Aura Kenny Dunn

Aura Kenny Dunn

Republican Party

Candidate, New Jersey General Assembly District 25

New Jersey General Assembly District 25

Tenure

2020 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

5

Prior offices

New Jersey General Assembly District 25

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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

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Aura Kenny Dunn (Republican Party) is a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 25. She assumed office on February 1, 2020. Her current term ends on January 13, 2026.

Dunn (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 25. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. She advanced from the Republican primary on June 10, 2025.

Dunn was first elected to the New Jersey General Assembly by a District 25 Republican committee on November 21, 2019, to succeed Anthony M. Bucco. Her term ended on January 14, 2020, which was the date Bucco's term was set to expire. She was re-elected to the seat in another District 25 Republican Committee convention on February 1, 2020.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Dunn was assigned to the following committees:

• Budget Committee
• Commerce and Economic Development Committee
• Women and Children Committee

2020-2021

Dunn was assigned to the following committees:

• Commerce and Economic Development Committee
• Human Services Committee
• Women and Children Committee

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2025

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Incumbent Christian Barranco, incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn, Steven Pylypchuk, and Marisa Sweeney are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
		Christian Barranco (R)
		Aura Kenny Dunn (R)
		Steven Pylypchuk (D)
	Submit photo	Marisa Sweeney (D)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Marisa Sweeney and Steven Pylypchuk advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 10, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marisa Sweeney	52.4	18,024
✔		Steven Pylypchuk	47.6	16,376

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,400
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Incumbent Christian Barranco and incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 10, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christian Barranco	50.6	14,070
✔		Aura Kenny Dunn	49.4	13,756

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,826
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2023

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn and incumbent Christian Barranco defeated Diane Salvatore and Jonathan Torres in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aura Kenny Dunn (R)	26.4	26,717
✔		Christian Barranco (R)	25.7	25,988
	Submit photo	Diane Salvatore (D)	24.1	24,420
	Submit photo	Jonathan Torres (D)	23.8	24,055

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 101,180
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Diane Salvatore and Jonathan Torres advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 6, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Diane Salvatore	50.2	7,977
✔	Submit photo	Jonathan Torres	49.8	7,899

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,876
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn and incumbent Christian Barranco advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 6, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aura Kenny Dunn	50.2	9,382
✔		Christian Barranco	49.8	9,297

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,679
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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 25 (2 seats)

Incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn and incumbent Brian Bergen defeated Lauren Barnett and Patricia Veres in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aura Kenny Dunn (R)	28.2	42,183
✔		Brian Bergen (R)	27.8	41,584
		Lauren Barnett (D)	22.3	33,322
		Patricia Veres (D)	21.6	32,243

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 149,332
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Lauren Barnett and Patricia Veres advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 8, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lauren Barnett	50.6	8,431
✔		Patricia Veres	49.4	8,224

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,655
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Incumbent Brian Bergen and incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 8, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Bergen	50.2	11,995
✔		Aura Kenny Dunn	49.8	11,920

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,915
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matthew Guglielmello (R)

2020

See also: New Jersey state legislative special elections, 2020

General election

Special general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25

Incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn defeated Darcy Draeger in the special general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aura Kenny Dunn (R)	52.5	64,469
		Darcy Draeger (D)	47.5	58,446

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 122,915
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25

Darcy Draeger advanced from the special Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Darcy Draeger	100.0	21,609

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,609
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25

Incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn advanced from the special Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aura Kenny Dunn	100.0	16,873

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2019

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General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Incumbent Anthony M. Bucco and Brian Bergen defeated Lisa Bhimani and Darcy Draeger in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anthony M. Bucco (R)	27.0	27,438
✔		Brian Bergen (R)	25.7	26,134
		Lisa Bhimani (D)	24.0	24,381
		Darcy Draeger (D)	23.3	23,702

