A general election will be held in the U.S. state of New Jersey on November 7, 2017. Primary elections were held on June 6. All elected offices at the state level are up in this election cycle, including Governor and Lieutenant Governor for four-year terms, all 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly for two-year terms, and all 40 seats in the State Senate for four-year terms. In addition to the gubernatorial and State Legislative elections, numerous county offices and Freeholders in addition to municipal offices are up for election. There are two statewide ballot question this year and some counties and municipalities may also have a local question asked. Non-partisan local elections, some school board elections, and some fire district elections will also happen throughout the year.
Governor State Senate New Jersey Senate elections, 2017
All 40 seats of the New Jersey Senate will be up for election. Democrats currently hold a 24–16 majority in the upper house.
Incumbents not running for re-election Democratic Republican In addition, four members who were elected in the last election in 2013 have since left office: Donald Norcross (D-5th , resigned),[4] Peter J. Barnes III (D-18th , resigned),[5] Kevin J. O'Toole (R-40th , resigned after previously announcing retirement),[6] Jim Whelan (D-2nd , died in office after previously announcing retirement).[7]
List of races District 1 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results Independents and third parties Declared Anthony Parisi Sanchez (Independent)[10] General election Endorsements Jeff Van Drew (incumbent)
Organizations Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13] Mary Gruccio
Organizations American Federations of Teachers[14] Polling
Poll
Date(s)
Sample
size
Margin
Jeff
Mary
Other
Undecided
Stockton University
September 13–18, 2017
430 LV
± 4.7%
61%
28%
4%
5%
Results District 2 Incumbent Democratic Senator Jim Whelan declined to seek a fourth term, announcing his retirement on January 4, 2017.[16] [7]
Democratic primary Declared Withdrawn Results Following the death of Whelan on August 22, 2017, Bell was unanimously selected to fill the remainder of his term by local Democratic committee members on September 5, and was sworn in on October 5.[19] [20]
Republican primary Declared Results General election Endorsements Colin Bell (incumbent)
Organizations American Federations of Teachers[14]
Health Professionals and Allied Employees of New Jersey[22]
New Jersey Building & Construction Trades Council[23]
NJ Nurses Economic Security Organization[24] Chris Brown
Organizations Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
League of Conservation Voters[26]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
United Here Local 54[27] Polling
Poll
Date(s)
Sample
Margin
Colin
Chris
Other
Undecided
Stockton University
September 23–28, 2017
521 LV
± 4.3%
46.5%
46.2%
2%
5%
Results District 3 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Polling
Poll
Date(s)
Sample
size
Margin
Steve
Fran
Undecided
Cygnal[29]
September 19-20, 2017
402 LV
± 4.87%
48%
30%
22%
Cygnal[29]
October 9-11, 2017
402 LV
± 4.87%
42%
36%
22%
Global Strategy Group[30]
October 9-12, 2017
402 LV
± 4.9%
48%
36%
14%
Endorsements Steve Sweeney (incumbent)
Individuals Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
NJ Advisory Council on Safety and Health[32]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
Police Benevolent Association of New Jersey[33]
NEW JOBS PAC[13] Fran Grenier
U.S. Representatives Organizations New Jersey Education Association PAC[12] Results District 4 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results Pascetta was not on the official list of candidates for the general election.[15]
General election Endorsements Fred Madden (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13] Results District 5 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Keith Walker, nominee for Senate in 2011 and 2013 [35] Results Independents and third parties Declared Mohammad Kabir (Independent)[10] General election Endorsements Nilsa Cruz-Perez (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
Latinas United for Political Empowerment [36]
Maria's Women United [37]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13]
PAM's List[38] Results District 6 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Endorsements James Beach (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39] Results District 7 Citing health concerns, incumbent Republican Senator Diane Allen declined to run for a seventh term, announcing her retirement on January 31, 2017.[2]
Republican primary Declared Results On June 13, Governor Chris Christie nominated Prisco to a worker's compensation judgeship, whom consequently would later drop out. Local Republican committee members selected Delanco Mayor John Browne as a replacement candidate on September 6.[42] [43]
Democratic primary Declared Withdrawn Declined Results General election Endorsements Troy Singleton
U.S. Representatives Other elected officials Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
League of Conservation Voters[26]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39] Results District 8 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Results General election Endorsements George Youngkin
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13] Results District 9 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Results General election Endorsements Christopher Connors (incumbent)
Organizations New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13] Brian Corley White
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14] Results District 10 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Emma Mammano, mental health counselor[49] Results General election Endorsements Jim Holzapfel (incumbent)
Organizations NEW JOBS PAC[13]
Sierra Club of New Jersey[50] Emma Mammano
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
PAM's List[38] Results District 11 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Vin Gopal, businessman, nominee for Assembly in 2011, and former Chairman of the Monmouth County Democratic Party (resigned upon declaration)[51] Results General election Endorsements Jennifer Beck (incumbent)
Vin Gopal
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Communication Workers of America[52]
District Council 711 International Union of Painters and Allied Trades[53]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
Garden State Equality[54]
Health Professionals and Allied Employees of New Jersey[55]
