Craig Coughlin

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Craig Coughlin
171st Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
Assumed office
January 9, 2018
Democratic Craig Coughlin (Incumbent) 25,708 35.6 Steady2.svg 0.0
Democratic Yvonne Lopez 24,830 34.4 Decrease2.svg 1.9
Republican Deepak Malhotra10,70914.8Steady2.svg 0.0
Republican Amarjit K. Riar9,43613.1Decrease2.svg 0.2
Quality of LifeWilliam Cruz1,4882.1N/A
Total votes72,171 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2015 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic John Wisniewski (Incumbent) 16,159 36.3 Increase2.svg 2.6
Democratic Craig Coughlin (Incumbent) 15,880 35.6 Increase2.svg 4.7
Republican Thomas E. Maras6,59714.8Decrease2.svg 3.7
Republican Jesus Varela5,91613.3Decrease2.svg 3.5
Total votes'44,552''100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2013 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic John Wisniewski (Incumbent) 24,404 33.7 Decrease2.svg 0.3
Democratic Craig Coughlin (Incumbent) 22,393 30.9 Decrease2.svg 1.7
Republican Stephanie Ziemba13,40618.5Increase2.svg 1.7
Republican Arif Khan12,15116.8Increase2.svg 0.2
Total votes'72,354''100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2011 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Wisniewski (Incumbent) 18,241 34.0
Democratic Craig Coughlin (Incumbent) 17,492 32.6
Republican Angel J. Leon9,00816.8
Republican Shane Robinson8,91516.6
Total votes53,656 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2009 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic John Wisniewski (Incumbent) 24,329 28.7 Decrease2.svg 4.6
Democratic Craig Coughlin 22,226 26.3 Decrease2.svg 0.7
Republican Richard W. Piatkowski17,55520.7Increase2.svg 0.5
Republican Peter Kothari16,84619.9Increase2.svg 0.3
Total votes'84,633''100.0'

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Preceded by Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 19th District
2010–present
Served alongside: John Wisniewski, Yvonne Lopez 		Incumbent
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2018–present		Incumbent
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