Mitchelle Drulis | |
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Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 16th district | |
Assumed office January 9, 2024 Servingwith Roy Freiman | |
Preceded by | Sadaf Jaffer |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Raritan Township,New Jersey |
Education | Rutgers University |
Website | Legislative webpage |
Mitchelle Drulis is an American Democratic Party politician serving as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 16th legislative district,having taken office on January 9,2024.
Mitchelle A. Everest attended Santana High School in Santee,California,and graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in political science. [1] She has been a resident of Raritan Township,New Jersey,and has worked on the staff of politicians Bob Smith and Joseph V. Egan in the General Assembly. [2]
In 2018,Drulis served as the Political Director for Tom Malinowski's congressional campaign. She then served as his district director in his office,where she developed and managed a constituent services program that assisted roughly 12,000 individual constituents across the district. [3]
Drulis and her incumbent running mate Roy Freiman defeated Republicans Ross Traphagen and Grace Zhang in the 2023 New Jersey General Assembly election. [4] [5]
Drulis was sworn in January 9,2024,becoming the first Democrat from Hunterdon County to be elected to the State Legislature in more than 40 years. [3]
Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. [6] The representatives from the 16th District for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are: [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Roy Freiman (incumbent) | 34,188 | 28.3 | |
Democratic | Mitchelle Drulis | 33,642 | 27.9 | |
Republican | Grace Zhang | 26,558 | 22.0 | |
Republican | Ross Traphagen | 26,293 | 21.8 | |
Total votes | 120,663 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold |