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The 2009 New Jersey General Assembly elections were held on November 3, 2009, for all 80 seats in the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. The election coincided with a gubernatorial election where Democratic incumbent Governor Jon Corzine was defeated by Republican challenger Chris Christie. Democrats held a 48-32 majority in the lower house prior to the election. The members of the New Jersey Legislature are chosen from 40 electoral districts. Each district elects one State Senator and two State Assembly members. New Jersey uses coterminous legislative districts for both its State Senate and General Assembly.
The Democratic Party won a 47-33 majority while losing the popular vote. Republicans were able to flip one seat in the 4th district.
Summary of the November 3, 2009 New Jersey General Assembly election results:
47 | 33 |
Democratic | Republican |
Parties | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||
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2007 | 2009 | +/- | Strength | Vote | % | Change | |||
Democratic | 79 | 48 | 47 | 1 | 59% | 2,001,772 | 47.6% | 0.0% | |
Republican | 78 | 32 | 33 | 1 | 41% | 2,181,345 | 51.9% | 0.0% | |
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1,635 | 0.05% | 0.0% | ||
Libertarian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1,823 | 0.05% | 0.0% | ||
Independent | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 13,912 | 0.4% | 0.0% | ||
Total | 171 | 80 | 80 | 0 | 100.0% | 4,200,487 | 100.0% | - |
Districts where the difference of total votes between the top-two parties was under 10%:
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nelson Albano (Incumbent) | 32,375 | 27.7 | ||
Democratic | Matthew Milam (Incumbent) | 29,810 | 25.5 | ||
Republican | Michael J. Donohue | 27,705 | 23.7 | ||
Republican | John A. McCann | 26,778 | 22.9 | ||
Total votes | 116,688 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John Amodeo (Incumbent) | 33,787 | 30.3 | ||
Republican | Vincent J. Polistina (Incumbent) | 32,981 | 29.6 | ||
Democratic | Jimmy Martinez | 22,430 | 20.1 | ||
Democratic | Reginald Floyd | 22,316 | 20.0 | ||
Total votes | 111,514 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Burzichelli (Incumbent) | 35,423 | 28.3 | ||
Democratic | Celeste Riley (Incumbent) | 31,888 | 25.5 | ||
Republican | Robert Villare | 30,526 | 24.4 | ||
Republican | Lee Lucas | 27,316 | 21.8 | ||
Total votes | 125,153 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Paul D. Moriarty (incumbent) | 28,680 | 26.3 | ||
Republican | Domenick DiCicco | 27,408 | 25.2 | ||
Democratic | William Collins | 26,807 | 24.6 | ||
Republican | Eugene E. T. Lawrence | 26,027 | 23.9 | ||
Total votes | 108,922 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Donald Norcross | 25,384 | 30.9 | ||
Democratic | Angel Fuentes | 25,188 | 30.7 | ||
Republican | Brian Kluchnick | 15,812 | 19.3 | ||
Republican | Stepfanie Velez-Gentry | 15,748 | 19.1 | ||
Total votes | 82,132 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Louis Greenwald (incumbent) | 36,446 | 29.5 | ||
Democratic | Pamela Rosen Lampitt (incumbent) | 33,320 | 27.0 | ||
Republican | Scot DeCristofaro | 27,005 | 21.9 | ||
Republican | Brian Greenberg | 26,581 | 21.5 | ||
