Brian Everett
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Brian Everett (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 4. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 10, 2025.
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Biography
Brian Everett was born in Camden, New Jersey. He earned a high school diploma from Cherry Hill High School West and a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University - Camden in 2015. He also graduated from Rutgers University - Camden in 2017. His career experience includes working in higher education.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 4 (2 seats)
Incumbent Dan Hutchison and incumbent Cody Miller defeated Amanda Esposito and Gerard McManus in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 4 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dan Hutchison (D) | 27.7 | 48,833 |
| ✔ |  | Cody Miller (D) | 27.6 | 48,650 |
 | Amanda Esposito (R) | 22.5 | 39,684 | |
 | Gerard McManus (R) | 22.1 | 38,838 | |
| Total votes: 176,005 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 4 (2 seats)
Incumbent Cody Miller and incumbent Dan Hutchison defeated Vonetta Hawkins and Brian Everett in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 4 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cody Miller | 31.2 | 14,830 |
| ✔ | | Dan Hutchison | 31.2 | 14,821 |
 | Vonetta Hawkins | 21.5 | 10,218 | |
 | Brian Everett | 16.1 | 7,640 | |
| Total votes: 47,509 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 4 (2 seats)
Amanda Esposito and Gerard McManus defeated Barbara McCormick in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 4 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Amanda Esposito | 37.8 | 9,205 |
| ✔ | | Gerard McManus | 34.5 | 8,387 |
 | Barbara McCormick | 27.7 | 6,738 | |
| Total votes: 24,330 | |||
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Endorsements
Everett received the following endorsements.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Brian Everett completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Everett's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Brian Everett has been a lifelong resident of Camden County, New Jersey. He and his sister were raised by blue-collar parents who always taught us to take school seriously, and to always do the right thing. Brian holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration, and is a PhD Candidate in Community Development. He has been a full-time academic advisor for almost 9 years. Brian Everett strives toward giving people something to believe in, especially while the current federal regime attempts to choose which parts of the Constitution to follow.
- Ethics reform - The State of New Jersey must address the profound issue of conflicts of interest in various levels of government which not only affect residents through decision making and direction of localities and the State, but this has also affected their wallets over the past 20 years.
- Educational Funding - For Prek-12 and Higher Education, the State of New Jersey must provide more complete funding for our educational institutions especially when facing down directed threats from the federal regime. The easiest way to guarantee jobs from a local and state perspective, just like during COVID times, is to fully fund and support our educational institutions. New Jersey can also become a sought-after place to live under this mindset.
- Energy Costs - New Jersey’s rising energy costs can be attributed to unfettered conflicts of interest on the Board of Public Utilities. Additionally, as other states are learning, massive growth in warehouses and tech data centers increases energy demand, which is unfortunately passed on to residents rather than consolidated to the demand user. We can implement warehouse and data center moratoriums, and we can also restrict uses of AI so as to not lose jobs for people over robots.
Housing, land use, environmental rejuvenation, and resident happiness.
I am proud to say that I look up to and want to follow the footsteps of Senator Bernie Sanders. At a very local level, I know that people are in fact tired of establishment politics and establishment economics.
I’d recommend watching Cory Booker’s Street Fight documentary, and then asking yourself if that version of Cory Booker matches the federal version of Cory Booker, who frequently seemed eager to support various machine interests even though he fought against one of the most corrupt NJ machines to ever exist.
Ethics, listening, kindness, empathy, courage, vision, and foresight.
I relate to peoples’ emotions, perhaps more than I should. Because of that, I am a good listener. I also have never held office before, so I’ve lived like most other residents my whole life, experiencing this life as it is. I plan to continue listening to people no matter their view as an elected assembly person.