League of Conservation Voters[26]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39]
Sierra Club of New Jersey[50] Polling
Poll
Date(s)
Sample
size
Margin
Jennifer
Vin
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner[56]
July 17–19, 2017
400 LV
± 4.9%
52%
41%
Results District 12 Republican primary Declared Endorsements Art Haney
Organizations Burlington County Republican Committee[59] Results Democratic primary Declared David Lande, attorney[60] Results Independents and third parties Declared Kevin Antoine (Independent), SUNY health professor[61] General election Endorsements Samuel D. Thompson (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39] Results District 13 Incumbent Republican Senator Joe Kyrillos announced that he would not run for a ninth term on October 25, 2016.[3]
Republican primary Declared Withdrawn Results Democratic primary Declared Results General election Endorsements Sean Byrnes
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12] Declan O'Scanlon
State legislators Organizations Results District 14 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Endorsements Linda Greenstein (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
League of Conservation Voters[26]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
PAM's List[38]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39]
Sierra Club of New Jersey[50] Ileana Schirmer
U.S. Senators State legislators Organizations Hamilton Township Education Association[72] Latinas United for Political Empowerment[36]
National Federation of Independent Businesses[73]
NEW JOBS PAC[13]
Republican State Leadership Committee[74] Results District 15 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Endorsements
Shirley Turner (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13]
PAM's List[38]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39]
Sierra Club of New Jersey[50] Results District 16 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Withdrawn Declined Results General election Endorsements
Christopher "Kip" Bateman (incumbent)
Organizations League of Conservation Voters[26]
NEW JOBS PAC[13]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39]
Sierra Club of New Jersey[50] Laurie Poppe
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31] American Federations of Teachers[14]
Maria's Women United[37]
National Association of Social Workers[79]
NJ Nurses Economic Security Organization[80]
PAM's List[38]
Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey[81]
United Auto Workers, Region 9[82] Polling
Poll
Date(s)
Sample
size
Margin
Christopher
Laurie
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner[83]
August 17–21, 2017
401 LV
± 4.9%
48%
40%
Results District 17 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Daryl J. Kipnis, attorney[85] Results General election Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
League of Conservation Voters[26]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39]
Sierra Club of New Jersey[50] Results District 18 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Mark Csizmar, former East Brunswick Police officer and nominee for East Brunswick Township Council in 2016[86] Results Csizmar was replaced on the ballot for the general election by Lewis Glogower, who was previously one of the nominees for the Assembly seat .[15]
General election Endorsements
Patrick Diegnan (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
League of Conservation Voters[26]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39]
Sierra Club of New Jersey[50] Results District 19 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Arthur J. Rittenhouse Jr. Results Following the primary, Rittenhouse dropped out of the race on September 14.[87]
General election Endorsements
Joseph Vitale (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
League of Conservation Voters[26]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39]
Sierra Club of New Jersey[50] Results District 20 Incumbent Democratic Senator Raymond Lesniak is running for Governor.[1]
Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Endorsements
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13] Results District 21 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Jill LaZare, attorney and nominee for Assembly in 2013 and 2015 [89] [90] Results General election Endorsements
Thomas Kean, Jr. (incumbent)
Organizations Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
NEW JOBS PAC[13] Jill Lazare
Organizations American Federations of Teachers[14]
PAM's List[38]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39] Results District 22 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Endorsements
Nicholas Scutari (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39] Results District 23 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Christine Lui Chen, health care executive[91] Results General election Endorsements
Organizations 314 Action [92]
AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
PAM's List[38]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39]
Sierra Club of New Jersey[50] Results District 24 Republican primary Declared William Hayden, NJDOT employee and Vice President of the Skylands Tea Party[93]
Steve Oroho , incumbent SenatorWithdrawn Results Democratic primary Declared Jennifer Hamilton, attorney[96] Results General election Endorsements
Steve Oroho (incumbent)
Organizations Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11] Jennifer Hamilton
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13]
PAM's List[38] Results District 25 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Results General election Endorsements Anthony Bucco (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
League of Conservation Voters[26]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
PAM's List[38]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39] Results District 26 Republican primary Declared Declined Results Democratic primary Declared Elliot Isibor, nominee for Assembly in 2011 and 2013[99] Results General election Endorsements Joseph Pennacchio (incumbent)
Organizations American Federations of Teachers[14]
Sierra Club of New Jersey[50] Results District 27 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Endorsements
Richard Codey (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
League of Conservation Voters[26]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13]
Sierra Club of New Jersey[50] Results District 28 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary No Republicans filed.