Total votes | 123,352 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Herb Conaway (Incumbent) | 36,127 | 31.9 | ||
Democratic | Jack Conners (Incumbent) | 35,156 | 31.0 | ||
Republican | Leah J. Arter | 21,332 | 18.8 | ||
Republican | Harry Adams | 20,763 | 18.3 | ||
Total votes | 113,378 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Dawn Marie Addiego (incumbent) | 42,129 | 31.1 | ||
Republican | Scott Rudder (incumbent) | 40,679 | 30.0 | ||
Democratic | Debbie Sarcone | 26,397 | 19.5 | ||
Democratic | Bill Brown | 26,384 | 19.5 | ||
Total votes | 135,589 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Brian E. Rumpf (incumbent) | 54,311 | 34.2 | ||
Republican | DiAnne Gove | 52,667 | 33.2 | ||
Democratic | Richard P. Visotcky | 26,482 | 16.7 | ||
Democratic | Robert E. Rue | 25,365 | 16.0 | ||
Total votes | 158,825 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | David W. Wolfe (incumbent) | 47,336 | 36.4 | ||
Republican | James W. Holzapfel (incumbent) | 45,916 | 35.3 | ||
Democratic | Charles P. Tivenan | 18,739 | 14.4 | ||
Democratic | Eli L. Eytan | 18,090 | 13.9 | ||
Total votes | 130,081 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Mary Pat Angelini (Incumbent) | 36,278 | 30.9 | ||
Republican | David Rible (Incumbent) | 35,936 | 30.7 | ||
Democratic | J. Randy Bishop | 22,956 | 19.6 | ||
Democratic | Richard J. Bolger | 22,063 | 18.8 | ||
Total votes | 117,233 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Declan O'Scanlon | 42,932 | 31.3 | ||
Republican | Caroline Casagrande | 42,662 | 31.1 | ||
Democratic | Michelle Roth | 25,891 | 18.9 | ||
Democratic | John Amberg | 24,125 | 17.6 | ||
Green | Steven Welzer | 1,635 | 1.2 | ||
Total votes | 137,245 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Amy H. Handlin | 39,998 | 32.9 | ||
Republican | Samuel D. Thompson | 38,967 | 32.1 | ||
Democratic | Robert "Bob" Brown | 20,371 | 16.8 | ||
Democratic | James Grenafege | 18,769 | 15.4 | ||
Fight Corruption | Sean Dunne | 3,388 | 2.8 | ||
Total votes | 121,493 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Linda R. Greenstein | 37,958 | 28.2 | ||
Democratic | Wayne DeAngelo | 35,791 | 26.6 | ||
Republican | Rob Calabro | 30,479 | 22.6 | ||
Republican | William T. Harvey, Jr. | 29,530 | 21.9 | ||
Modern Whig | Gene L. Baldassari | 859 | 0.6 | ||
Total votes | 134,617 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Bonnie Watson Coleman (Incumbent) | 29,713 | 33.0 | ||
Democratic | Reed Gusciora (Incumbent) | 29,215 | 32.4 | ||
Republican | Kim Taylor | 15,418 | 17.1 | ||
Republican | Wemer Graf | 14,781 | 16.4 | ||
New Jersey Libertarian Party | Daryl Mikell Brooks | 939 | 0.01 | ||
New Jersey Libertarian Party | Charles Green | 884 | 0.01 | ||
Total votes | 90,050 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Peter J. Biondi (Incumbent) | 45,199 | 33.9 | ||
Republican | Denise Coyle (Incumbent) | 44,612 | 33.4 | ||
Democratic | Roberta Karpinecz | 22,172 | 16.6 | ||
Democratic | Mark Petraske | 21,394 | 16.0 | ||
Total votes | 133,377 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Joseph V. Egan (incumbent) | 29,876 | 32.4 | ||
Democratic | Upendra J. Chivukula (incumbent) | 28,030 | 30.4 | ||
Republican | Anthony Mazzola | 18,023 | 19.5 | ||
Republican | Salim A. Nathoo | 16,419 | 17.8 | ||
Total votes | 92,348 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Peter J. Barnes (incumbent) | 26,658 | 25.9 | ||
