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Annette Quijano
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Candidate, New Jersey General Assembly District 20

New Jersey General Assembly District 20
Tenure

2008 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

17

Compensation

Base salary

$49,000/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2023

Next election

November 4, 2025

Appointed

August 1, 2008

Education

Bachelor's

Rutgers University

Law

Rutgers Law School

Personal
Profession
Municipal Prosecutor
Contact

Annette Quijano (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 20. She assumed office in 2008. Her current term ends on January 13, 2026.

Quijano (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 20. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. She advanced from the Democratic primary on June 10, 2025.

Quijano currently serves as deputy majority leader.

Biography

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Quijano earned her B.S. in management from Rutgers and her J.D. from Rutgers School of Law. Her professional experience includes serving as an assistant counsel to Governor's McGreevy, Codey, and Corzine, as an adjunct professor at Kean University, and as a per diem prosecutor for the City of Elizabeth.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Quijano was assigned to the following committees:

2020-2021

Quijano was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Quijano was assigned to the following committees:

2016 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2016 legislative session, Quijano served on the following committees:

New Jersey committee assignments, 2016
Homeland Security and State Preparedness, Chair
Appropriations
Consumer Affairs

2015 legislative session

In the 2015 legislative session, Quijano served on the following committees:

2014 legislative session

In the 2014 legislative session, Quijano served on the following committees:

2010-2012

In the 2010-2012 legislative session, Quijano served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2025

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025

General election

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General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

Incumbent Annette Quijano, Ed Rodriguez, and Carmen Bucco are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on November 4, 2025.


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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

Incumbent Annette Quijano and Ed Rodriguez defeated Sergio Granados and Walter Wimbush in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Annette Quijano
Annette Quijano
 
31.5
 
8,741
Ed Rodriguez
 
24.3
 
6,733
Sergio Granados
 
23.9
 
6,635
Walter Wimbush
 
20.4
 
5,654

Total votes: 27,763
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

Carmen Bucco advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Carmen Bucco
Carmen Bucco
 
95.2
 
2,664
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.8
 
134

Total votes: 2,798
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

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2023

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

Incumbent Annette Quijano and incumbent Reginald W. Atkins defeated Ramon Hernandez in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Annette Quijano
Annette Quijano (D)
 
42.7
 
12,280
Image of Reginald W. Atkins
Reginald W. Atkins (D)
 
42.1
 
12,104
Image of Ramon Hernandez
Ramon Hernandez (R)
 
15.2
 
4,380

Total votes: 28,764
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

Incumbent Annette Quijano and incumbent Reginald W. Atkins defeated Myrlene M.A. Thelot and Charles E. Mitchell Sr in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Annette Quijano
Annette Quijano
 
39.1
 
7,014
Image of Reginald W. Atkins
Reginald W. Atkins
 
37.4
 
6,711
Image of Myrlene M.A. Thelot
Myrlene M.A. Thelot
 
11.8
 
2,119
Charles E. Mitchell Sr
 
11.7
 
2,106

Total votes: 17,950
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

Ramon Hernandez advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ramon Hernandez
Ramon Hernandez
 
100.0
 
996

Total votes: 996
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Endorsements

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2021

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

Incumbent Annette Quijano and Reginald W. Atkins won election in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Annette Quijano
Annette Quijano (D)
 
50.8
 
26,276
Image of Reginald W. Atkins
Reginald W. Atkins (D)
 
49.2
 
25,477

Total votes: 51,753
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Annette Quijano
Annette Quijano
 
36.8
 
8,785
Image of Reginald W. Atkins
Reginald W. Atkins
 
34.0
 
8,105
Diane Murray-Clements
 
12.6
 
3,015
Christian Veliz
 
11.6
 
2,778
Image of Ricky Castaneda
Ricky Castaneda (Unofficially withdrew)
 
2.6
 
615
Aissa Heath (Unofficially withdrew) Candidate Connection
 
2.4
 
563

Total votes: 23,861
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2019

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

Incumbent Annette Quijano and incumbent Jamel Holley defeated Charles Donnelly and Ashraf Hanna in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Annette Quijano
Annette Quijano (D)
 
40.9
 
14,373
Image of Jamel Holley
Jamel Holley (D)
 
38.7
 
13,612
Image of Charles Donnelly
Charles Donnelly (R)
 
10.6
 
3,727
Image of Ashraf Hanna
Ashraf Hanna (R)
 
9.8
 
3,441

Total votes: 35,153
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

Incumbent Jamel Holley and incumbent Annette Quijano defeated Kenneth Jones in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jamel Holley
Jamel Holley
 
45.4
 
8,917
Image of Annette Quijano
Annette Quijano
 
43.9
 
8,616
Kenneth Jones Candidate Connection
 
10.7
 
2,111

Total votes: 19,644
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

Charles Donnelly and Ashraf Hanna advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Charles Donnelly
Charles Donnelly
 
