Aura Kenny Dunn

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Aura Kenny Dunn
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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

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.[1] She was re-elected to the seat in another District 25 Republican Committee convention on February 1, 2020.[2][3]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Dunn was assigned to the following committees:

2020-2021

Dunn was assigned to the following committees:

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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.


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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
Marisa Sweeney
 
52.4
 
18,024
Steven Pylypchuk Candidate Connection
 
47.6
 
16,376

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
Image of Christian Barranco
Christian Barranco
 
50.6
 
14,070
Image of Aura Kenny Dunn
Aura Kenny Dunn
 
49.4
 
13,756

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
Image of Aura Kenny Dunn
Aura Kenny Dunn (R)
 
26.4
 
26,717
Image of Christian Barranco
Christian Barranco (R)
 
25.7
 
25,988
Diane Salvatore (D)
 
24.1
 
24,420
Jonathan Torres (D)
 
23.8
 
24,055

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
Diane Salvatore
 
50.2
 
7,977
Jonathan Torres
 
49.8
 
7,899

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
Image of Aura Kenny Dunn
Aura Kenny Dunn
 
50.2
 
9,382
Image of Christian Barranco
Christian Barranco
 
49.8
 
9,297

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

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
Image of Lauren Barnett
Lauren Barnett Candidate Connection
 
50.6
 
8,431
Image of Patricia Veres
Patricia Veres Candidate Connection
 
49.4
 
8,224

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
Image of Brian Bergen
Brian Bergen
 
50.2
 
11,995
Image of Aura Kenny Dunn
Aura Kenny Dunn
 
49.8
 
11,920

Total votes: 23,915
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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
Image of Aura Kenny Dunn
Aura Kenny Dunn (R)
 
52.5
 
64,469
Image of Darcy Draeger
Darcy Draeger (D)
 
47.5
 
58,446

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
Image of Darcy Draeger
Darcy Draeger
 
100.0
 
21,609

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
Image of Aura Kenny Dunn
Aura Kenny Dunn
 
100.0
 
16,873

Total votes: 16,873
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2019

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019

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

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
Image of Lisa Bhimani
Lisa Bhimani Candidate Connection
 
50.9
 
6,047
Image of Darcy Draeger
Darcy Draeger
 
49.1
 
5,837

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
Image of Anthony M. Bucco
Anthony M. Bucco
 
42.0
 
8,691
Image of Brian Bergen
Brian Bergen Candidate Connection
 
24.1
 
5,001
Image of Aura Kenny Dunn
Aura Kenny Dunn
 
17.3
 
3,583
John Barbarula Candidate Connection
 
16.6
 
3,439

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
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023New Jersey General Assembly District 25Won general$245,781 $0
2021New Jersey General Assembly District 25Won general$223,631 $0
Grand total$469,412 $0
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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