Democratic | Patrick J. Diegnan (incumbent) | 26,317 | 25.6 | ||
Republican | Joseph Sinagra | 24,091 | 23.4 | ||
Republican | Robert Jones | 22,727 | 22.1 | ||
Defending Forgotten Taxpayers | Katherine Shkolar | 1,671 | 1.6 | ||
Defending Forgotten Taxpayers | Andrew Tidd | 1,351 | 1.3 | ||
Total votes | 102,815 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Wisniewski (Incumbent) | 24,329 | 28.7 | ||
Democratic | Craig Coughlin | 22,226 | 26.3 | ||
Republican | Richard W. Piatkowski | 17,555 | 20.7 | ||
Republican | Peter Kothari | 16,846 | 19.9 | ||
Total votes | 84,633 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Joseph Cryan (Incumbent) | 20,607 | 50.7 | ||
Democratic | Annette Quijano (Incumbent) | 20,054 | 49.3 | ||
Total votes | 40,661 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Nancy Munoz (Incumbent) | 45,515 | 32.5 | ||
Republican | Jon Bramnick (Incumbent) | 45,439 | 32.4 | ||
Democratic | Bruce Bergen | 24,848 | 17.7 | ||
Democratic | Norman Albert | 24,240 | 17.3 | ||
Total votes | 140,042 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Linda Stender (Incumbent) | 25,379 | 26.9 | ||
Democratic | Jerry Green (Incumbent) | 24,805 | 26.2 | ||
Republican | Martin Marks | 22,718 | 24.0 | ||
Republican | William Vastine | 21,554 | 22.8 | ||
Total votes | 94,456 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John DiMaio (Incumbent) | 49,137 | 35.3 | ||
Republican | Erik Peterson | 48,067 | 34.5 | ||
Democratic | William J. Courtney | 21,997 | 15.8 | ||
Democratic | Tammeisha Smith | 19,939 | 14.3 | ||
Total votes | 139,140 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Alison Littell McHose (Incumbent) | 50,973 | 43.7 | ||
Republican | Gary R. Chiusano (Incumbent) | 47,741 | 41.0 | ||
Democratic | Frederick J. Katz | 17,781 | 15.3 | ||
Total votes | 116,495 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tony Bucco (incumbent) | 39,150 | 33.0 | ||
Republican | Michael Patrick Carroll (Incumbent) | 38,188 | 32.2 | ||
Democratic | Wendy Wright | 21,431 | 18.0 | ||
Democratic | Rebekah Conroy | 20,010 | 16.8 | ||
Total votes | 118,779 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Alex DeCroce (incumbent) | 43,647 | 34.7 | ||
Republican | Jay Webber (incumbent) | 42,077 | 33.4 | ||
Democratic | Wayne B. Marek | 20,107 | 16.0 | ||
Democratic | Douglas Herbert | 20,015 | 15.9 | ||
Total votes | 125,846 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John F. McKeon (Incumbent) | 33,013 | 32.8 | ||
Democratic | Mila Jasey (incumbent) | 30,399 | 30.2 | ||
Republican | Mark Meyerowitz | 18,841 | 18.7 | ||
Republican | Barry Funt | 18,409 | 18.3 | ||
Total votes | 100,662 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cleopatra Tucker (Incumbent) | 25,975 | 40.8 | ||
Democratic | Ralph Caputo | 25,172 | 39.5 | ||
Republican | Herbert Glenn | 6,477 | 10.2 | ||
Republican | Andrew Bloschak | 6,053 | 9.5 | ||
Total votes | 63,677 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | L. Grace Spencer (Incumbent) | 21,205 | 44.1 | ||
Democratic | Alberto Coutinho (incumbent) | 20,628 | 42.9 | ||
Republican | Fernando E. Linhares | 2,787 | 4.8 | ||
Republican | Aracelis Sanabria-Tejada | 2,761 | 5.7 | ||
Hillside and Newark | Joanne Miller | 652 | 1.3 | ||
Total votes | 48,033 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Joseph R. Malone, III (incumbent) | 47,325 | 36.6 | ||
