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New Jersey General Assembly Elections, 2011

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All 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Sheila Oliver Alex DeCroce
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 12, 2010 January 12, 2004
Leader's seat 34th (East Orange) 26th (Parisippany-Troy Hills)
Last election 47 33
Seats won 48 32
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,339,201 1,253,824
Percentage 51.2% 48.0%
Swing Increase 3.6% Decrease 3.9%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold

Speaker before election

Sheila Oliver
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Sheila Oliver
Democratic

All 80 seats in the General Assembly were up for election this year. In each Legislative district, there are two people elected; the top two winners in the general election are the ones sent to the Assembly. Typically, the two members of each party run as a team in each election. After the previous election, Democrats captured 47 seats while the Republicans won 33 seats. These were the first elections to be held after the 2010 redistricting cycle.

Democrats gained one seat, by flipping a seat in the 4th district, which they had only lost two years prior.

Incumbents not seeking re-election

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Democratic

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Republican

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Overall results

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Summary of the November 8, 2011 New Jersey General Assembly election results:[2]

48 32
Democratic Republican
Parties Candidates Seats Popular Vote
2009 2011 +/- Strength Vote % Change
Democratic 80 47 48 Increase 1 60% 1,339,201 51.2% Steady0.0%
Republican 79 33 32 Decrease 1 40% 1,253,824 48.0% Steady0.0%
Green 2 0 0 Steady 0% 2,284 0.1% Steady0.0%
Libertarian 4 0 0 Steady 0% 3,692 0.1% Steady0.0%
Independent 10 0 0 Steady 0% 15,310 0.6% Steady0.0%
Total 176 80 80 0 100.0% 2,614,311 100.0% -

Summary of results by district

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Legislative District Position Incumbent Party Elected Assembly Member Party
1st 1 Nelson Albano Democrat Nelson Albano Democrat
2 Matthew Milam Democrat Matthew Milam Democrat
2nd 1 Vincent J. Polistina Republican Chris A. Brown Republican
2 John F. Amodeo Republican John Amodeo Republican
3rd 1 John J. Burzichelli Democrat John J. Burzichelli Democrat
2 Celeste Riley Democrat Celeste Riley Democrat
4th 1 Paul D. Moriarty Democrat Paul D. Moriarty Democrat
2 Domenick DiCicco Republican Gabriela Mosquera Democrat
5th 1 Angel Fuentes Democrat Angel Fuentes Democrat
2 Gilbert Wilson Democrat Gilbert Wilson Democrat
6th 1 Louis Greenwald Democrat Louis Greenwald Democrat
2 Pamela Rosen Lampitt Democrat Pamela Rosen Lampitt Democrat
7th 1 Herb Conaway Democrat Herb Conaway Democrat
2 Jack Conners Democrat Troy Singleton Democrat
8th 1 Scott Rudder Republican Scott Rudder Republican
2 Patrick Delany Republican Christopher J. Brown Republican
9th 1 Brian E. Rumpf Republican Brian E. Rumpf Republican
2 DiAnne Gove Republican DiAnne Gove Republican
10th 1 James Holzapfel Republican Gregory P. McGuckin Republican
2 David W. Wolfe Republican David W. Wolfe Republican
11th 1 David Rible Republican Caroline Casagrande Republican
2 Mary Pat Angelini Republican Mary Pat Angelini Republican
12th 1 Caroline Casagrande Republican Ronald S. Dancer Republican
2 Declan O'Scanlon Republican Robert D. Clifton Republican
13th 1 Samuel D. Thompson Republican Declan O'Scanlon Republican
2 Amy Handlin Republican Amy Handlin Republican
14th 1 Wayne DeAngelo Democrat Wayne DeAngelo Democrat
2 Daniel R. Benson Democrat Daniel R. Benson Democrat
15th 1 Bonnie Watson Coleman Democrat Bonnie Watson Coleman Democrat
2 Reed Gusciora Democrat Reed Gusciora Democrat
16th 1 Peter Biondi Republican Peter Biondi Republican
2 Denise Coyle Republican Jack Ciattarelli Republican
17th 1 Upendra Chivukula Democrat Upendra Chivukula Democrat
2 Joseph V. Egan Democrat Joseph V. Egan Democrat
18th 1 Peter J. Barnes III Democrat Peter J. Barnes III Democrat
2 Patrick J. Diegnan Democrat Patrick J. Diegnan Democrat
19th 1 Craig Coughlin Democrat Craig Coughlin Democrat
2 John Wisniewski Democrat John Wisniewski Democrat
20th 1 Annette Quijano Democrat Annette Quijano Democrat
2 Joseph Cryan Democrat Joseph Cryan Democrat
21st 1 Jon Bramnick Republican Jon Bramnick Republican
2 Nancy Munoz Republican Nancy Munoz Republican
22nd 1 Linda Stender Democrat Linda Stender Democrat
2 Jerry Green Democrat Jerry Green Democrat
23rd 1 Erik Peterson Republican Erik Peterson Republican
2 John DiMaio Republican John DiMaio Republican
24th 1 Gary Chiusano Republican Gary Chiusano Republican
2 Alison Littell McHose Republican Alison Littell McHose Republican
25th 1 Tony Bucco Republican Tony Bucco Republican
2 Michael Patrick Carroll Republican Michael Patrick Carroll Republican
26th 1 Alex DeCroce Republican Alex DeCroce Republican
2 Jay Webber Republican Jay Webber Republican
27th 1 John F. McKeon Democrat John F. McKeon Democrat
2 Mila Jasey Democrat Mila Jasey Democrat
28th 1 Cleopatra Tucker Democrat Cleopatra Tucker Democrat
2 Ralph R. Caputo Democrat Ralph R. Caputo Democrat
29th 1 Alberto Coutinho Democrat Alberto Coutinho Democrat
2 L. Grace Spencer Democrat L. Grace Spencer Democrat
30th 1 Ronald S. Dancer Republican Sean T. Kean Republican
2 Joseph R. Malone Republican Dave Rible Republican
31st 1 Charles Mainor Democrat Charles Mainor Democrat
2 Jason O'Donnell Democrat Jason O'Donnell Democrat
32nd 1 Joan Quigley Democrat Angelica M. Jimenez Democrat
2 Vincent Prieto Democrat Vincent Prieto Democrat
33rd 1 Caridad Rodriguez Democrat Sean Connors Democrat
2 Ruben Ramos Democrat Ruben Ramos Democrat
34th 1 Thomas P. Giblin Democrat Thomas P. Giblin Democrat
2 Sheila Oliver Democrat Sheila Oliver Democrat
35th 1 Elease Evans Democrat Shavonda E. Sumter Democrat
2 Nellie Pou Democrat Benjie E. Wimberly Democrat
36th 1 Gary Schaer Democrat Gary Schaer Democrat
2 Kevin J. Ryan Democrat Marlene Caride Democrat
37th 1 Gordon M. Johnson Democrat Gordon M. Johnson Democrat
2 Valerie Huttle Democrat Valerie Huttle Democrat
38th 1 Joan Voss Democrat Connie Wagner Democrat
2 Tim Eustace Democrat Tim Eustace Democrat
39th 1 Charlotte Vandervalk Republican Holly Schepisi Republican
2 Robert Schroeder Republican Robert Schroeder Republican
40th 1 Scott Rumana Republican Scott Rumana Republican
2 David C. Russo Republican David C. Russo Republican

Close races

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Districts where the difference of total votes between the top-two parties was under 10%:

  1. District 7, 3.6%
  2. District 1, 5.6%%
  3. District 16, 6.0%
  4. District 11, 6.4%
  5. District 3, 9.2%

List of races

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District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27District 28District 29District 30District 31District 32District 33District 34District 35District 36District 37District 38District 39District 40

Voters in each legislative district elect two members to the New Jersey General Assembly.

