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.
Drulis has been a resident of Raritan Township,New Jersey,and attended Rutgers University. She has worked on the staff of politicians Bob Smith and Joseph V. Egan in the General Assembly. [1]
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. [2]
Drulis and her incumbent running mate Roy Freiman defeated Republicans Ross Traphagen and Grace Zhang in the 2023 New Jersey General Assembly election. [3] [4]
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. [2]
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. [5] The representatives from the 16th District for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are: [6]
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 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
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