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 101,655
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Lisa Bhimani and Darcy Draeger advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lisa Bhimani	50.9	6,047
✔		Darcy Draeger	49.1	5,837

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,884
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Incumbent Anthony M. Bucco and Brian Bergen defeated Aura Kenny Dunn and John Barbarula in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anthony M. Bucco	42.0	8,691
✔		Brian Bergen	24.1	5,001
		Aura Kenny Dunn	17.3	3,583
	Submit photo	John Barbarula	16.6	3,439

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,714
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Campaign themes

2025

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2023

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2021

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2020

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2019

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Campaign finance summary

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Aura Kenny Dunn campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2023	New Jersey General Assembly District 25	Won general	$245,781	$0
2021	New Jersey General Assembly District 25	Won general	$223,631	$0
Grand total			$469,412	$0
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2024

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In 2024, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 9 to December 19.

2023

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In 2023, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 10 to January 8. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2022

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In 2022, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 11 to December 31.

2021

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In 2021, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 4 to January 11. National Federation of Independent Business Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. New Jersey Clean Water Action Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues. New Jersey League of Conservation Voters Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2020

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2019

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Current members of the New Jersey General Assembly

Leadership

Representatives

District 1

Antwan McClellan (R)

Erik Simonsen (R)

District 2

Don Guardian (R)

Claire Swift (R)

District 3

Dave Bailey (D)

Heather Simmons (D)

District 4

Dan Hutchison (D)

Cody Miller (D)

District 5

William Moen (D)

William Spearman (D)

District 6

Louis Greenwald (D)

Melinda Kane (D)

District 7

Carol Murphy (D)

Balvir Singh (D)

District 8

Andrea Katz (D)

Michael Torrissi (R)

District 9

Gregory Myhre (R)

Brian Rumpf (R)

District 10

Paul Kanitra (R)

Gregory McGuckin (R)

District 11

Margie Donlon (D)

Luanne Peterpaul (D)

District 12

Robert Clifton (R)

Alex Sauickie (R)

District 13

Victoria Flynn (R)

Gerard Scharfenberger (R)

District 14

Wayne DeAngelo (D)

Tennille McCoy (D)

District 15

Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)

Anthony Verrelli (D)

District 16

Mitchelle Drulis (D)

Roy Freiman (D)

District 17

Joseph Danielsen (D)

Kevin Egan (D)

District 18

Robert Karabinchak (D)

Sterley Stanley (D)

District 19

Craig Coughlin (D)

Yvonne Lopez (D)

District 20

Reginald Atkins (D)

Annette Quijano (D)

District 21

Michele Matsikoudis (R)

Nancy Muñoz (R)

District 22

Linda Carter (D)

James Kennedy (D)

District 23

John DiMaio (R)

Erik Peterson (R)

District 24

Dawn Fantasia (R)

Michael Inganamort (R)

District 25

Christian Barranco (R)

Aura Dunn (R)

District 26

Brian Bergen (R)

Jay Webber (R)

District 27

Rosy Bagolie (D)

Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)

District 28

Garnet Hall (D)

Cleopatra Tucker (D)

District 29

Eliana Marin (D)

Shanique Speight (D)

District 30

Sean Kean (R)

Avi Schnall (D)

District 31

William Sampson (D)

Barbara Stamato (D)

District 32

John Allen (D)

Jessica Ramirez (D)

District 33

Julio Marenco (D)

Gabriel Rodriguez (D)

District 34

Carmen Morales (D)

Michael Venezia (D)

District 35

Alaa Abdelaziz (D)

Shavonda Sumter (D)

District 36

Clinton Calabrese (D)

Gary Schaer (D)

District 37

Shama Haider (D)

Ellen Park (D)

District 38

Lisa Swain (D)

Chris Tully (D)

District 39

Robert Auth (R)

John Azzariti (R)

District 40

Al Barlas (R)

Christopher DePhillips (R)

Democratic Party (52)

Republican Party (28)