,365	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 8[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Joe Howarth, incumbent assemblyman
• Maria Rodriguez-Gregg, incumbent assemblywoman

Results

8th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Howarth	6,507	50.4
	Republican	Maria Rodriguez-Gregg	6,400	49.6
Total votes			12,907	100.0

Following the primary, Rodriguez-Gregg announced she was dropping out of the race on August 30.^[8] Burlington County Freeholder Ryan Peters was named as a replacement candidate, selected by local Republican committee members on September 6 over Lumberton Mayor Sean Earlen, Burlington County Freeholder Kate Gibbs, and Westampton Deputy Mayor Abe Lopez.^[39]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Maryann Merlino
• Joanne Schwartz, former Burlington County Freeholder^[40]

Results

8th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joanne Schwartz	8,534	50.9
	Democratic	Maryann Merlino	8,226	49.1
Total votes			16,760	100.0

Independents and third parties[edit]

Declared

• Ryan T. Calhoun (independent)^[33]

General election[edit]

Results

8th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joe Howarth (incumbent)	28,841	25.1	24.8
	Republican	Ryan Peters	28,671	25.0	25.1
	Democratic	Joanne Schwartz	28,321	24.7	N/A
	Democratic	Maryann Merlino	28,196	24.6	N/A
	No Status Quo	Ryan T. Calhoun	753	0.7	N/A
Total votes			114,782	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• DiAnne Gove, incumbent assemblywoman
• Brian E. Rumpf, incumbent assemblyman

Results

9th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian E. Rumpf	9,137	50.4
	Republican	DiAnne C. Gove	8,990	49.6
Total votes			18,127	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Jill Dobrowansky, teacher and school administrator^[41]
• Ryan Young, communications expert and army veteran^[41]

Results

9th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jill Dobrowansky	6,048	51.3
	Democratic	Ryan Young	5,737	48.7
Total votes			11,775	100.0

General election[edit]

Results

9th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Brian E. Rumpf (incumbent)	40,158	31.9	1.5
	Republican	DiAnne C. Gove (incumbent)	39,523	31.4	1.1
	Democratic	Jill Dobrowansky	23,534	18.7	1.3
	Democratic	Ryan Young	22,721	18.0	1.3
Total votes			125,936	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Gregory P. McGuckin, incumbent assemblyman
• David W. Wolfe, incumbent assemblyman

Results

10th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Wolfe	8,833	50.4
	Republican	Gregory P. McGuckin	8,684	49.6
Total votes			17,517	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Raymond Baker, retired pharmacist^[42]
• Michael Cooke, attorney and nominee for Ocean County Freeholder in 2016^[43]

Results

10th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael B. Cooke	5,628	50.9
	Democratic	Raymond Baker	5,419	49.1
Total votes			11,047	100.0

General election[edit]

Results

10th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dave Wolfe (incumbent)	39,265	31.7	0.2
	Republican	Gregory P. McGuckin (incumbent)	37,896	30.6	0.6
	Democratic	Michael B. Cooke	23,417	18.9	0.9
	Democratic	Raymond Baker	23,174	18.7	0.2
Total votes			123,752	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Joann Downey, incumbent assemblywoman
• Eric Houghtaling, incumbent assemblyman

Withdrawn

• Aasim Johnson, Rider University student and candidate for Lakewood school board in 2014^[44][45][46]

Results

11th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joann Downey	8,889	50.7
	Democratic	Eric Houghtaling	8,652	49.3
Total votes			17,541	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Robert Acerra, deputy mayor of Ocean Township (Monmouth)^[47]
• Mike Whelan, Red Bank Borough Councilman^[48]

Results

11th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Acerra	4,949	50.5
	Republican	Michael Whelan	4,856	49.5
Total votes			9,805	100.0

General election[edit]

Results

11th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joann Downey (incumbent)	31,347	27.7	2.5
	Democratic	Eric Houghtaling (incumbent)	31,012	27.4	1.8
	Republican	Robert Acerra	25,672	22.6	2.2
	Republican	Michael Whelan	25,320	22.3	2.1
Total votes			113,351	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 12[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Robert D. Clifton, incumbent assemblyman
• Ronald S. Dancer, incumbent assemblyman
• Alex Robotin, former Chesterfield Township Committeeman^[45]
• John Franklin Sheard
• Eleanor "Debbie" Walker, Old Bridge Township Councilwoman^[45]

