New Jersey's 35th legislative district | |
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Senator | Benjie Wimberly (D) |
Assembly members | Shavonda Sumter (D) Al Abdelaziz (D) |
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Demographics |
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Population | 238,160 |
Voting-age population | 179,831 |
Registered voters | 132,960 |
New Jersey's 35th legislative district is one of 40 districts that make up the map for the New Jersey Legislature. It encompasses the Bergen County municipalities of Elmwood Park and Garfield and the Passaic County municipalities of Haledon, North Haledon, Paterson, and Prospect Park. [1]
As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 238,160, of whom 179,831 (75.5%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 64,563 (27.1%) White, 46,103 (19.4%) African American, 2,962 (1.2%) Native American, 12,901 (5.4%) Asian, 96 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 79,289 (33.3%) from some other race, and 32,246 (13.5%) from two or more races. [2] [3] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 126,899 (53.3%) of the population. [4]
The district had 132,960 registered voters as of December 1,2023 [update] , of whom 62,260 (46.8%) were registered as Democrats, 51,875 (39.0%) were registered as unaffiliated, 16,560 (12.5%) were registered as Republicans, and 2,265 (1.7%) were registered to other parties. [5]
For the 2024-2025 session , the 35th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the General Assembly by Shavonda E. Sumter (D, Paterson ) and Al Abdelaziz (D, Paterson). The 35th district is represented by Benjie Wimberly (D, Paterson) in the State Senate . [6]
The legislative district is located entirely within New Jersey's 9th congressional district congressional district.
The 35th district has been based around Paterson since its creation in 1973. The 1973 through 1981 version of the district included Paterson, Prospect Park, Hawthorne, and North Haledon. [7] A slight shift in the district occurred in the 1981 redistricting when North Haledon was removed, and Haledon and Elmwood Park were added. [8] West Paterson was added and North Haledon was re-added to the district in the 1991 redistricting. [9] In the 2001 redistricting, West Paterson swapped places with Totowa and Bergen County borough Glen Rock was added. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nelida Pou | 20,464 | 68.6 | ![]() | |
Republican | Kenneth Pengitore | 9,372 | 31.4 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 29,836 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nelida Pou | 21,425 | 79.0 | ![]() | |
Republican | Marwan Sholakh | 5,698 | 21.0 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 27,123 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nellie Pou | 22,154 | 74.1 | ![]() | |
Republican | Lynda Gallashaw | 7,737 | 25.9 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 29,891 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nellie Pou | 14,386 | 74.7 | |
Republican | Ken Pengitore | 4,867 | 25.3 | |
Total votes | 19,253 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John A. Girgenti | 14,265 | 100.0 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 14,265 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John A. Girgenti | 16,243 | 68.6 | ![]() | |
Republican | David R. Troast | 7,434 | 31.4 | N/A | |
Total votes | 23,677 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John A. Girgenti | 25,844 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 25,844 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John A. Girgenti | 24,552 | 69.8 | ![]() | |
Republican | Brian A. Duncan | 10,644 | 30.2 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 35,196 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John A. Girgenti | 21,836 | 66.5 | ![]() | |
Republican | Beltran Lopez | 10,550 | 32.1 | ![]() | |
Independent | Vijay “Viji” Sargis | 442 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Total votes | 32,828 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John A. Girgenti | 15,859 | 53.2 | |
Republican | Lawrence (Pat) Kramer | 13,965 | 46.8 | |
Total votes | 29,824 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John A. Girgenti | 15,454 | 100.0 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 15,454 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Frank X. Graves Jr. | 21,793 | 100.0 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 21,793 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Frank X. Graves Jr. | 23,646 | 74.3 | ![]() | |