Republican | Ronald S. Dancer (incumbent) | 45,901 | 35.5 | ||
Democratic | John Kocubinski | 18,400 | 14.2 | ||
Democratic | William "Bill" Spedding | 17,836 | 13.8 | ||
Write-In | Personal choice | 8 | 0.01 | ||
Total votes | 129,470 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles Mainor (Incumbent) | 20,528 | 36.4 | ||
Democratic | Anthony Chiappone (Incumbent) | 20,335 | 36.1 | ||
Republican | Irene Kim Asbury | 6,979 | 12.4 | ||
Republican | Marie Day | 6,795 | 12.0 | ||
Our Future Now | Neil D. Scott | 1,284 | 2.2 | ||
Next Generations Leader | Omar Dyer | 476 | 0.8 | ||
Total votes | 56,397 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Vincent Prieto (Incumbent) | 23,061 | 48.1 | ||
Democratic | Joan Quigley (Incumbent) | 22,932 | 47.9 | ||
Politicians are Crooks | Herbert H. Shaw | 1,916 | 3.9 | ||
Total votes | 47,909 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ruben Ramos (Incumbent) | 24,734 | 37.8 | ||
Democratic | Caridad Rodriguez (Incumbent) | 23,451 | 35.9 | ||
Republican | Beth S. Hamburger | 8,788 | 13.4 | ||
Republican | John Barbadillo | 8,368 | 12.8 | ||
Total votes | 65,341 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Sheila Oliver (Incumbent) | 20,528 | 30.2 | ||
Democratic | Thomas P. Giblin (Incumbent) | 20,335 | 29.9 | ||
Republican | Michael G. Mecca | 12,867 | 18.9 | ||
Republican | Matthew Tyahla | 11,889 | 17.5 | ||
A Better Tomorrow | David L. Taylor | 1,284 | 1.9 | ||
A Better Tomorrow | Clenard H. Childress Jr. | 1,023 | 1.5 | ||
Total votes | 67,926 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Nellie Pou (Incumbent) | 22,148 | 32.4 | ||
Democratic | Elease Evans (Incumbent) | 21,637 | 31.7 | ||
Republican | Lynn Anne Shortway | 12,488 | 18.3 | ||
Republican | George Sawey | 11,993 | 17.6 | ||
Total votes | 68,266 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Frederick Scalera (Incumbent) | 23,353 | 29.5 | ||
Democratic | Gary Schaer (Incumbent) | 22,089 | 27.9 | ||
Republican | Carmen Pio Costa | 17,035 | 21.5 | ||
Republican | Donald Diorio | 16,691 | 21.1 | ||
Total votes | 79,168 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Gordon M. Johnson (Incumbent) | 32,845 | 33.8 | ||
Democratic | Valerie Vainieri Huttle (Incumbent) | 32,440 | 33.4 | ||
Republican | Barry Bellin | 16,266 | 16.7 | ||
Republican | Wojciech Siemaszkiewicz | 15,635 | 16.1 | ||
Total votes | 97,186 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Concetta Wagner (Incumbent) | 28,618 | 27.9 | ||
Democratic | Joan Voss (Incumbent) | 28,078 | 27.4 | ||
Republican | Judith Fisher | 23,132 | 22.5 | ||
Republican | Nicholas Lonzisero | 22,808 | 22.2 | ||
Total votes | 102,636 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charlotte Vandervalk (incumbent) | 44,612 | 33.0 | ||
Republican | Robert Schroeder | 42,477 | 31.5 | ||
Democratic | Michael J. McCarthy | 24,577 | 18.2 | ||
Democratic | John L. Shahdanian, II | 23,356 | 17.3 | ||
Total votes | 135,022 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Scott Rumana (incumbent) | 42,359 | 33.2 | ||
Republican | David C. Russo (incumbent) | 42,143 | 33.0 | ||
Democratic | John Agostinelli | 21,737 | 17.0 | ||
Democratic | Mark Bombace | 21,277 | 16.7 | ||
Total votes | 127,516 | 100.0 |
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