District 1

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1st Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nelson Albano (incumbent) 24,794 27.9
Democratic Matthew Milam (incumbent) 22,207 24.9
Republican Sam Fiocchi 21,156 23.7
Republican Suzanne Walters 20,810 23.3
Total votes 88,967 100.0
Democratic hold

District 2

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2nd Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John F. Amodeo 25,330 29.2
Republican Chris A. Brown 23,440 27.1
Democratic Damon Tyner 19,919 23.0
Democratic Alisa Cooper 17,933 20.7
Total votes 86,622 100.0
Republican hold

District 3

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3rd Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John J. Burzichelli (incumbent) 25,172 28.0
Democratic Celeste Riley (incumbent) 23,960 26.6
Republican Bob Villare 20,528 22.6
Republican Domenick DiCicco (incumbent) 20,268 22.5
Total votes 125,153 100.0
Democratic hold

District 4

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4th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul D. Moriarty (incumbent) 22,734 30.0
Democratic Gabriela Mosquera 21,461 28.3
Republican Shelley Lovett 15,106 19.9
Republican Patricia Fratticcioli 14,724 19.4
Family, Freedom, Community Tony Celeste 1,843 2.4
Total votes 75,689 100.0
One Democratic gain from Republican

District 5

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5th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gilbert Wilson (incumbent) 17,691 28.7
Democratic Angel Fuentes (incumbent) 17,586 28.5
Republican William Levins 13,575 22.1
Republican Terrell Ratliff 12,776 20.7
Total votes 61,628 100.0
Democratic hold

District 6

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6th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louis Greenwald (incumbent) 24 272 30.0
Democratic Pamela Rosen Lampitt (incumbent) 23,342 28.9
Republican Allan Richardson 16,714 20.7
Republican Gregory Horton 16,461 20.4
Total votes 80,789 100.0
Democratic hold

District 7

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7th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Herb Conaway (incumbent) 23,908 26.2
Democratic Troy Singleton 23,403 25.6
Republican James Keenan 22,144 24.3
Republican Christopher Halgas 21,828 23.9
Total votes 91,283 100.0
Democratic hold

District 8

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8th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Christopher J. Brown 19,799 30.2
Republican Scott Rudder (incumbent) 19,649 29.9
Democratic Pam Finnerly 12,480 19.1
Democratic Anita Lovely 12,107 18.5
Independent Robert Edward Forchion Jr. 1,653 2.5
Total votes 65,508 100.0
Republican hold

District 9

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9th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian E. Rumpf (incumbent) 30,896 32.3
Republican DiAnne Gove (incumbent) 29,898 31.2
Democratic Carla Kearny 17,648 18.4
Democratic Bradley Billhimer 17,338 18.1
Total votes 95,780 100.0
Republican hold

District 10

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10th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David W. Wolfe (incumbent) 27,955 32.0
Republican Gregory P. McGuckin 26,831 30.7
Democratic Bette Wary 16,909 19.3
Democratic Eli Eytan 15,698 18.0
Total votes 87,393 100.0
Republican hold

District 11

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11th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Caroline Casagrande (incumbent) 18,739 26.8
Republican Mary Pat Angelini (incumbent) 18,479 26.4
Democratic Vin Gopal 15,392 21.9
Democratic Kathleen Horgan 15,060 21.5
Independent Daniel Jacobson 2,358 3.3
Total votes 70,028 100.0
Republican hold

District 12

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12th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ronald S. Dancer (incumbent) 22,345 30.3
Republican Robert D. Clifton (incumbent) 21,469 29.1
Democratic William Spedding 15,077 20.4
Democratic Catherine Tinney Rome 14,969 20.3
Total votes 73,860 100.0
Republican hold

District 13

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13th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Amy Handlin (incumbent) 24 073 30.5
Republican Declan O'Scanlon (incumbent) 22,754 28.8
Democratic Patrick Short 15,333 19.4
Democratic Kevin Lavan 15,165 19.2
Constitution Party Frank C. Cottone 834 1.1
Constitution Party William Lawton 757 1.0
Total votes 78,916 100.0
Republican hold

District 14

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14th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wayne DeAngelo (incumbent) 26,626 29.0
Democratic Daniel R. Benson (incumbent) 25,662 28.0
Republican Sheree McGowan 19,135 20.9
Republican Phil Kaufman 19,100 20.8
Green Steven Welzer 1,189 1.3
Total votes 91,172 100.0
Democratic hold