Republican | Richard Fontanella | 8,161 | 25.7 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 31,807 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Frank X. Graves Jr. | 28,439 | 74.6 | |
Republican | Frank E. Gorman | 9,693 | 25.4 | |
Total votes | 38,132 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Frank X. Graves Jr. | 17,005 | 56.2 | ![]() | |
Republican | Alfred Fontanella | 12,193 | 40.3 | ![]() | |
Tax Revolt Independent | Joseph S. Long | 547 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Independent Progressive Conservative | Roy L. Ward | 500 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Total votes | 30,245 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank Davenport | 16,919 | 50.14 | |
Democratic | Joseph A. Lazzara | 16,826 | 49.86 | |
Total votes | 33,745 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Benjie E. Wimberly | 20,276 | 34.6 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Shavonda Sumter | 20,235 | 34.5 | ![]() | |
Republican | Ramzy Yamisha | 9,166 | 15.6 | ![]() | |
Republican | Iman Majagah | 8,990 | 15.3 | N/A | |
Total votes | 58,667 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Benjie E. Wimberly | 14,089 | 43.5 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Shavonda E. Sumter | 14,033 | 43.4 | ![]() | |
Republican | Tamer Mamkej | 4,241 | 13.1 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 32,363 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Benjie E. Wimberly | 21,406 | 40.0 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Shavonda E. Sumter | 21,275 | 39.8 | ![]() | |
Republican | Ibrahim Mahmoud | 5,435 | 10.2 | ![]() | |
Republican | Nihad Younes | 5,366 | 10.0 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 53,482 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Benjie E. Wimberly | 11,905 | 36.4 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Shavonda E. Sumter | 11,904 | 36.4 | ![]() | |
Republican | David Jimenez | 4,522 | 13.8 | ![]() | |
Republican | Ilia Villanueva | 4,333 | 13.3 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 32,664 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Benjie E. Wimberly | 21,195 | 36.7 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Shavonda E. Sumter | 20,791 | 36.0 | ![]() | |
Republican | Rhina Tavarez | 7,968 | 13.8 | ![]() | |
Republican | Maria del Pilar Rivas | 7,828 | 13.5 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 57,782 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Benjie E. Wimberly | 13,551 | 36.8 | |
Democratic | Shavonda E. Sumter | 13,143 | 35.7 | |
Republican | Donna Puglisi | 5,114 | 13.9 | |
Republican | William A. Connolly | 5,020 | 13.6 | |
Total votes | 36,828 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nellie Pou | 22,148 | 32.4 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Elease Evans | 21,637 | 31.7 | ![]() | |
Republican | Lynn Anne Shortway | 12,488 | 18.3 | ![]() | |
Republican | George Sawey | 11,993 | 17.6 | N/A | |
Total votes | 68,266 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nellie Pou | 11,784 | 38.9 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Elease Evans | 11,749 | 38.8 | ![]() | |
Republican | Chauncey I. Brown III | 6,730 | 22.2 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 30,263 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Alfred Steele | 23,747 | 34.8 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Nellie Pou | 23,372 | 34.3 | ![]() | |
Republican | Deborah Shortway | 10,477 | 15.4 | ![]() | |
Republican | Rinaldo M. D'Argenio | 10,397 | 15.2 | ![]() | |
Libertarian | Louis R. Jasikoff | 191 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Total votes | 68,184 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Alfred Steele | 14,658 | 32.8 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Nellie Pou | 14,299 | 31.9 | ![]() | |
Republican | Kenneth N. Del Vecchio Jr | 8,120 | 18.1 | N/A | |
Republican | Thomas F.X. Magura | 7,680 | 17.2 | N/A | |
Total votes | 44,757 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alfred E. Steele | 24,880 | 51.2 | |
Democratic | Nellie Pou | 23,728 | 48.8 | |
Total votes | 48,608 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Alfred Steele | 14,223 | 33.4 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Nellie Pou | 13,902 | 32.6 | ![]() | |
Republican | William A. DeStefano | 7,424 | 17.4 | ![]() | |
Republican | Belinda A. Lanier | 7,032 | 16.5 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 42,581 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Alfred Steele | 23,253 | 31.2 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Nellie Pou | 22,112 | 29.6 | ![]() | |
