2017 New Jersey General Assembly election
Results: Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold
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
↓
54
26
Democratic Republican
Parties
Candidates
Seats
Popular vote
2015
2017
+/-
Strength
Vote
%
Change
Democratic
80
52
54
68%
2,266,879
58.1%
Republican
78
28
26
33%
1,613,865
41.4%
Green
4
0
0
0%
4,828
0.1%
Libertarian
4
0
0
0%
2,804
0.1%
Solidarity
1
0
0
0%
821
0.02%
N/A
Independent
14
0
0
0%
13,537
0.3%
Total
181
80
80
0
100.0%
3,902,734
100.0%
-
Incumbents not seeking 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 ),
[10]
L. Grace Spencer (D-
29th ),
[11]
Scott Rumana (R-
40th ),
[12] and
Dave Rible (R-
30th ).
[13]
Summary of results by district Close races Districts where the difference of total votes between the top-two parties was under 10%:
District 8, 0.8% District 21, 4.2% District 25, 4.6% District 39, 5.8% District 40, 6.1% District 16, 6.4% gain List of races Voters in each legislative district elect two members to the
New Jersey General Assembly .
Results by district 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 endorsements of McDowell after a video surfaced of him propositioning a woman in a bar, with Cumberland endorsing Campbell instead.
[15]
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%
<1%
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 .
[4]
[19] Mazzeo later dropped out of the Senate race on March 15 and instead ran for re-election.
[20]
Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Withdrawn Results Independents and third parties Declared Heather Gordon (independent), small business owner and author
[29]
Mico Lucide (
Green ), community activist and organizer
[30] General election Polling
Poll
Date(s)
Sample
Margin
Vince
John
Vince
Brenda
Mico
Heather
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 District 3 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Results Independents and third parties Declared 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)
[33] General election Results District 5 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Kevin Ehret, nominee for Assembly
in 2015
[34]
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 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 Declared Results Republican primary Declared Declined Dana Dewedoff, Young Republican and nonprofit president
[38] 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.
[39]
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.
[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 Declared Results Independents and third parties Declared Ryan T. Calhoun (independent)
[33] General election Results District 9 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Jill Dobrowansky, teacher and school administrator
[41]
Ryan Young, communications expert and army veteran
[41] Results General election Results District 10 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Raymond Baker, retired pharmacist
[42]
Michael Cooke, attorney and nominee for
Ocean County Freeholder in 2016
[43] 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
[49]
Nirav Patel, pharmacist
[49] 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 .
[6]
[50] Handlin dropped out on March 2 and chose to seek re-election instead after being outraised by O'Scanlon.
[51]
Republican primary Declared Withdrawn Results Democratic primary Declared Mariel DiDato, activist
[49]
Thomas Giaimo, attorney
[49] 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.
[5]
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
[61]
Nadine Wilkins, businesswoman and former special education teacher
[61] Results Independents and third parties Declared Michael Habib (independent)
[33] 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.
[18]
Independents and third parties Declared General election Results District 19 Incumbent Democratic Assemblyman
John Wisniewski announced a run for governor on November 15, 2016.
[3]
Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Deepak Malhotra, certified public accountant
[65]
Amarjit K. Riar Results Independents and third parties Declared William Cruz (independent)
[33] General election Results District 20 Democratic primary Declared Withdrawn Results Republican primary With the removal of Michael Barrett from the ballot, there was 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.
[67]
General election Results District 22 Democratic primary Declared Results Republican primary Declared Richard S. Fortunato
John Quattrocchi Results Independents and third parties Declared 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.
[71] Charles Boddy was selected as a replacement candidate.
[18]
Independents and third parties Declared Michael Estrada (independent)
[33]
Tyler J. Gran (independent)
[33] 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.
[72]
[73] On March 28, Phoebus dropped her challenge and announced that she would not run for re-election either.
[7]
Republican primary Declared 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 Democratic primary Declared Withdrawn Sean Clarkin, real estate agent
[82]
[80] Results Independents and third parties Declared Collins announced on June 3 that he was dropping out of the race.
[83] However, his name still remained on the ballot.
[84] Declined Mark Quick (independent), former U.S. Marine and independent candidate for Congress in
NJ-5 in
2010 and
2014
[77] General election Results District 25 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary 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 General election Results District 26 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary 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 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)
[33]
Scott Thomas Nicastro Jr. (independent)
[33] General election Results District 29 Incumbent Democratic Assemblywoman
Blonnie R. Watson did not run for a full term.
[2]
Democratic primary Declared Withdrawn Tai Cooper, policy advisor to
Newark Mayor
Ras J. Baraka
[94]
Pat Council,
Newark Director of Recreation, Cultural Affairs, and Senior Services
[94]
Safanya Searcy, labor organizer and party strategist
[94] Results Republican primary Declared Charles G. Hood
Jeanette Veras, nominee for Assembly
in 2015
[95] 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.
[13] A special convention was held on August 15, where local Republican committee members selected a candidate to serve the remaining months of Rible's term in addition to replacing him on the ballot. Three Republicans were running: former
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.
[96]
[97] Thomson was selected as the replacement, receiving 83 votes to Flancbaum's 53 and Bean's 18, and was sworn into the Assembly on August 24.
[98]
[99]
Democratic primary Declared Eliot Colon, businessman
[49]
Kevin Scott, manager of a
Chipotle restaurant
[49] 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.
[102]
Declared Michael J. Alonso
Lauren DiGiaro Withdrawn Neil A. Schulman
[62]
Sonia N. Schulman
[62] 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.
[103]
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.
[104] Despite state law prohibiting accepting nominations for more than one office in the same election, Oliver still ran for re-election, with party officials claiming a loophole in the law with her being selected as a running mate instead of being nominated as a candidate in a primary.
[105]
Republican primary Declared Ghalib Mahmoud
Nicholas G. Surgent Results Mahmoud was replaced on the ballot for the general election by Tafari Anderson.
[18]
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
[107]
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
[108]
Christopher Wolf, pastor and radio show host
[108] 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.
[110] Former
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.
[111]
Independents and third parties Declared Dev Goswami (independent), policy analyst
[112] General election Results District 39 Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Jannie Chung,
Closter Borough Councilwoman
[107]
Annie Hausmann Results General election Results District 40 Incumbent Republican Assemblyman
David C. Russo , the longest serving current member of the Assembly, did not run for re-election.
[9]
Republican primary Declared Results Democratic primary Declared Withdrawn Results Independents and third parties Declared Anthony J. Pellechia (independent)
[33] General election Polling
Poll
Date(s)
Sample
Margin
Generic D
Generic R
Other
Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)
October 23–25, 2017
667
± 5.0%
39%
39%
<1%
21%
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