District 15

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15th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bonnie Watson Coleman (incumbent) 20,505 32.8
Democratic Reed Gusciora (incumbent) 20,350 32.5
Republican Kathy Kilcommons 10,914 17.4
Republican Peter Yull 10,817 17.3
Total votes 62,586 100.0
Democratic hold

District 16

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16th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter Biondi (incumbent) 20,359 26.9
Republican Jack Ciattarelli 19,770 26.1
Democratic Joe Carmarota 17,795 23.5
Democratic Marie Corfield 17,779 23.5
Total votes 75,703 100.0
Republican hold

District 17

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17th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph V. Egan (incumbent) 15,165 31.9
Democratic Upendra Chivukula (incumbent) 14,862 31.3
Republican Robert Mettler 8,876 18.7
Republican Carlo DiLalla 8,627 18.2
Total votes 47,530 100.0
Democratic hold

District 18

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18th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter J. Barnes III (incumbent) 18,166 28.6
Democratic Patrick J. Diegnan (incumbent) 18,050 28.4
Republican Joseph Sinagra 13,996 22.0
Republican Marcia Silva 13,333 21.0
Total votes 63,454 100.0
Democratic hold

District 19

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19th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Wisniewski (incumbent) 18,241 34.0
Democratic Craig Coughlin (incumbent) 17,492 32.6
Republican Angel Leon 9,008 16.8
Republican Shane Robinson 8,915 16.6
Total votes 53,656 100.0
Democratic hold

District 20

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20th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Annette Quijano (incumbent) 12,116 42.7
Democratic Joseph Cryan (incumbent) 12,104 42.7
Republican John Donoso 4,128 14.6
Total votes 28,348 100.0
Democratic hold

District 21

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21st Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nancy Munoz (incumbent) 25,491 31.9
Republican Jon Bramnick (incumbent) 25,303 31.7
Democratic Bruce Bergen 13,878 17.4
Democratic Norman Albert 13,864 17.4
Libertarian Party Darren Young 1,324 1.7
Total votes 79,860 100.0
Republican hold

District 22

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22nd Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Linda Stender 15,747 30.5
Democratic Jerry Green (incumbent) 14,957 29.0
Republican Joan Van Pelt 10,846 21.0
Republican Jeffery First 10,062 19.5
Total votes 51,612 100.0
Democratic hold

District 23

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23rd Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John DiMaio (incumbent) 21,189 31.2
Republican Erik Peterson (incumbent) 21,074 30.9
Democratic Karen Carroll 13,369 19.6
Democratic Scott McDonald 12,420 18.2
Total votes 68,152 100.0
Republican hold

District 24

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24th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alison Littell McHose (incumbent) 19,026 30.6
Republican Gary Chiusano (incumbent) 18,561 29.8
Democratic Leslie Huhn 10,290 16.5
Democratic Jim Nye 9,832 15.8
Constitution Rose Ann Salanitri 3,161 5.1
Independent Mark Quick 1,382 2.2
Total votes 62,252 100.0
Republican hold

District 25

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25th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Patrick Carroll (incumbent) 18,481 30.0
Republican Tony Bucco (incumbent) 18,218 29.5
Democratic Gale Colucci 12,564 20.4
Democratic George Stafford 12,432 20.2
Total votes 61,695 100.0
Republican hold

District 26

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26th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alex DeCroce (incumbent) 19,696 32.0
Republican Jay Webber (incumbent) 19,543 31.8
Democratic Joseph Raich 10,847 17.6
Democratic Elliot Isibor 10,319 16.8
Green Michael Spector 1,095 1.8
Total votes 61,500 100.0
Republican hold

District 27

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27th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John F. McKeon (incumbent) 23,508 28.0
Democratic Mila Jasey (incumbent) 22,757 27.1
Republican Lee Holtzman 18,857 22.5
Republican Nicole Hagner 18,790 22.4
Total votes 83,912 100.0
Democratic hold

District 28

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28th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cleopatra Tucker (incumbent) 14,002 38.2
Democratic Ralph R. Caputo (incumbent) 13,786 37.6
Republican Carol Humphreys 4,607 12.6
Republican David H. Pinckney 4,258 11.6
Total votes 36,653 100.0
Democratic hold