Results Independents and third parties Declared General election Endorsements
Ronald L. Rice (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13] Results District 29 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results Independents and third parties Declared Pablo Olivera (One Nation Party)[10] General election Endorsements
M. Teresa Ruiz (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
Latinas United for Political Empowerment[36]
NEW JOBS PAC[13]
PAM's List[38]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39] Results District 30 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Amy Sara Cores, attorney[60] Results General election Endorsements Robert Singer (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
PAM's List[38] Results District 31 Democratic primary Declared Declined Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Endorsements
Sandra B. Cunningham (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
PAM's List[38]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39] Results District 32 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Endorsements
Nicholas J. Sacco (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12] Results District 33 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Brian P. Stack (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11] Results District 34 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Endorsements
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
PAM's List[38] Results District 35 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Endorsements
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
Latinas United for Political Empowerment[36]
League of Conservation Voters[26]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13]
PAM's List[38]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39] Results District 36 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Endorsements
Paul A. Sarlo (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13] Results District 37 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Eric P. Fisher
Modesto Romero Results General election Endorsements
Loretta Weinberg (incumbent)
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
League of Conservation Voters[26]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
PAM's List[38]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39]
Sierra Club of New Jersey[50] Results District 38 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Declined Results General election Endorsements Bob Gordon (incumbent)
Individuals Matt Seymour, attorney and former Republican nominee for Assembly in 2017[107] Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association[11]
League of Conservation Voters[26]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39]
Sierra Club of New Jersey[50] Kelly Langschultz
Organizations Republican State Leadership Committee[108] Results District 39 Republican primary Declared Withdrawn Results Democratic primary Declared Results Independents and third parties Declared General election Endorsements Gerald Cardinale (incumbent)
Linda H. Schwager
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
PAM's List[38]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39]
Sierra Club of New Jersey[50] Results District 40 Incumbent Republican Senator Kevin J. O'Toole announced on January 15, 2016 that he would not run for re-election.[112] The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey . O'Toole however did not immediately resign to accept the position, staying for the time being in his Senate seat to "tie up loose ends."[113] [6]
Republican primary Declared Results Following O'Toole's resignation, Corrado was selected without opposition by local Republican committee members to serve the remainder of his term on July 26, and was sworn in on October 5.[117] [20]
Democratic primary Declared Results General election Endorsements
Kristin Corrado (incumbent)
Organizations New Jersey Education Association PAC[12]
NEW JOBS PAC[13] Thomas Duch
U.S. Representatives
Organizations AFL-CIO of New Jersey[31]
American Federations of Teachers[14]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ[39]
Sierra Club of New Jersey[50]
United Auto Workers Region 9[120] Results General Assembly New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2017
All 80 seats of the New Jersey General Assembly will be up for election. Democrats currently hold a 52–28 majority in the lower house.
