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.
Overall results + ↓ 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 Democratic Troy Singleton, District 7 (ran for state senate) Blonnie R. Watson, District 29 John Wisniewski, District 19 (ran for governor)
Republican Chris A. Brown, District 2 (ran for state senate) Jack Ciattarelli, District 16 (ran for governor) Declan O'Scanlon, District 13 (ran for state senate) Gail Phoebus, District 24 Maria Rodriguez-Gregg, District 8 (withdrew after renomination) David C. Russo, District 40
In addition, four members who were elected in the last election in 2015 have since resigned: Patrick J. Diegnan (D-18th), L. Grace Spencer (D-29th),Johnson, Brent. "N.J. Assemblywoman becomes judge, leaves seat open", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 1, 2016. Accessed July 21, 2017. Scott Rumana (R-40th),Ensslin, John C. "Assembly regulates ride-hailing services, votes on more than 100 bills", Asbury Park Press, October 20, 2016. Accessed July 21, 2017. and Dave Rible (R-30th).
Summary of results by district Legislative district Incumbent PartyElected assembly member Party1st1st rowspan="2" R. Bruce Land Democrat R. Bruce Land Democrat Bob Andrzejczak Democrat Bob Andrzejczak Democrat2nd2nd rowspan="2" Vince Mazzeo Democrat Vince MazzeoDemocrat Chris A. Brown Republican John Armato Democrat3rd3rd rowspan="2" John J. Burzichelli Democrat John J. Burzichelli Democrat Adam Taliaferro Democrat Adam Taliaferro Democrat4th4th rowspan="2" Paul D. Moriarty Democrat Paul D. Moriarty Democrat Gabriela Mosquera Democrat Gabriela Mosquera Democrat5th5th rowspan="2" Arthur Barclay Democrat Arthur Barclay Democrat Patricia Egan Jones Democrat Patricia Egan Jones Democrat6th6th rowspan="2" Louis Greenwald Democrat Louis Greenwald Democrat Pamela Rosen Lampitt Democrat Pamela Rosen Lampitt Democrat7th7th rowspan="2" Herb Conaway Democrat Herb Conaway Democrat Troy Singleton Democrat Carol A. Murphy Democrat8th8th rowspan="2" Maria Rodriguez-Gregg Republican Ryan Peters Republican Joe Howarth Republican Jean Stanfield Republican9th9th rowspan="2" Brian E. Rumpf Republican Brian E. Rumpf Republican DiAnne Gove Republican DiAnne Gove Republican10th10th rowspan="2" Gregory P. McGuckin Republican Gregory P. McGuckin Republican David W. Wolfe Republican David W. Wolfe Republican11th11th rowspan="2" Eric Houghtaling Democrat Eric Houghtaling Democrat Joann Downey Democrat Joann Downey Democrat12th12th rowspan="2" Ronald S. Dancer Republican Ronald S. Dancer Republican Robert D. Clifton Republican Robert D. Clifton Republican13th13th rowspan="2" Declan O'Scanlon Republican Serena DiMaso Republican Amy Handlin Republican Gerard Scharfenberger Republican14th14th rowspan="2" Wayne DeAngelo Democrat Wayne DeAngelo Democrat Daniel R. Benson Democrat Daniel R. Benson Democrat15th15th rowspan="2" Elizabeth Maher Muoio Democrat Elizabeth Maher Muoio Democrat Reed Gusciora Democrat Reed Gusciora Democrat16th16th rowspan="2" Andrew Zwicker Democrat Andrew Zwicker Democrat Jack Ciattarelli Republican Roy Freiman Democrat17th17th rowspan="2" Joseph Danielsen Democrat Joseph Danielsen Democrat Joseph V. Egan Democrat Joseph V. Egan Democrat18th18th rowspan="2" Nancy Pinkin Democrat Nancy Pinkin Democrat Robert Karabinchak Democrat Robert Karabinchak Democrat19th19th rowspan="2" Craig Coughlin Democrat Craig Coughlin Democrat John Wisniewski Democrat Yvonne Lopez Democrat20th20th rowspan="2" Annette Quijano Democrat Annette Quijano Democrat Jamel Holley Democrat Jamel Holley Democrat21st21st rowspan="2" Jon Bramnick Republican Jon Bramnick Republican Nancy Munoz Republican Nancy Munoz Republican22nd22nd rowspan="2" James J. Kennedy Democrat James J. Kennedy Democrat Gerald Green Democrat Gerald Green Democrat23rd23rd rowspan="2" Erik Peterson Republican Erik Peterson Republican John DiMaio Republican John DiMaio Republican24th24th rowspan="2" Parker Space Republican Parker Space Republican Gail Phoebus Republican Hal Wirths Republican25th25th rowspan="2" Tony Bucco Republican Tony Bucco Republican Michael Patrick Carroll Republican Michael Patrick Carroll Republican26th26th rowspan="2" BettyLou DeCroce Republican BettyLou DeCroce Republican Jay Webber Republican Jay Webber Republican27th27th rowspan="2" John F. McKeon Democrat John F. McKeon Democrat Mila Jasey Democrat Mila Jasey Democrat28th28th rowspan="2" Cleopatra Tucker Democrat Cleopatra Tucker Democrat Ralph R. Caputo Democrat Ralph R. Caputo Democrat29th29th rowspan="2" Eliana Pintor Marin Democrat Eliana Pintor Marin Democrat Blonnie R. Watson Democrat Shanique Speight Democrat30th30th rowspan="2" Sean T. Kean Republican Sean T. Kean Republican Ned Thomson Republican Ned Thomson Republican31st31st rowspan="2" Angela V. McKnight Democrat Angela V. McKnight Democrat Nicholas Chiaravalloti Democrat Nicholas Chiaravalloti Democrat32nd32nd rowspan="2" Angelica M. Jimenez Democrat Angelica