2025 New Jersey General Assembly election

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2025 New Jersey General Assembly election
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  2023 November 4, 20252027 

All 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Craig Coughlin John DiMaio
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceJanuary 9, 2018January 11, 2022
Leader's seat 19th (Woodbridge) 23rd (Hackettstown)
Last election52 seats28 seats
Current seats5228
Seats neededSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 13

2025 New Jersey General Assembly election map.svg
Map of the incumbents:
     Democratic incumbent
     Republican incumbent

Incumbent Speaker

Craig Coughlin
Democratic



The 2025 New Jersey General Assembly election will be held on November 4, 2025. New Jersey voters will elect two Assembly members in all of the state's legislative districts for a two-year term to the New Jersey General Assembly. [1] Democrats have held a majority in the chamber since 2001, and further expanded their majority in 2023 by 6 seats.

Contents

Incumbents not running for re-election

Democratic

Republican

Results

Overview

PartiesCandidatesSeatsPopular vote
20232025+/-StrengthVote %Change
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Republican TBD28TBDSteady2.svgN/AN/AN/ATBD
Independent TBD4TBDSteady2.svgN/AN/AN/ATBD
TotalTBD8080100.00%TBD100.00%
Ballots CastTBD100%
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RegisteredN/A100%Steady2.svg

By State Legislative District

Legislative District [2] Incumbent PartyElected Assembly MemberOutcome
District 1 Antwan McClellan Rep
Erik Simonsen Rep
District 2 Don Guardian Rep
Claire Swift Rep
District 3 Dave Bailey Jr. Dem
Heather Simmons Dem
District 4 Dan Hutchison Dem
Cody Miller Dem
District 5 William Spearman Dem
Bill Moen Dem
District 6 Louis Greenwald Dem
Pamela Rosen Lampitt Dem
District 7 Herb Conaway Dem
Carol A. Murphy Dem
District 8 Michael Torrissi Rep
Andrea Katz Dem
District 9 Brian E. Rumpf Rep
Greg Myhre Rep
District 10 Gregory P. McGuckin Rep
Paul Kanitra Rep
District 11 Margie Donlon Dem
Luanne Peterpaul Dem
District 12 Robert D. Clifton Rep
Alex Sauickie Rep
District 13 Gerard Scharfenberger Rep
Vicky Flynn Rep
District 14 Wayne DeAngelo Dem
Tennille McCoy Dem
District 15 Verlina Reynolds-Jackson Dem
Anthony Verrelli Dem
District 16 Roy Freiman Dem
Mitchelle Drulis Dem
District 17 Kevin Egan Dem
Joseph Danielsen Dem
District 18 Robert Karabinchak Dem
Sterley Stanley Dem
District 19 Craig Coughlin Dem
Yvonne Lopez Dem
District 20 Annette Quijano Dem
Reginald Atkins Dem
District 21 Nancy Munoz Rep
Michele Matsikoudis Rep
District 22 James J. Kennedy Dem
Linda S. Carter Dem
District 23 Erik Peterson Rep
John DiMaio Rep
District 24 Dawn Fantasia Rep
Mike Inganamort Rep
District 25 Aura Dunn Rep
Christian Barranco Rep
District 26 Jay Webber Rep
Brian Bergen Rep
District 27 Rosy Bagolie Dem
Alixon Collazos-Gill Dem
District 28 Garnet Hall Dem
Cleopatra Tucker Dem
District 29 Eliana Pintor Marin Dem
Shanique Speight Dem
District 30 Sean T. Kean Rep
Avi Schnall Dem
District 31 Barbara McCann Stamato Dem
William Sampson Dem
District 32 John Allen Dem
Jessica Ramirez Dem
District 33 Julio Marenco Dem
Gabe Rodriguez Dem
District 34 Carmen Morales Dem
Michael Venezia Dem
District 35 Shavonda E. Sumter Dem
Benjie E. Wimberly Dem
District 36 Gary Schaer Dem
Clinton Calabrese Dem
District 37 Shama Haider Dem
Ellen Park Dem
District 38 Lisa Swain Dem
Chris Tully Dem
District 39 Robert Auth Rep
John Azzariti Rep
District 40 Al Barlas Rep
Christopher DePhillips Rep

    District 1

    Republican primary

    Democratic primary

    District 2

    Republican primary

    Potential

    Democratic primary

    Declared

    Endorsements

    Lisa Bonanno
    Local officials

    District 3

    Democratic primary

    Republican primary

    District 4

    Democratic primary

    Declared

    Potential

    Endorsements

    Brian Everett
    Mayors

    Republican primary

    District 5

    Democratic primary

    Declared

    • Rashan Prailow, non-profit executive [4]

    Potential

    Endorsements

    Rashan Prailow
    Mayors

    Republican primary

    District 6

    Democratic primary

    Declared

    • Rebecca Holloway, former Clementon school board member [3]
    • Kevin Ryan, data analyst [3]

    Potential

    Endorsements

    Rebecca Holloway
    Local officials
    Kevin Ryan
    Local officials

    Republican primary

    District 7

    Democratic primary

    Potential

    Republican primary

    District 8

    Republican primary

    Declared

    Potential

    Democratic primary

    Declared

    • Anthony Angelozzi, President of the Hammonton Education Association and candidate for this seat in 2023 [6]
    • Eddie Freeman, Evesham Councilmember [6]

    Potential

    Endorsements

    Eddie Freeman
    Mayors

    District 9

    Republican primary

    Democratic primary

    District 10

    Republican primary

    Democratic primary

    District 11

    Democratic primary

    Republican primary

    District 12

    Republican primary

    Declared

    Democratic primary

    District 13

    Republican primary

    Democratic primary

    District 14

    Democratic primary

    Republican primary

    District 15

    Democratic primary

    Republican primary

    District 16

    Democratic primary

    Republican primary

    District 17

    Democratic primary

    Republican primary

    District 18

    Democratic primary

    Republican primary

    District 19

    Democratic primary

    Republican primary

    District 20

    Democratic primary

    Republican primary

    District 21

    Republican primary

    Democratic primary

    District 22

    Democratic primary

    Republican primary

    District 23

    Republican primary

    Democratic primary

    District 24

    Republican primary

    Democratic primary

    District 25

    Republican primary

    Democratic primary

    District 26

    Republican primary

    Democratic primary

    District 27

    Democratic primary

    Republican primary

    District 28

    Democratic primary

    Declared

    Potential

    Declined

    Republican primary

    District 29

    Democratic primary

    Republican primary

    District 30

    Republican primary

    Democratic primary

    District 31

    Democratic primary

    Declared

    Potential

    Endorsements

    Barbara McCann Stamato
    Local officials

    Republican primary

    District 32

    Democratic primary

    Declared

    Potential

    Endorsements

    Josh Allen
    Local officials
    Jessica Ramirez
    Local officials

    Republican primary

    District 33

    Democratic primary

    Declared

    Potential

    Endorsements

    Hector Oseguera
    Local officials

    Republican primary

    District 34

    Democratic primary

    Republican primary

    District 35

    Democratic primary

    Potential

    Republican primary

    District 36

    Democratic primary

    Republican primary

    District 37

    Democratic primary

    Republican primary

    District 38

    Democratic primary

    Republican primary

    District 39

    Republican primary

    Democratic primary

    District 40

    Republican primary

    Democratic primary

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