2011_New_Jersey_General_Assembly_election

New Jersey General Assembly Elections, 2011
All 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly; 41 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic hold Democratic gain; Republican hold
Speaker before election; Sheila Oliver; Democratic	Elected Speaker ; Sheila Oliver; Democratic

2011 New Jersey General Assembly election

New Jersey election

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.

Quick Facts All 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...

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

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48	32
Democratic	Republican

Parties		Candidates	Seats				Popular Vote
Parties		Candidates	2009	2011	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic	80	47	48	1	60%	1,339,201	51.2%	0.0%
	Republican	79	33	32	1	40%	1,253,824	48.0%	0.0%
	Green	2	0	0		0%	2,284	0.1%	0.0%
	Libertarian	4	0	0		0%	3,692	0.1%	0.0%
	Independent	10	0	0		0%	15,310	0.6%	0.0%
Total		176	80	80	0	100.0%	2,614,311	100.0%	-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Overall results

Summary of results by district

Close races

List of races

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See also

References

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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