Vincent Kearney (politician)

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Vincent Kearney is an American Democratic Party politician who is a representative-elect of the New Jersey General Assembly's 21st district, flipping the district at the 2025 New Jersey General Assembly election. Prior to his election, he was a member of the Garwood Borough Council, flipping a Republican seat following a controversy involving bigoted social media posts. [1]

Raised in Union Township, Union County, New Jersey, Kearney graduated from Oratory Preparatory School. He attended the John H. Stamler Police Academy in Union County where he trained in law enforcement. [2]

The two Assembly seats in the 21st district, which covers parts of Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union counties, had been held exclusively by Republicans since the early 1990s. Democrats had targeted the seats unsuccessfully losing by narrow margins in the four previous elections, with their efforts increasing after Kamala Harris defeated Donald Trump by a 14-point margin among district voters in the 2024 election. [3] In 2025, Kearney and his fellow Democratic running mate Andrew Macurdy knocked off Republican incumbents Michele Matsikoudis and Nancy Munoz to win the two seats representing the 21st district. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Blackburn, Zach (November 5, 2025). "Democrats flip GOP-held Assembly seats in LD21". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  2. ↑ Councilman Vincent Kearney, Borough of Garwood. Accessed November 11, 2025. "Raised in the nearby Township of Union, Vincent Kearney moved to Garwood with his wife Veronica in 2009 to raise their boys Anthony and Vincent. He is a graduate of Oratory Prep in Summit and the John H. Stamler Police Academy."
  3. ↑ Wildstein, David. "Garwood councilman will take on Muñoz, Matsikoudis Vinnie Kearney expected to join Andrew Macurdy on Democratic ticket in 21st district", New Jersey Globe , March 17, 2025. Accessed November 12, 2025. "Vincent Kearney, a two-term councilman from Garwood and a Union County Sheriff’s officer, has emerged as a candidate for State Assembly in the politically competitive 21st district.... The 21st district, which includes parts of Union, Somerset, Morris, and Middlesex counties, has been on the Democratic target list on and off since 2017. Still, Republicans have prevailed in the last four elections, sometimes by narrow margins. In 2024, Kamala Harris carried the 21st over Donald Trump by more than 17,000 votes and about fourteen percentage points – roughly three points less than Joe Biden in 2020, putting Muñoz and Matsikoudis in a potentially tough race next year."
  4. ↑ Biryukov, Nikita (November 5, 2025). "New Jersey Democrats triumph in Assembly races". New Jersey Monitor. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
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