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2015 New Jersey General Assembly election

2015 New Jersey General Assembly election

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All 80 seats in the General Assembly were up for election this year. In each Legislative district, there are two people elected; the top two winners in the general election are the ones sent to the Assembly. Typically, the two members of each party run as a team in each election. After the previous election, Democrats captured 48 seats while the Republicans won 32 seats. At the time of the general election, there were two vacancies: One in the 5th District resulting from Democrat Angel Fuentes's resignation on June 30, 2015, and one in the 24th District resulting from Republican Alison Littell McHose's resignation on October 17, 2015.

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Ultimately four Democrats defeated four incumbent Republicans leading to the Democrats controlling 52 of 80 seats in the 2016–17 Assembly session, the highest percentage they held since 1979.[1] Democrats flipped both seats in the 11th district, and one each in the 16th and the 1st.

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Overall results

Summary of the November 3, 2015 New Jersey General Assembly election results:[3]

52 28
Democratic Republican
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Summary of results by district

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Close races

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

  1. District 2, 0.3%%
  2. District 16, 0.7% gain D
  3. District 11, 1.7%
  4. District 1, 8.5% gain

List of races

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27District 28District 29District 30District 31District 32District 33District 34District 35District 36District 37District 38District 39District 40

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

District 1

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District 3

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District 4

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District 5

Incumbent Angel Fuentes originally ran in the Democratic primary but withdrew his candidacy in June 2015 when he became a deputy county clerk in Camden County.[11] Fuentes and Marianne Holly Cass were replaced on the Democratic ballot by Arthur Barclay and Pat Jones[12] and Ralph Williams was replaced by Keith Walker on the Republican ticket.[13][14]

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District 6

Robert Esposito originally won a spot on the Republican ticket in the general election but was replaced on the ballot by Claire Gustafson.[13][14]

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District 7

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District 8

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District 9

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District 10

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District 11

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District 12

Anthony Washington originally won a spot on the Democratic ticket in the general election but was replaced on the ballot by Robert P. Kurzydlowski.[13][14]

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District 13

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District 15

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District 16

On election night, the returns initially showed incumbent Republican Donna Simon ahead of Democrat Andrew Zwicker. That night, Zwicker delivered a concession speech though later returns that night put him ahead of Simon.[21] After all provisional ballots were counted in the four counties comprising the district, Simon conceded on November 16.[22] Zwicker becomes the first Democrat to ever represent the 16th legislative district.

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District 17

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District 18

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District 19

Reyes Ortega originally won a spot on the Republican ticket in the general election but was replaced on the ballot by Jesus Varela.[13][14]

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District 20

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District 21

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District 22

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District 23

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District 24

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District 25

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District 26

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District 27

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District 28

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District 29

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District 30

Jimmy Esposito originally won a spot on the Democratic ticket in the general election but was replaced on the ballot by Lorna Phillipson.[13][14]

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District 33

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District 34

Louis Rodriguez originally won a spot on the Republican ticket in the general election but withdrew his candidacy from the general election due to a federal job.[13][14][32]

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District 35

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District 36

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District 37

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District 38

Anthony Cappola initially dropped out of the race on October 1 following the discovery of a controversial satirical book entitled Outrageous! written by Cappola.[33] Bergen County Republicans picked attorney Fernando Alonso to replace Cappola on the ballot pending the allowance of the replacement candidate on the ballot.[34] The Republicans unexpectedly dropped the effort to have the candidate replaced on October 13 and Cappola later announced his intention to continue in the race.[35][36]

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See also

Notes

  1. Write in votes not counted by Middlesex or Somerset counties

References

  1. Johnson, Brent (November 3, 2015). "Democrats win their largest N.J. Assembly majority in 37 years". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  2. "New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2015". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  3. "Official List Page Candidates for General Assembly For General Election 11/03/2015 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  4. "General Election Results - November 3, 2015" (PDF). Prepared by the Office of Edward P. McGettigan, Atlantic County Clerk. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  5. "Cape May County Votes - Election Results". Cape May County Clerk. November 10, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  6. "Cumberland County General - November 3rd, 2015 ***Official Results***". Cumberland County Clerk. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  7. "Atlantic County 2015 General Election - Unofficial Election Results". Atlantic County Superintendent of Elections. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  8. "General Election 11/03/15". Gloucester County Clerk. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  9. "November 3, 2015 Summary Report Salem County Official" (PDF) (PDF). Salem County Clerk. November 4, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  10. "Camden County 2015 General Election November 3, 2015". Camden County Clerk. November 10, 2015. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  11. Friedman, Matt (June 23, 2015). "South Jersey assemblyman resigns to take Camden County job". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  12. Aregood, JT (July 29, 2015). "Camden Dems Pick Jones and Barclay for LD5". Politicker NJ. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  13. "Official List Candidates for General Assembly For Primary Election 06/02/2015 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. August 10, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  14. "Official List Candidates for General Assembly For General Election 11/03/2015 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. September 15, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  15. "November 3, 2015 Summary Report Burlington County - Official Results" (PDF). Burlington County Clerk. November 25, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  16. "2015 General Election - November 3, 2015". Ocean County Clerk. November 10, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  17. "Monmouth Election Results - Official Results". Monmouth County Clerk. December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  18. "LIVE Election Results (Unofficial) NOV 3, 2015 General Election". Middlesex County Clerk. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  19. "Election Results Mercer County". Mercer County Clerk. November 18, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  20. "Hunterdon County November 3, 2015". Hunterdon County Clerk. November 5, 2015. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  21. Johnson, Brent (November 4, 2015). "Elections 2015: Assembly race in 16th District too close to call". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  22. Pizarro, Max (November 16, 2015). "LD16 Update: Simon's (FULL!) Concession Statement". Politicker NJ. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  23. "ELECTION DIVISION 2015 Election Results". Somerset County Clerk. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  24. "General Election - November 3, 2015". Union County Clerk. November 9, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  25. "General Election 11/03/15". Office of the Morris County Clerk. November 12, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  26. "Sussex County, New Jersey Official Results General Election November 3, 2015". Sussex County Clerk's Office. November 6, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  27. "Essex County 2015 General Election - Unofficial Results November 3, 2015". Essex County Clerk. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  28. "Passaic County Statement of Vote" (PDF). Passaic County Clerk. November 12, 2015. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  29. "Hudson County General Election November 3, 2015 Official Results". Office of the Hudson County Clerk. November 10, 2015. Archived from the original on November 11, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  30. "Bergen County Statement of Vote" (PDF). Bergen County Clerk. December 2, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 12, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  31. "The Record: GOP battle in the 38th". The Record. October 8, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015. Louis Rodriguez was running with John Traier, who also is the Passaic County Republican Organization chairman. Rodriguez is an engineer working at the Picatinny Arsenal. As a federal employee, he could not run for the Assembly, so he withdrew.
  32. Friedman, Matt (October 1, 2015). "Top Republican Assembly candidate drops out over bigoted writings". Politico New Jersey. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  33. Ensslin, John C. (October 8, 2015). "North Jersey GOP chooses Oradell lawyer as potential replacement Assembly candidate". The Record. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  34. Johnson, Brent (October 13, 2015). "Republicans drop lawsuit to replace N.J. Assembly candidate". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  35. Alfaro, Alyana (October 27, 2015). "Cappola Issues Letter to Secretary of State, 'Confirms Intention' to Run for Office". Politicker NJ. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

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