51.7
 
822
Image of Ashraf Hanna
Ashraf Hanna
 
48.3
 
767

Total votes: 1,589
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2017

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2017

General election

Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2017. All 80 seats were up for election. State assembly members are elected to two-year terms. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on June 6, 2017. The filing deadline for the primary election was April 3, 2017.[2] Legislative districts in the New Jersey General Assembly are multi-member districts, with two representatives in each district. In Democratic and Republican primary elections, the top two candidates move forward to the general election, and the top two candidates in the general election are declared the winners.[3] Incumbent Annette Quijano (D) and incumbent Jamel Holley (D) defeated Joseph Aubourg (R) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 20 general election.[4][5]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 20 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Annette Quijano Incumbent 45.38% 24,221
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jamel Holley Incumbent 44.57% 23,790
     Republican Joseph Aubourg 10.04% 5,361
Total Votes 53,372
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Incumbent Jamel Holley and incumbent Annette Quijano were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 20 Democratic primary election.[6][7]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 20 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jamel Holley Incumbent 50.23% 9,435
Green check mark transparent.png Annette Quijano Incumbent 49.77% 9,348
Total Votes 18,783
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Joseph Aubourg ran unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 20 Republican primary election.[8][7]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 20 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Joseph Aubourg  (unopposed) 100.00% 706
Total Votes 706
Source: New Jersey Department of State

2015

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2015

Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 2, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2015.[9] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Incumbent Annette Quijano and incumbent Jamel Holley were bracketed together, Jorge Batista and Vivian Bell were bracketed together and Tony Monteiro and Giuliano Farina were bracketed together and faced off in the Democratic primary. Stephen Kozlovich and Roger Stryeski were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Quijano and Holley defeated Kozlovich and Stryeski in the general election.[10][11][12][13][14]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 20 General Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngAnnette Quijano Incumbent 39.4% 12,061
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJamel Holley Incumbent 37.8% 11,568
     Republican Stephen Kozlovich 11.7% 3,593
     Republican Roger Stryeski 11.1% 3,398
Total Votes 30,620
New Jersey General Assembly, District 20 Democratic Primary, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJamel Holley Incumbent 29.6% 5,907
Green check mark transparent.pngAnnette Quijano Incumbent 29.4% 5,857
Tony Monteiro 16.5% 3,288
Giuliano Farina 15.3% 3,054
Jorge Batista 4.6% 916
Vivian Bell 4.6% 908
Total Votes 19,930

2013

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2013

Quijano won re-election in the 2013 election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20. Quijano was bracketed with Joseph Cryan. She was unopposed in the June 4 Democratic primary. She and incumbent Joseph Cryan (D) defeated Charles Donnelly (R) and Christopher Hackett (R) in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.[15][16][17][18]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 20 General Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Cryan Incumbent 36.3% 19,268
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngAnnette Quijano Incumbent 35.5% 18,839
     Republican Charles Donnelly 14.5% 7,719
     Republican Christopher Hackett 13.7% 7,269
Total Votes 53,095

2011

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2011

Quijano won re-election for District 20 of the New Jersey General Assembly. Quijano and fellow incumbent Joseph Cryan ran bracketed together and defeated Tony Monteiro and Carlos Cedeno in the June 7 Democratic Primary. They then defeated John Donoso (R) in the November 8 general election.[19]

New Jersey General Assembly District 20 General Election, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Cryan Incumbent 42.7% 12,104
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngAnnette Quijano Incumbent 42.7% 12,116
     Republican John Donoso 14.6% 4,128
Total Votes 28,348

2009

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2009

Quijano won re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly in 2009. Quijano, bracketed with Joseph Cryan (D), was unopposed in the November 3, 2009, general election. [20]

New Jersey Assembly General Election, Twentieth Legislative District (2009)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Joseph Cryan (D) 20,607
Green check mark transparent.png Annette Quijano (D) 20,054

Campaign themes

2025

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2023

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2021

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2019

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Campaign finance summary


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Annette Quijano campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023New Jersey General Assembly District 20Won general$315,738 $0
2021New Jersey General Assembly District 20Won general$317,163 $0
2013New Jersey General Assembly, District 20Won $219,894 N/A**
2011New Jersey General Assembly, District 20Won $404,165 N/A**
2009New Jersey General Assembly, District 20Won $136,939 N/A**
Grand total$1,393,900 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Endorsements

2013

In 2013, Quijano’s endorsements included the following:[21][22]

  • The New Jersey AFL-CIO
  • Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey

2011

In 2011, Quijano’s endorsements included the following:[23]

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. "Annette Quijano Official Campaign Website," accessed May 9, 2013
  2. New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
  3. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
  4. New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
  5. New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
  6. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  7. 7.0 7.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
  8. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  9. New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
  10. New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  11. New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
  12. New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 3, 2015
  13. New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  14. New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
  15. New Jersey Department of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed July 26, 2013
  16. New Jersey Department of State, "Official 2013 General Assembly general election candidates," accessed April 10, 2014
  17. Associated Press, "New Jersey - Summary Vote Results," November 6, 2013
  18. New Jersey Department of State, "2013 Official General Election results," accessed December 9, 2013
  19. New Jersey Department of State, "2011 Official General Assembly Primary Candidate List," accessed April 10, 2014
  20. New Jersey Department of State, "Official 2009 New Jersey Assembly General Election Results," accessed April 10, 2014
  21. PolitickerNJ.com, "AFL-CIO endorses candidates for elections," accessed September 4, 2013
  22. Planned Parenthood NJ "Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey Announces Endorsements in State Elections," accessed September 5, 2013
  23. Politicker NJ, "2011 AFL-CIO endorsed candidates," accessed August 5, 2011


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