Craig Coughlin

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Craig Coughlin
171st Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office January 9, 2018
	Democratic	Craig Coughlin (Incumbent)	25,708	35.6	0.0
	Democratic	Yvonne Lopez	24,830	34.4	1.9
	Republican	Deepak Malhotra	10,709	14.8	0.0
	Republican	Amarjit K. Riar	9,436	13.1	0.2
	Quality of Life	William Cruz	1,488	2.1	N/A
Total votes			72,171	100.0

New Jersey general election, 2015 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Wisniewski (Incumbent)	16,159	36.3	2.6
	Democratic	Craig Coughlin (Incumbent)	15,880	35.6	4.7
	Republican	Thomas E. Maras	6,597	14.8	3.7
	Republican	Jesus Varela	5,916	13.3	3.5
Total votes			'44,552'	'100.0'

New Jersey general election, 2013 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Wisniewski (Incumbent)	24,404	33.7	0.3
	Democratic	Craig Coughlin (Incumbent)	22,393	30.9	1.7
	Republican	Stephanie Ziemba	13,406	18.5	1.7
	Republican	Arif Khan	12,151	16.8	0.2
Total votes			'72,354'	'100.0'

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Wisniewski (Incumbent)	18,241	34.0
	Democratic	Craig Coughlin (Incumbent)	17,492	32.6
	Republican	Angel J. Leon	9,008	16.8
	Republican	Shane Robinson	8,915	16.6
Total votes			53,656	100.0

New Jersey general election, 2009 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Wisniewski (Incumbent)	24,329	28.7	4.6
	Democratic	Craig Coughlin	22,226	26.3	0.7
	Republican	Richard W. Piatkowski	17,555	20.7	0.5
	Republican	Peter Kothari	16,846	19.9	0.3
Total votes			'84,633'	'100.0'

References

1. Mack, Lonnie. "Hoffman gets an 'A'", The Home News , June 2, 1976. Accessed January 24, 2022, via Newspapers.com.
2. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 2010, p. 273. Accessed January 24, 2022. "Craig J. Coughlin, Dem., Woodbridge: Assemblyman Coughlin was born Jan. 31. 1958, in Perth Amboy. He attended public schools in South Amboy and graduated summa cum laude from St. John's University in 1980. He received a law degree from St. John's University School of Law in 1983."
3. Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin (D), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 24, 2022.
4. "Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin Bio Page". NJ Assembly Majority Office. Archived from the original on May 4, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
5. Friedman, Matt (October 6, 2017). "Coughlin's new law firm doing brisk business with local governments". Politico PRO. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
6. "NJ Transit's first new station in years risks adding congestion". Crain's New York Business. November 26, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
8. Elise Young (November 26, 2019). "NJ Transit's First New Station in Years Risks Adding Congestion". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
9. "Coughlin wins vote to run for Assembly". Woodbridge Sentinel. September 9, 2009. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
10. "Wisniewski and Coughlin take their seats in state Assembly". Woodbridge Sentinel. January 20, 2010. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
11. "Coughlin Rolls Out Leadership Team, Some Priorities". Observer. November 13, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
12. New Jersey State Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 28, 2022.
13. Legislative Roster for District 19, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 23, 2024.
14. "Candidates for General Assembly - For GENERAL ELECTION 11/07/2023 Election" (PDF). New Jersey Department of State . Retrieved December 6, 2023.
15. "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For GENERAL ELECTION 11/02/2021 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. November 30, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
16. "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For PRIMARY ELECTION 06/04/2019 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
17. "2017 Official general election results, General Assembly" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
18. "2015 Official general election results, NJ, General Assembly" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 30, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
19. "2013 Official general election results, General Assembly" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
20. "2011 Official general election results, General Assembly" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 14, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
21. "2009 Official general election results, General Assembly" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2019.

External links

• Assemblyman Coughlin's legislative webpage, New Jersey Legislature

New Jersey General Assembly
Preceded by Joseph Vas	Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 19th District 2010–present Served alongside: John Wisniewski, Yvonne Lopez	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Vincent Prieto	Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly 2018–present	Incumbent