2017 New Jersey General Assembly election

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2017 New Jersey General Assembly election

 2015
November 7, 2017
2019 

All 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout39%[1] (Increase 17pp)
  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 Increase 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 2,266,879 1,613,865
Percentage 58.1% 41.4%
Swing Increase 4.8% Decrease 4.5%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold

Speaker before election

Vincent Prieto
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Craig Coughlin
Democratic

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, and marked the first veto-proof majority for either party since 1991 and the first for Democrats since 1979.

54 26
Democratic Republican
Parties Candidates Seats Popular vote
2015 2017 +/- Strength Vote % Change
Democratic 80 52 54 Increase2 68% 2,266,879 58.1% Increase4.8%
Republican 78 28 26 Decrease2 33% 1,613,865 41.4% Decrease4.5%
Green 4 0 0 Steady 0% 4,828 0.1% Decrease0.3%
Libertarian 4 0 0 Steady 0% 2,804 0.1% Steady0.0%
Solidarity 1 0 0 Steady 0% 821 0.02% N/A
Independent 14 0 0 Steady 0% 13,537 0.3% Steady0.0%
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),[11] L. Grace Spencer (D-29th),[12] Scott Rumana (R-40th),[13] and Dave Rible (R-30th).[14]

Summary of results by district

Legislative district Position Incumbent Party Elected assembly member Party
1st[15] 1 R. Bruce Land Democrat R. Bruce Land Democrat
2 Bob Andrzejczak Democrat Bob Andrzejczak Democrat
2nd[16] 1 Vince Mazzeo Democrat Vince Mazzeo Democrat
2 Chris A. Brown Republican John Armato Democrat
3rd[17] 1 John J. Burzichelli Democrat John J. Burzichelli Democrat
2 Adam Taliaferro Democrat Adam Taliaferro Democrat
4th[18] 1 Paul D. Moriarty Democrat Paul D. Moriarty Democrat
2 Gabriela Mosquera Democrat Gabriela Mosquera Democrat
5th[19] 1 Arthur Barclay Democrat Arthur Barclay Democrat
2 Patricia Egan Jones Democrat Patricia Egan Jones Democrat
6th[20] 1 Louis Greenwald Democrat Louis Greenwald Democrat
2 Pamela Rosen Lampitt Democrat Pamela Rosen Lampitt Democrat
7th[21] 1 Herb Conaway Democrat Herb Conaway Democrat
2 Troy Singleton Democrat Carol A. Murphy Democrat
8th[22] 1 Maria Rodriguez-Gregg Republican Ryan Peters Republican
2 Joe Howarth Republican Jean Stanfield Republican
9th[23] 1 Brian E. Rumpf Republican Brian E. Rumpf Republican
2 DiAnne Gove Republican DiAnne Gove Republican
10th[24] 1 Gregory P. McGuckin Republican Gregory P. McGuckin Republican
2 David W. Wolfe Republican David W. Wolfe Republican
11th[25] 1 Eric Houghtaling Democrat Eric Houghtaling Democrat
2 Joann Downey Democrat Joann Downey Democrat
12th[26] 1 Ronald S. Dancer Republican Ronald S. Dancer Republican
2 Robert D. Clifton Republican Robert D. Clifton Republican
13th[27] 1 Declan O'Scanlon Republican Serena DiMaso Republican
2 Amy Handlin Republican Gerard Scharfenberger Republican
14th[28] 1 Wayne DeAngelo Democrat Wayne DeAngelo Democrat
2 Daniel R. Benson Democrat Daniel R. Benson Democrat
15th[29] 1 Elizabeth Maher Muoio Democrat Elizabeth Maher Muoio Democrat
2 Reed Gusciora Democrat Reed Gusciora Democrat
16th[30] 1 Andrew Zwicker Democrat Andrew Zwicker Democrat
2 Jack Ciattarelli Republican Roy Freiman Democrat
17th[31] 1 Joseph Danielsen Democrat Joseph Danielsen Democrat
2 Joseph V. Egan Democrat Joseph V. Egan Democrat
18th[32] 1 Nancy Pinkin Democrat Nancy Pinkin Democrat
2 Robert Karabinchak Democrat Robert Karabinchak Democrat
19th[33] 1 Craig Coughlin Democrat Craig Coughlin Democrat
2 John Wisniewski Democrat Yvonne Lopez Democrat
20th[34] 1 Annette Quijano Democrat Annette Quijano Democrat
2 Jamel Holley Democrat Jamel Holley Democrat
21st[35] 1 Jon Bramnick Republican Jon Bramnick Republican
2 Nancy Munoz Republican Nancy Munoz Republican
22nd[36] 1 James J. Kennedy Democrat James J. Kennedy Democrat
2 Gerald Green Democrat Gerald Green Democrat
23rd[37] 1 Erik Peterson Republican Erik Peterson Republican
2 John DiMaio Republican John DiMaio Republican
24th[38] 1 Parker Space Republican Parker Space Republican
2 Gail Phoebus Republican Hal Wirths Republican
25th[39] 1 Tony Bucco Republican Tony Bucco Republican
2 Michael Patrick Carroll Republican Michael Patrick Carroll Republican
26th[40] 1 BettyLou DeCroce Republican BettyLou DeCroce Republican
2 Jay Webber Republican Jay Webber Republican
27th[41] 1 John F. McKeon Democrat John F. McKeon Democrat
2 Mila Jasey Democrat Mila Jasey Democrat
28th[42] 1 Cleopatra Tucker Democrat Cleopatra Tucker Democrat
2 Ralph R. Caputo Democrat Ralph R. Caputo Democrat
29th[43] 1 Eliana Pintor Marin Democrat Eliana Pintor Marin Democrat
2 Blonnie R. Watson Democrat Shanique Speight Democrat
30th[44] 1 Sean T. Kean Republican Sean T. Kean Republican
2 Ned Thomson Republican Ned Thomson Republican
31st[45] 1 Angela V. McKnight Democrat Angela V. McKnight Democrat
2 Nicholas Chiaravalloti Democrat Nicholas Chiaravalloti Democrat
32nd[46] 1 Angelica M. Jimenez Democrat Angelica M. Jimenez Democrat
2 Vincent Prieto Democrat Vincent Prieto Democrat
33rd[47] 1 Raj Mukherji Democrat Raj Mukherji Democrat
2 Annette Chaparro Democrat Annette Chaparro Democrat
34th[48] 1 Thomas P. Giblin Democrat Thomas P. Giblin Democrat
2 Sheila Oliver Democrat Sheila Oliver Democrat
35th[49] 1 Shavonda E. Sumter Democrat Shavonda E. Sumter Democrat
2 Benjie E. Wimberly Democrat Benjie E. Wimberly Democrat
36th[50] 1 Gary Schaer Democrat Gary Schaer Democrat
2 Marlene Caride Democrat Marlene Caride Democrat
37th[51] 1 Gordon M. Johnson Democrat Gordon M. Johnson Democrat
2 Valerie Huttle Democrat Valerie Huttle Democrat
38th[52] 1 Joseph Lagana Democrat Joseph Lagana Democrat
2 Tim Eustace Democrat Tim Eustace Democrat
39th[53] 1 Holly Schepisi Republican Holly Schepisi Republican
2 Robert Auth Republican Robert Auth Republican
40th[54] 1 Kevin J. Rooney Republican Kevin J. Rooney Republican
2 David C. Russo Republican Christopher DePhillips Republican

Close races

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

Results by district

References

See also

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