Republican | Karole A. Graves | 14,785 | 19.8 | ![]() | |
Republican | Frank Catania, Jr. | 14,465 | 19.4 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 74,615 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | William J. Pascrell, Jr. | 17,400 | 33.3 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Rev. Alfred E. Steele | 13,868 | 26.6 | ![]() | |
Republican | Donald Hayden | 11,267 | 21.6 | ![]() | |
Republican | Dennis Gonzalez | 9,685 | 18.5 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 52,220 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | William J. Pascrell, Jr. | 21,698 | 31.4 | ![]() | |
Republican | Frank Catania | 17,657 | 25.5 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Alfred Steele | 15,745 | 22.8 | ![]() | |
Republican | Harvey Nutter | 10,999 | 15.9 | ![]() | |
Unified Independents | Anna N. Taliaferro | 1,568 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Time for Change | James A. Davis, Jr. | 1,531 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Total votes | 69,198 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William J. Pascrell, Jr. | 17,394 | 28.8 | |
Republican | Frank Catania | 14,894 | 24.7 | |
Democratic | Eli M. Burgos | 14,266 | 23.6 | |
Republican | Martin G. Barnes | 13,848 | 22.9 | |
Total votes | 60,402 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank Catania | 13,591 | 56.1 | |
Democratic | Cyril R. Yannarelli | 10,633 | 43.9 | |
Total votes | 24,224 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John A. Girgenti | 24,359 | 37.0 | ![]() | |
Democratic | William J. Pascrell, Jr. | 23,633 | 35.9 | ![]() | |
Republican | Joaquin Calcines, Jr. | 9,093 | 13.8 | ![]() | |
Republican | Jose L. Moore | 8,707 | 13.2 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 65,792 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John A. Girgenti | 18,345 | 35.6 | ![]() | |
Democratic | William J. Pascrell, Jr. | 17,670 | 34.3 | ![]() | |
Republican | Martin G. Barnes | 8,546 | 16.6 | ![]() | |
Republican | Robert Angele | 6,955 | 13.5 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 51,516 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John A. Girgenti | 18,634 | 30.2 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Vincent O. Pellecchia | 16,204 | 26.3 | ![]() | |
Republican | Walter W. Porter, Jr. | 13,538 | 21.9 | ![]() | |
Republican | Kenneth Van Rye | 13,352 | 21.6 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 61,728 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John A. Girgenti | 21,927 | 37.6 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Vincent O. Pellecchia | 20,497 | 35.1 | ![]() | |
Republican | Walter W. Garner III | 8,088 | 13.9 | ![]() | |
Republican | Norman E. Smith | 7,804 | 13.4 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 58,316 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John A. Girgenti | 25,361 | 34.9 | |
Democratic | Vincent O. Pellecchia | 23,575 | 32.5 | |
Republican | Fred Burgos | 12,580 | 17.3 | |
Republican | Russell P. Meneve | 11,087 | 15.3 | |
Total votes | 72,603 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John A. Girgenti | 12,763 | 30.2 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Vincent O. Pellecchia | 11,595 | 27.4 | ![]() | |
Republican | Fred Burgos | 9,051 | 21.4 | ![]() | |
Republican | Frank S. Campana | 8,433 | 19.9 | ![]() | |
Socialist Labor | Madonna Rabel | 446 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Total votes | 42,288 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Vincent O. Pellecchia | 15,616 | 28.0 | ![]() | |
Democratic | John A. Girgenti | 14,774 | 26.5 | ![]() | |
Republican | Ronald Fava | 13,768 | 24.7 | ![]() | |
Republican | Henry Ramer | 11,624 | 20.8 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 55,782 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Ronald Fava | 14,676 | 28.0 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Vincent O. Pellecchia | 12,686 | 24.2 | ![]() | |
Republican | Ralph E. Fasse | 11,411 | 21.8 | ![]() | |
Democratic | William H. Hicks | 10,386 | 19.8 | ![]() | |
Tax Revolt | Joseph Samuel Long | 1,937 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Tax Revolt | Enrico R. Orlando | 1,329 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Total votes | 52,425 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Vincent O. Pellecchia | 17,548 | 27.9 | |
Democratic | William H. Hicks | 17,144 | 27.2 | |
Republican | Alfred Fontanella | 14,238 | 22.6 | |
Republican | Marian M. Rauschenbach | 14,049 | 22.3 | |
Total votes | 62,979 | 100.0 |