Results

12th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ronald S. Dancer	4,425	31.3
	Republican	Robert D. Clifton	4,203	29.8
	Republican	Eleanor "Debbie" Walker	2,713	19.2
	Republican	Alex Robotin	2,331	16.5
	Republican	John Franklin Sheard	446	3.2
Total votes			14,118	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Gene Davis, former Linden City Councilman^[49]
• Nirav Patel, pharmacist^[49]

Results

12th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene Davis	5,928	51.6
	Democratic	Nirav Patel	5,563	48.4
Total votes			11,491	100.0

Independents and third parties[edit]

Declared

• Daniel A. Krause (Libertarian)^[33]
• Anthony J. Storrow (Libertarian)^[33]

General election[edit]

Results

12th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ronald S. Dancer (incumbent)	30,348	29.3	0.2
	Republican	Robert D. Clifton (incumbent)	29,610	28.5	0.5
	Democratic	Gene Davis	21,441	20.7	0.3
	Democratic	Nirav Patel	20,397	19.7	0.6
	Libertarian	Anthony J. Storrow	1,016	1.0	N/A
	Libertarian	Daniel A. Krause	938	0.9	N/A
Total votes			103,750	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13[edit]

Incumbent Republican Assembly members Declan O'Scanlon and Amy Handlin both declared for the district's open Senate seat.^[6][50] Handlin dropped out on March 2 and chose to seek re-election instead after being outraised by O'Scanlon.^[51]

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Serena DiMaso, Monmouth County Freeholder^[52]
• Amy Handlin, incumbent assemblywoman

Withdrawn

• Bob Marchese, Fair Haven Borough Councilman^[53][54]
• Gerry Scharfenberger, Mayor of Middletown^[53][55]

Results

13th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Amy Handlin	6,372	51.4
	Republican	Serena DiMaso	6,025	48.6
Total votes			12,397	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Mariel DiDato, activist^[49]
• Thomas Giaimo, attorney^[49]

Results

13th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mariel DiDato	7,539	50.1
	Democratic	Tom Giaimo	7,495	49.9
Total votes			15,034	100.0

Independents and third parties[edit]

Declared

• Eveline H. Brownstein (Libertarian)^[33]

General election[edit]

Results

13th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Amy Handlin (incumbent)	35,990	28.9	1.5
	Republican	Serena DiMaso	34,214	27.5	1.6
	Democratic	Tom Giaimo	27,212	21.9	2.1
	Democratic	Mariel DiDato	26,640	21.4	1.8
	Libertarian	Eveline H. Brownstein	458	0.4	N/A
Total votes			124,514	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Daniel R. Benson, incumbent assemblyman
• Wayne DeAngelo, incumbent assemblyman

Results

14th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wayne P. DeAngelo	10,474	50.7
	Democratic	Daniel R. Benson	10,165	49.3
Total votes			20,639	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Kristian Stout, policy analyst and Rutgers University lecturer^[56]
• Steven Uccio, nominee for Congress in NJ-12 in 2016 and Libertarian nominee for Assembly in 2013^[57]

Results

14th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kristian Stout	3,996	50.8
	Republican	Steven Uccio	3,872	49.2
Total votes			7,868	100.0

General election[edit]

Results

14th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wayne P. DeAngelo (incumbent)	35,596	30.0	0.2
	Democratic	Daniel R. Benson (incumbent)	35,088	29.6	0.9
	Republican	Kristian Stout	24,725	20.9	1.3
	Republican	Steven Uccio	23,106	19.5	0.6
Total votes			118,515	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Gail Boyle Boyland
• Reed Gusciora, incumbent assemblyman
• Elizabeth Maher Muoio, incumbent assemblywoman

Results

15th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Maher Muoio	12,221	47.8
	Democratic	Reed Gusciora	12,199	47.7
	Democratic	Gail Boyle Boyland	1,151	4.5
Total votes			25,571	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Emily Rich
• Rimma Yakobovich