Incumbents not running for re-election Democratic Republican In addition, four members who were elected in the last election in 2015 have since resigned: Patrick J. Diegnan (D-18th ),[126] L. Grace Spencer (D-29th ),[127] Scott Rumana (R-40th ),[128] Dave Rible (R-30th ).[129]
List of races District 1 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary 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 endorsement of McDowell after a video surfaced of him propositioning a woman in a bar, with Cumberland endorsing Campbell instead.[131]
Declared Results General election Polling
Poll
Date(s)
Sample
size
Margin
Bob
R. Bruce
Jim
Robert
Other
Undecided
Stockton University
September 13–18, 2017
430 LV
± 4.7%
32%
26%
19%
18%
0%
4%
Results District 2 Incumbent Republican Assemblyman Chris A. Brown and incumbent Democratic Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo both declared runs for Senate to replace the retiring Jim Whelan .[21] [18] [17]
Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Withdrawn Results Independents and third parties Declared General election Polling
Poll
Date(s)
Sample
Margin
Vince
John
Vince
Brenda
Mico
Heather
Undecided
Stockton University
September 23–28, 2017
521 LV
± 4.3%
34%
25%
17%
16%
2%
2%
4.5%
Results District 3 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Linwood H. Donelson III
Philip J. Donohue Results Independents and third parties Declared Edward R. Durr (Independent)[143] General election Results District 4 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Patricia Jefferson Kline
Eduardo J. Maldonado Results Independents and third parties Declared William McCauley Jr. (Independent)[143] General election Results District 5 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Kevin Ehret, nominee for Assembly in 2015 [35]
Teresa L. Gordon Results General election Results District 6 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Winston Extavour
David C. Moy Results Independents and third parties Declared General election Results District 7 Incumbent Democratic Assemblyman Troy Singleton is running for the district's open Senate seat .[44] Herb Conaway contemplated a run for Senate as well, but decided to run for re-election.[40]
Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Declined Dana Dewedoff, Young Republican and nonprofit president[145] Results 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.[43]
General election Results District 8 Republican primary Declared Results Following the primary, Rodriguez-Gregg announced she was dropping out of the race on August 30.[124] 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.[43]
Democratic primary Declared Results Independents and third parties Declared Ryan T. Calhoun (Independent)[143] General election Results District 9 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Jill Dobrowansky, teacher and school administrator[147]
Ryan Young, communications expert and Army veteran[147] Results General election Results District 10 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Raymond Baker
Michael B. Cooke Results General election Results District 11 Democratic primary Declared Withdrawn Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Results District 12 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Gene Davis, former Linden City Councilman[60]
Nirav Patel, pharmacist[60] Results Independents and third parties Declared General election Results District 13 Incumbent Republican Assembly members Declan O'Scanlon and Amy Handlin both declared for the district's open Senate seat .[62] [63] [64]
Republican primary Declared Withdrawn Results Democratic primary Declared Mariel DiDato, activist[60]
Thomas Giaimo, attorney[60] Results Independents and third parties Declared General election Results District 14 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Results District 15 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Emily Rich
Rimma Yakobovich Results General election Results District 16 Incumbent Republican Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli announced a run for Governor on October 3, 2016.[123]
Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Declined Results General election Results District 17 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Robert Quinn, operations director for a data center and disaster recovery firm[161]
Nadine Wilkins, businesswoman and former special education teacher[161] Results Independents and third parties Declared Michael Habib (Independent)[143] General election Results District 18 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared April Bengivenga
Lewis Glogower Withdrawn Results 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.[134]
Independents and third parties Declared General election Results District 19 Incumbent Democratic Assemblyman John Wisniewski announced a run for Governor on November 15, 2016.[122]
Democratic primary Declared Craig Coughlin , incumbent AssemblymanYvonne Lopez, Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Association for Human Development[163] Results Republican primary Declared Deepak Malhotra, certified public accountant[164]
Amarjit K. Riar Results Independents and third parties Declared William Cruz (Independent)[143] General election Results District 20 Democratic primary Declared Withdrawn Results Republican primary With the removal of Michael Barrett from the ballot, there is only one Republican filed for the two seats in this district.
