2015 New Jersey elections

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A general election was held in the U.S. state of New Jersey on November 3, 2015. Primary elections were held on June 2. The only state positions up in this election cycle were all 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly and one Senate special election in the 5th Legislative District. In addition to the State Legislative elections, numerous county offices and freeholders in addition to municipal offices were up for election. There were no statewide ballot questions this year though some counties and municipalities may have had a local question asked. Non-partisan local elections, some school board elections, and some fire district elections also happened throughout the year.

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State Legislature

The entire Senate is up in years ending in 1, 3, and 7; as there is no gubernatorial election coinciding with the years ending in 5 or 9 in this decade, the General Assembly races are the highest races listed on ballots for the first time since 1999. A very low turnout was expected due to the lack of Presidential, Congressional, or gubernatorial elections on the ballot this year. [1] The predictions turned out to be true as the 22% turnout was the lowest percentage recorded in recent state history. [2]

Senate

One special election was held in the 5th Legislative District to fill the remaining term of Donald Norcross, who resigned in November 2014 following his election to Congress. In December 2014, 5th District Democrats appointed former Assemblywoman Nilsa Cruz-Perez to the seat. [3] Cruz-Perez was unopposed in the Democratic primary and faced no challengers in the special election. [4] The Democratic Party holds a majority of seats in the Senate with 24 seats; the Republican Party holds 16 seats. The results of this election did not affect the standings of either party in the upper house.

5th Legislative District special senate election [5] [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nilsa Cruz-Perez (incumbent) 19,150 98.5
Write-ins Personal choice2821.5
Total votes19,432 100.0
Democratic hold

General Assembly

New Jersey General Assembly Elections, 2015
Flag of New Jersey.svg
 2013November 3, 2015 2017  

All 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Vincent Prieto.jpg Jon Bramnick.jpg
Leader Vincent Prieto Jon Bramnick
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceJanuary 14, 2014January 17, 2012
Leader's seat 32nd (Secaucus) 21st (Westfield)
Last election4832
Seats won5228
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote1,111,320958,085
Percentage53.3%45.9%

2015 New Jersey General Assembly election map.svg
Results:
     Democratic hold     Democratic gain
     Republican hold

Speaker before election

Vincent Prieto
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Vincent Prieto
Democratic

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.

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. [8] Democrats flipped both seats in the 11th district, and one each in the 16th and the 1st.

Overall results

Summary of the November 3, 2015 New Jersey General Assembly election results: [9]

5228
DemocraticRepublican
PartiesCandidatesSeatsPopular Vote
20132015+/-StrengthVote %Change
Democratic 784852Increase2.svg465%1,111,32053.3%Steady2.svg0.0%
Republican 793228Decrease2.svg435%958,08545.9%Steady2.svg0.0%
Green 800Steady2.svg0%8,6430.4%Steady2.svg0.0%
Libertarian 200Steady2.svg0%1,1800.1%Steady2.svg0.0%
Independent 800Steady2.svg0%6,8910.3%Steady2.svg0.0%
Total17580800100.0%2,086,119100.0%-

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