Results

15th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Emily Rich	2,225	50.2
	Republican	Rimma Yakobovich	2,209	49.8
Total votes			4,434	100.0

General election[edit]

Results

15th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Reed Gusciora (incumbent)	35,481	37.0	1.2
	Democratic	Elizabeth Maher Muoio (incumbent)	34,937	36.4	2.3
	Republican	Emily Rich	13,077	13.6	1.6
	Republican	Rimma Yakobovich	12,428	13.0	1.9
Total votes			95,923	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 16[edit]

Incumbent Republican Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli announced a run for governor on October 3, 2016.^[5]

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Mark Caliguire, Somerset County Freeholder^[58]
• Donna Simon, former assemblywoman^[58]

Results

16th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donna M. Simon	8,048	50.4
	Republican	Mark Caliguire	7,912	49.6
Total votes			15,960	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Roy Freiman, former Prudential executive^[59]
• Andrew Zwicker, incumbent assemblyman

Declined

• Andrew Koontz, Mercer County Freeholder^[60]
• Liz Lempert, Mayor of Princeton^[60]

Results

16th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew Zwicker	10,918	51.3
	Democratic	Roy Freiman	10,358	48.7
Total votes			21,276	100.0

General election[edit]

Results

16th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Andrew Zwicker (incumbent)	34,233	27.2	2.2
	Democratic	Roy Freiman	32,714	26.0	1.4
	Republican	Donna M. Simon	29,674	23.6	1.3
	Republican	Mark Caliguire	29,041	23.1	2.3
Total votes			125,662	100.0
	One Democratic gain from Republican

District 17[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Joseph Danielsen, incumbent assemblyman
• Joseph V. Egan, incumbent assemblyman
• Heather Fenyk, nonprofit director^[31]
• Ralph E. Johnson, law enforcement official^[31]

Results

17th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph V. Egan	9,605	34.9
	Democratic	Joe Danielsen	9,007	32.7
	Democratic	Heather M. Fenyk	4,513	16.4
	Democratic	Ralph E. Johnson	4,418	16.0
Total votes			27,543	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Robert Quinn, operations director for a data center and disaster recovery firm^[61]
• Nadine Wilkins, businesswoman and former special education teacher^[61]

Results

17th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert A. Quinn	2,035	51.0
	Republican	Nadine Wilkins	1,955	49.0
Total votes			3,990	100.0

Independents and third parties[edit]

Declared

• Michael Habib (independent)^[33]

General election[edit]

Results

17th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph V. Egan (incumbent)	29,149	36.0	2.1
	Democratic	Joe Danielsen (incumbent)	28,425	35.1	1.2
	Republican	Robert A. Quinn	11,317	14.0	2.0
	Republican	Nadine Wilkins	11,131	13.8	0.1
	It’s Our Time	Michael Habib	875	1.1	N/A
Total votes			80,897	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 18[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Robert Karabinchak, incumbent assemblyman
• Nancy Pinkin, incumbent assemblywoman

Results

18th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy J. Pinkin	11,339	51.8
	Democratic	Robert J. Karabinchak	10,560	48.2
Total votes			21,899	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• April Bengivenga
• Lewis Glogower

Withdrawn

• Bryan Li^[62]

Results

18th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	April Bengivenga	2,491	50.8
	Republican	Lewis Glogower	2,415	49.2
Total votes			4,906	100.0

Following the primary, Glogower was selected as a replacement nominee for the Senate seat. Zhiyu "Jimmy" Hu replaced Glogower on the Assembly ballot for the general election.^[18]

Independents and third parties[edit]

Declared

• Sean Stratton (Green), consultant^[63]

General election[edit]

Results

18th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nancy J. Pinkin (incumbent)	30,301	32.0	0.4
	Democratic	Robert J. Karabinchak (incumbent)	29,376	31.0	0.9
	Republican	April Bengivenga	17,559	18.5	0.0
	Republican	Zhiyu "Jimmy" Hu	16,484	17.4	0.5
	Green	Sean A. Stratton	1,024	1.1	N/A
Total votes			94,744	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 19[edit]