M. Jimenez Democrat Vincent Prieto Democrat Vincent Prieto Democrat33rd33rd rowspan="2" Raj Mukherji Democrat Raj Mukherji Democrat Annette Chaparro Democrat Annette Chaparro Democrat34th34th rowspan="2" Thomas P. Giblin Democrat Thomas P. Giblin Democrat Sheila Oliver Democrat Sheila Oliver Democrat35th35th rowspan="2" Shavonda E. Sumter Democrat Shavonda E. Sumter Democrat Benjie E. Wimberly Democrat Benjie E. Wimberly Democrat36th36th rowspan="2" Gary Schaer Democrat Gary Schaer Democrat Marlene Caride Democrat Marlene Caride Democrat37th37th rowspan="2" Gordon M. Johnson Democrat Gordon M. Johnson Democrat Valerie Huttle Democrat Valerie Huttle Democrat38th38th rowspan="2" Joseph Lagana Democrat Joseph Lagana Democrat Tim Eustace Democrat Tim Eustace Democrat39th39th rowspan="2" Holly Schepisi Republican Holly Schepisi Republican Robert Auth Republican Robert Auth Republican40th40th rowspan="2" Kevin J. Rooney Republican Kevin J. Rooney Republican David C. Russo Republican Christopher DePhillips Republican
Close races Districts where the difference of total votes between the top two parties was under 10%:
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List of races 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
District 1
Democratic primary Declared Bob Andrzejczak, incumbent assemblyman R. Bruce Land, incumbent assemblyman 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.
Declared Robert Campbell, mayor of Downe Brian McDowell, real estate agent and former contestant on The Apprentice Jim Sauro, Cumberland County freeholder and nominee for Assembly in 2015 Results
General election Polling Poll sourceDate(s) administeredSample sizeMargin of errorBobAndrzejczak (D)R. BruceLand (D)JimSauro (R)RobertCampbell (R) Other UndecidedStockton UniversityStockton UniversitySeptember 13–18, 2017430 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. Mazzeo later dropped out of the Senate race on March 15 and instead ran for re-election.
Republican primary Declared Vince Sera, Brigantine city councilman Brenda Taube, former Margate City commissioner Results
Democratic primary Declared John Armato, Buena Vista Township committeeman Jim Carney, former Atlantic County surrogate Ernest Coursey, Atlantic County freeholder Rizwan Malik, former Atlantic City councilman Vince Mazzeo, incumbent assemblyman Theresa "Birdie" Watts, attorney
Withdrawn Colin Bell, former Atlantic County freeholder and nominee for Assembly in 2015 (running for State Senate) Barbara Rheault, former Mullica Township committeewoman (did not submit petitions) Results
Independents and third parties Declared Heather Gordon (independent), small business owner and author Mico Lucide (Green), community activist and organizer
General election Polling Poll sourceDate(s) administered SamplesizeMargin of errorVinceMazzeo (D)JohnArmato (D)VinceSera (R)BrendaTaube (R)MicoLucide (G)HeatherGordon (I) UndecidedStockton UniversityStockton UniversityOctober 26 – November 1, 2017530 LV± 4.3%31%27%17%18%——6%Stockton UniversityStockton UniversitySeptember 23–28, 2017521 LV± 4.3%34%25%17%16%2%2%3%
Results
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District 3
Democratic primary Declared John J. Burzichelli, incumbent assemblyman John Kalnas, independent candidate for Assembly in 2015 Adam Taliaferro, incumbent assemblyman Results
Republican primary Declared Linwood Donelson, Salem County Vocational Technical Schools board member Philip Donohue, former teacher Results
Independents and third parties Declared Edward Durr (independent)
General election Results
District 4
Democratic primary Declared Paul D. Moriarty, incumbent assemblyman Gabriela Mosquera, incumbent assemblywoman Results
Republican primary Declared Patricia Jefferson Kline Eduardo J. Maldonado Results
Independents and third parties Declared William McCauley Jr. (independent)
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District 5
Democratic primary Declared Arthur Barclay, incumbent assemblyman Patricia Egan Jones, incumbent assemblywoman Results
Republican primary Declared Kevin Ehret, nominee for Assembly in 2015 Teresa L. Gordon Results
General election Results
District 6
Democratic primary Declared Frederick Dande Louis Greenwald, incumbent assemblyman Pamela Rosen Lampitt, incumbent assemblywoman Results
Republican primary Declared Winston Extavour David C. Moy Results
Independents and third parties Declared Monica Sohler (American Solidarity Party)
General election Results
District 7
Incumbent Democratic Assemblyman Troy Singleton ran for the district's open Senate seat. Fellow incumbent Democrat Herb Conaway contemplated a run for Senate as well, but decided to run for re-election.
Democratic primary Declared Jennifer Chuang, pediatrician Herb Conaway, incumbent assemblyman Carol A. Murphy, director of Policy and Communication for Assemblywoman Gabriela Mosquera Results
Republican primary Declared Mike Piper Octavia Scott Declined