Declared Withdrawn Results General election Results District 21 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Results 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.[90]
General election Results District 22 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Richard S. Fortunato
John Quattrocchi Results Independents and third parties Declared Onel Martinez (Independent)[143]
Sumantha Prasad (Independent)[143] General election Results District 23 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Isaac Hadzovic
Laura Shaw Results Following the primary, Hadzovic was ruled ineligible to run in the district due to residency requirements.[168] [134]
Independents and third parties Declared Michael Estrada (Independent)[143]
Tyler J. Gran (Independent)[143] General election Results District 24 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.[94] [95]
Republican primary Declared Withdrawn Results Democratic primary Declared Withdrawn Results Independents and third parties Declared Collins announced on June 3 that he was dropping out of the race.[177] [178] Declined General election Results District 25 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Richard Corcoran, forensic accountant and nominee for Assembly in 2015 [179]
Tom Moran, retired IT professional and nominee for Assembly in 2015 [179] Results General election Results District 26 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Results General election Results District 27 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Results District 28 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared James Boydston
Veronica Branch Results Independents and third parties Declared Joanne Miller (Independent)[143]
Scott Thomas Nicastro Jr. (Independent)[143] General election Results District 29 Incumbent Democratic Assemblywoman Blonnie R. Watson is not running for a full term.[121]
Democratic primary Declared Withdrawn Tai Cooper, policy advisor to Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka [186]
Pat Council, Newark Director of Recreation, Cultural Affairs, and Senior Services[186]
Safanya Searcy, labor organizer and party strategist[186] Results Republican primary Declared Charles G. Hood
Jeanette Veras, nominee for Assembly in 2015 [187] Results General election Results District 30 Republican primary Declared Results Following the primary, Rible was nominated Director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control by Governor Chris Christie . Rible resigned his Assembly seat on July 17 to accept the position.[129] Belmar Borough Councilman James Bean, Chairman of the Lakewood Republican Party Justin Flancbaum, and former Mayor of Wall Ned Thomson . Wall school board member Ralph Addonizio and Monmouth County Freeholder Gary Rich also declared runs but later dropped out.[188] [189] [190] [191]
Democratic primary Declared Results General election Results District 31 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Marie Tauro, a Commissioner of the Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority and Vice Chair of the Jersey City Tea Party Alliance, was planning on running, but was killed in a hit-and-run on April 2, the night before the filing deadline.[194]
Declared Michael J. Alonso
Lauren DiGiaro Withdrawn Results General election Results District 32 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Ann M. Corletta
Bartholomew J. Talamini Results General election Results District 33 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Francisco Aguilar
Holly Lucyk Results Following the primary, Aguilar dropped out of the race on September 13.[195]
General election Results District 34 Democratic primary Declared Results Following the primary, Oliver was selected by Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Murphy to be his nominee for Lieutenant Governor on July 26.[196] [197]
Republican primary Declared Ghalib Mahmoud
Nicholas G. Surgent Results Mahmoud was replaced on the ballot for the general election by Tafari Anderson.[134]
General election Results District 35 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Ibrahim Mahmoud
Nihad Younes Results General election Results District 36 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results General election Results District 37 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Margaret Ahn, loan expert and nominee for Fort Lee Borough Council in 2015[199]
Paul A. Duggan
Angela Hendricks
Gino P. Tessaro Results Independents and third parties Declared General election Results District 38 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Matthew Seymour, attorney and nominee for New Milford Borough Council in 2015[200]
Christopher Wolf, pastor and radio show host[200] Declined Results Following the primary on July 1, Seymour dropped out, switched party registration, and endorsed the Democratic slate, citing policy differences with the party in regards to domestic violence victims assistance.[201] Hasbrouck Heights Borough Councilman Dave Gonzalez and Glen Rock Borough Councilman Bill Leonard declared intentions to run as a replacement, with Gonzalez later dropping out to back Leonard.[202]
Independents and third parties Declared Davendra Goswami (Independent), graduate student[203] [143] General election Results District 39 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Jannie Chung, Closter Borough Councilwoman[199]
Annie Hausmann Results General election Results District 40 Incumbent Republican Assemblyman David C. Russo , the longest serving current member of the Assembly, is not running for re-election.[125]
Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Withdrawn Results Independents and third parties Declared Anthony J. Pellechia (Independent)[143] General election Results Ballot Measures Two statewide questions are on the ballot:
Public Question Number 1, a bond measure that would borrow $125 million to fund capital projects for public libraries.[207] [208]
Public Question Number 2, a constitutional amendment that would require money collected from environmental contamination lawsuits to be used for cleanup and restoration efforts.[209] [210] References
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