Incumbent Democratic Assemblyman John Wisniewski announced a run for governor on November 15, 2016.^[3]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Craig Coughlin, incumbent assemblyman
• Yvonne Lopez, executive director of the Puerto Rican Association for Human Development^[64]

Results

19th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Craig J. Coughlin	8,529	51.2
	Democratic	Yvonne Lopez	8,129	48.8
Total votes			16,658	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Deepak Malhotra, certified public accountant^[65]
• Amarjit K. Riar

Results

19th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Deepak Malhotra	1,596	52.5
	Republican	Amarjit K. Riar	1,443	47.5
Total votes			3,039	100.0

Independents and third parties[edit]

Declared

• William Cruz (independent)^[33]

General election[edit]

Results

19th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Craig J. Coughlin (incumbent)	25,708	35.6	0.0
	Democratic	Yvonne Lopez	24,830	34.4	1.9
	Republican	Deepak Malhotra	10,709	14.8	0.0
	Republican	Amarjit K. Riar	9,436	13.1	0.2
	Quality of Life	William Cruz	1,488	2.1	N/A
Total votes			72,171	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 20[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Jamel Holley, incumbent assemblyman
• Annette Quijano, incumbent assemblywoman

Withdrawn

• Ieesha Turnage^[62]

Results

20th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jamel C. Holley	9,435	50.2
	Democratic	Annette Quijano	9,348	49.8
Total votes			18,783	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

With the removal of Michael Barrett from the ballot, there was only one Republican filed for the two seats in this district.

Declared

• Joseph G. Aubourg

Withdrawn

• Michael Barrett^[62]

Results

20th Legislative District Republican primary^[14][66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph G. Aubourg	706	98.1
	Republican	Personal Choice	14	1.9
Total votes			720	100.0

General election[edit]

Results

20th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Annette Quijano (incumbent)	24,221	45.4	6.0
	Democratic	Jamel C. Holley (incumbent)	23,790	44.6	6.8
	Republican	Joseph G. Aubourg	5,361	10.0	1.7
Total votes			53,372	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Jon Bramnick, incumbent assemblyman
• Nancy Munoz, incumbent assemblywoman

Results

21st Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Bramnick	7,462	50.4
	Republican	Nancy F. Munoz	7,348	49.6
Total votes			14,810	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• David Barnett, former mayor of Springfield Township (Union) and nominee for Assembly in 2015^[67][68]
• Lacey Rzeszowski, activist^[69]

Results

21st Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lacey Rzeszowski	9,549	50.1
	Democratic	David Barnett	9,520	49.9
Total votes			19,069	100.0

Following the primary, Barnett dropped out, citing work commitments. Bruce Bergen, Union County Freeholder Chairman and nominee for Assembly in 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011, was selected by local Democratic committee members as a replacement candidate on August 14.^[67]

General election[edit]

Results

21st Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jon Bramnick (incumbent)	35,283	26.4	3.5
	Republican	Nancy F. Munoz (incumbent)	34,273	25.7	3.8
	Democratic	Lacey Rzeszowski	32,719	24.5	3.9
	Democratic	Bruce H. Bergen	31,248	23.4	3.4
Total votes			133,523	100.0
	Republican hold

District 22[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Paul M. Alirangues
• Jerry Green, incumbent assemblyman
• James J. Kennedy, incumbent assemblyman

Results

22nd Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James J. Kennedy	10,922	46.5
	Democratic	Gerald "Jerry" Green	10,495	44.7
	Democratic	Paul M. Alirangues	2,053	8.7
Total votes			23,470	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Richard S. Fortunato
• John Quattrocchi

Results

22nd Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard S. Fortunato	2,333	50.8
	Republican	John Quattrocchi	2,262	49.2
Total votes			4,595	100.0

Independents and third parties[edit]

Declared

• Onel Martinez (independent), Kean University student^[70]
• Sumantha Prasad (independent)^[33]

General election[edit]

Results

22nd Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James J. Kennedy (incumbent)	27,763	32.6	2.1
	Democratic	Gerald "Jerry" Green (incumbent)	27,284	32.1	2.4
	Republican	Richard S. Fortunato	14,631	17.2	3.2
	Republican	John Quattrocchi	13,682	16.1	3.3
	Remember Those Forgotten	Onel Martinez	942	1.1	N/A
	Pushing Us Forward	Sumantha Prasad	818	1.0	N/A
Total votes			85,120	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 23[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• John DiMaio, incumbent assemblyman
• Erik Peterson, incumbent assemblyman