District 29

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29th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic L. Grace Spencer (incumbent) 8,572 42.0
Democratic Alberto Coutinho (incumbent) 8,391 41.1
Republican Elaine Guarino 1,736 8.5
Republican Lisa Kistner 1,687 8.2
Total votes 20,386 100.0
Democratic hold

District 30

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30th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sean T. Kean (incumbent) 22,889 34.4
Republican Dave Rible (incumbent) 20,728 31.2
Democratic Shaun O'Rourke 11,256 16.9
Democratic Howard Kleinhendler 10,639 16.0
Libertarian Party (United States) Davis Schneck 986 1.5
Total votes 66,498 100.0
Republican hold

District 31

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31st Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jason O'Donnell (incumbent) 11,877 40.3
Democratic Charles Mainor (incumbent) 11,690 39.6
Republican Michael Alonso 3,157 10.7
Republican Daniel Beckelman 2,751 9.3
Total votes 29,475 100.0
Democratic hold

District 32

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32nd Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Vincent Prieto (incumbent) 15,753 41.5
Democratic Angelica M. Jimenez (incumbent) 15,211 40.0
Republican Michael Bartulovich 3,443 9.1
Republican Ronald Tarolla 3,249 8.5
Independent April Tricoli-Busset 498 1.3
Total votes 37,974 100.0
Democratic hold

District 33

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33rd Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ruben Ramos (incumbent) 17,444 42.7
Democratic Sean Connors (incumbent) 17,064 41.8
Republican Christopher Garcia 3,214 7.8
Republican Fernando Uribe 3,121 7.6
Total votes 40,843 100.0
Democratic hold

District 34

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34th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas P. Giblin (incumbent) 16,285 39.1
Democratic Sheila Oliver (incumbent) 15,462 37.1
Republican Steve Farrell 4,270 10.2
Republican Joan Salensky 4,251 10.2
Independent Clenard Childress 813 1.6
Independent David Taylor 586 1.4
Total votes 41,667 100.0
Democratic hold

District 35

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35th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Benjie E. Wimberly 13,551 50.5
Democratic Shavonda E. Sumter 13,143 49.0
Republican Donna Puglisi 5,114 19.1
Republican James Challice 5,020 18.7
Total votes 26,828 100.0
Democratic hold

District 36

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36th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gary Schaer (incumbent) 17,262 30.5
Democratic Marlene Caride 16,319 28.8
Republican Sara Rosengarten 11,735 20.7
Republican John Genovesi 11,256 20.0
Total votes 56,572 100.0
Democratic hold

District 37

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37th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Valerie Huttle (incumbent) 22,062 35.9
Democratic Gordon M. Johnson (incumbent) 21,839 34.1
Republican Keith Jensen 10,150 15.7
Republican Gregory Aslanian 9,929 15.4
Libertarian Party Julian Heicklen 675 1.0
Total votes 64,655 100.0
Democratic hold

District 38

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38th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Connie Wagner (incumbent) 22,258 29.0
Democratic Tim Eustace 21,097 27.2
Republican Richard Goldberg 19,091 23.3
Republican Fernando Alonso 18,820 22.9
Libertarian Party Vinko Grskovic 707 0.8
Total votes 81,973 100.0
Democratic hold

District 39

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39th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Schroeder (incumbent) 26,572 30.9
Republican Holly Schepisi 26,111 30.3
Democratic Michael McCarthy 16,200 18.8
Democratic Anthony Iannarelli Jr. 15,784 18.3
Independent Clinton Bosca 1,425 1.7
Total votes 86,092 100.0
Republican hold

District 40

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40th Legislative District general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David C. Russo (incumbent) 22,125 30.3
Republican Scott Rumana (incumbent) 21,678 29.7
Democratic Cassandra Lazzara 15,412 21.1
Democratic William Brennan 13,767 18.9
Total votes 72,982 100.0
Republican hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2011". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao "2011 Election Results". Secretary of State of New Jersey. December 1, 2011. Retrieved November 1, 2023.