Results

23rd Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John DiMaio	10,353	50.4
	Republican	Erik Peterson	10,177	49.6
Total votes			20,530	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Isaac Hadzovic
• Laura Shaw

Results

23rd Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Laura Shaw	7,706	51.9
	Democratic	Isaac Hadzovic	7,147	48.1
Total votes			14,853	100.0

Following the primary, Hadzovic was ruled ineligible to run in the district due to residency requirements.^[71] Charles Boddy was selected as a replacement candidate.^[18]

Independents and third parties[edit]

Declared

• Michael Estrada (independent)^[33]
• Tyler J. Gran (independent)^[33]

General election[edit]

Results

23rd Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John DiMaio (incumbent)	33,880	29.4	3.0
	Republican	Erik Peterson (incumbent)	32,233	27.9	3.4
	Democratic	Laura Shaw	24,386	21.1	2.7
	Democratic	Charles Boddy	21,690	18.8	0.9
	End the Corruption	Tyler J. Gran	1,921	1.7	N/A
	We Define Tomorrow	Michael Estrada	1,256	1.1	N/A
Total votes			115,366	100.0
	Republican hold

District 24[edit]

In February, incumbent Republican Assemblywoman Gail Phoebus declined to run for a second term and announced a primary challenge to Steve Oroho, reportedly due to disagreements with Oroho over an increase to the gas tax.^[72][73] On March 28, Phoebus dropped her challenge and announced that she would not run for re-election either.^[7]

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• David Atwood
• Nathan Orr, candidate for Assembly in 2015^[74]
• Parker Space, incumbent assemblyman
• Harold J. Wirths, former Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development^[75]

Withdrawn

• Mark Quick, former U.S. Marine and independent candidate for Congress in NJ-5 in 2010 and 2014 (petitions rejected)^[76][77]
• David Scapicchio, former Morris County Freeholder (running for Freeholder)^[78][79]

Results

24th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	F. Parker Space	11,149	40.2
	Republican	Harold J. Wirths	9,842	35.5
	Republican	Nathan Orr	3,787	13.6
	Republican	David Atwood	2,983	10.7
Total votes			27,761	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Kate Matteson, paralegal^[80]
• Michael Thomas Pirog^[81]
• Gina Trish, adjunct professor at Centenary University, design professional, and nominee for Blairstown Township Committee in 2012^[80]

Withdrawn

• Sean Clarkin, real estate agent^[82][80]

Results

24th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kate Matteson	5,997	46.5
	Democratic	Gina Trish	5,414	42.0
	Democratic	Michael Thomas Pirog	1,489	11.5
Total votes			12,900	100.0

Independents and third parties[edit]

Declared

• Kenneth Collins (Green)^[77]

• Collins announced on June 3 that he was dropping out of the race.^[83] However, his name still remained on the ballot.^[84]

• Aaron Hyndman (Green), co-chair of the Green Party of New Jersey^[77][83]

Declined

• Mark Quick (independent), former U.S. Marine and independent candidate for Congress in NJ-5 in 2010 and 2014^[77]

General election[edit]

Results

24th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	F. Parker Space (incumbent)	33,873'[85]	30.7	4.3
	Republican	Harold J. Wirths	30,820	27.9	5.4
	Democratic	Kate Matteson	22,456	20.3	6.4
	Democratic	Gina Trish	20,200	18.3	4.8
	Green	Aaron Hyndman	1,568	1.4	N/A
	Green	Kenny Collins	1,518	1.4	2.9
Total votes			110,435	100.0
	Republican hold

District 25[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Tony Bucco, incumbent assemblyman
• Michael Patrick Carroll, incumbent assemblyman

Results

25th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anthony M. Bucco	8,954	51.2
	Republican	Michael Patrick Carroll	8,546	48.8
Total votes			17,500	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Richard Corcoran, forensic accountant and nominee for Assembly in 2015^[86]
• Tom Moran, retired IT professional and nominee for Assembly in 2015^[86]

Results

25th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas Moran	8,522	50.7
	Democratic	Richard Corcoran	8,299	49.3
Total votes			16,821	100.0

General election[edit]

Results

25th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michael Patrick Carroll (incumbent)	30,323	26.2	2.0
	Republican	Anthony M. Bucco (incumbent)	30,278	26.1	3.4
	Democratic	Thomas Moran	27,848	24.0	3.2
	Democratic	Richard Corcoran	27,386	23.6	2.0
Total votes			115,835	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• John Cesaro, Morris County Deputy Freeholder Director^[87]
• BettyLou DeCroce, incumbent assemblywoman
• Hank Lyon, Morris County Freeholder^[88]
• Jay Webber, incumbent assemblyman

Results

26th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Webber	8,574	33.0
	Republican	BettyLou DeCroce	7,239	27.8
	Republican	William "Hank" Lyon	5,350	20.6
	Republican	John Cesaro	4,856	18.7
Total votes			26,019	100.0

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• William Edge, former Verona and Caldwell Councilman^[89][90]
• Laura Fortgang, life coach and author^[89][91]
• Joseph Raich, limousine driver and nominee for Assembly in 2001, 2011, 2012, and 2013^[90][92]

Results

26th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	E. William Edge	6,669	42.9
	Democratic	Joseph R. Raich	6,054	38.9
	Democratic	Laura Fortgang	2,835	18.2
Total votes			15,558	100.0

General election[edit]

Results

26th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jay Webber (incumbent)	31,810	28.2	2.1
	Republican	BettyLou DeCroce (incumbent)	31,766	28.2	1.9
	Democratic	Joseph R. Raich	24,732	22.0	2.6
	Democratic	E. William Edge	24,362	21.6	2.8
Total votes			112,670	100.0
	Republican hold

District 27[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Mila Jasey, incumbent assemblywoman
• John F. McKeon, incumbent assemblyman

Results

27th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. McKeon	14,493	50.4
	Democratic	Mila M. Jasey	14,241	49.6
Total votes			28,734	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• Ronald DeRose, member of the Florham Park Zoning Board of Adjustment^[93]
• Angelo Tedesco Jr., former East Hanover Township Councilman^[93]

Results

27th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Angelo Tedesco Jr.	5,058	50.3
	Republican	Ronald DeRose	5,002	49.7
Total votes			10,060	100.0

General election[edit]

Results

27th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John F. McKeon (incumbent)	39,742	33.4	4.0
	Democratic	Mila M. Jasey (incumbent)	38,311	32.2	4.6
	Republican	Ronald DeRose	20,625	17.3	4.0
	Republican	Angelo Tedesco Jr.	20,451	17.2	2.7
Total votes			119,129	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 28[edit]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Ralph R. Caputo, incumbent assemblyman
• Cleopatra Tucker, incumbent assemblywoman

Results

28th Legislative District Democratic primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cleopatra G. Tucker	11,229	51.8
	Democratic	Ralph R. Caputo	10,433	48.2
Total votes			21,662	100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Declared

• James Boydston
• Veronica Branch

Results

28th Legislative District Republican primary^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Boydston	865	50.1
	Republican	Veronica Branch	860	49.9
Total votes			1,725	100.0

Independents and third parties[edit]

Declared

• Joanne Miller (independent)^[33]
• Scott Thomas Nicastro Jr. (independent)^[33]

General election[edit]

Results

28th Legislative District general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ralph R. Caputo (incumbent)	30,084	42.7	0.5
	Democratic	Cleopatra G. Tucker (incumbent)	29,643	42.1	0.4
	Republican	Veronica Branch	4,839	6.9	0.6
	Republican	James Boydston	4,672	6.6	0.9
	Time for Change	Joanne Miller	782	1.1	N/A
	A New Hope	Scott Thomas Nicastro Jr.	430	0.6	N/A
Total votes			70,450	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 29[edit]

Incumbent Democratic Assemblywoman Blonnie R. Watson did not run for a full term.^[2]

Democratic primary[edit]

Declared

• Eliana Pintor Marin, incumbent assemblywoman
• Shanique Speight,