The core responsibilities of this office come down to standing up for what is right, and calling out what is wrong. We know that most do not pay attention to state-level politics and instead pay attention to federal politics. In New Jersey, we know that our state-level politicians have long been acting in a similar behavior, through their legislation, to that of federal republicans, by reducing access to public records, darkening campaign finance laws, manipulating ballot design, restricting rights of assembly, and mostly acting in the interests of unelected party bosses. It is the duty of anyone elected to this seat to speak up for the thousands of people in this district who do not have any choice in who their internet provider is, or if they even have high-speed internet at all, among other issues.
The best thing I could ever do for the legislature and for my community is to empower more people to ask questions, run for office, and stand up for their beliefs in these particularly mad times.
I was born in 1993, so I do remember the anxiety of Y2K, but I more so remember the 9/11 attacks, and the ‘08 financial collapse.
My first job was being a bus boy in a local restaurant. I think I worked there for about two years.
Camden After the Fall by Howard Gillette. It’s not just an economic history, it’s a political machine history that mirrors a recent indictment.
Tony Stark as portrayed by Robert Downey Jr.
Bobby Sox by Green Day
Mental Health has been a struggle through my adult life, along with a very late ADHD determination.
Ideally, the Governor can communicate a set of values, and it is up to each state legislator to determine how those values relate to their pulse on their district communities. After accessing that, it is up to that legislator to determine how to vote on the Governor’s priorities. It is also essential for the state legislature to be communicating with the governor frequently, no matter the party, to make sure their community is properly heard and represented. This is very important for the 4th legislative district given is vast suburban and rural identity.
I think the greatest challenge facing New Jersey is a sense of unity. Not only does this reflect typical Republican versus Democrat issues, but New Jersey deals with party issues plus vast differences in priorities between North, Central, and South Jersey. I plan to be a loud, authentic, and caring voice for South Jersey.
Nope - prior experience might be useful for understand Robert’s Rules of Order and things like that. But this idea of “waiting your turn” or “getting involved locally first” is what I think has held the entire Democratic Party back these past few election cycles.
I really do - it is important to show other legislators in very different district how our issues may be so similar, just by a different definition.
I find it important to give voters, and other legislators, something real and something good to believe in, so I plan to model myself after U.S. Senator Andy Kim and Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop.
No - I am committed to this race and this race alone. I hope to communicate in the kindest way possible that running for office is very hard - it is draining, taxing, and sometimes depressing given how often you may feel powerless as a candidate. I am committed to serving the 4th legislative district and inspiring change here.
In New Jersey, this is the first time that the State Legislature is actually facing a statewide challenge through Assembly primaries. The incumbent representatives therefore decided to increase the number of requires petition signatures to become a candidate. So, while canvassing for signature, a very kind retired couple from Gloucester Township invited me into their home to sign my petition. It was snowing some time in January. Both the husband and the wife looked to me and then pointed at the TV, which had 6ABC Action News on, and said, “You can’t let this state go red. This man is laying off thousands of people just because. People are expecting babies and losing their jobs. We are old, we are retired, and we have no hope for your generation with this guy. You can’t let this state go red”. After meeting this couple, as they were cooking some pasta, I updated my little whiteboard of my “Why”, and I vowed to never give up no matter the roadblocks set before me.
Just about any conversational application of a core SpongeBob quote :)
The legislature should absolutely have a say. We know that at the federal level this has gotten out of control through the executive branch.
The first bill I would introduce would be a bill that reintroduces proper access to government records.
Steven Fulop; The Good Government Coalition of New Jersey; more to come!
Higher Education, Housing, Environment, Transportation.
Government transparency in New Jersey has been on the decline, and in general, so have our pay-to-play laws. Government Accountability in New Jersey has largely not been a factor due to the unconstitutional County Line ballot many counties had used for decades. Since Andy Kim sued and had that design thrown out in not one, but two federal courts, I’m eager, proud, and excited to be running for State Assembly in the first full election cycle without an unconstitutional ballot design.
It is a good thing for New Jersey, and it drives voter turnout.
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See also
2025 Elections
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Footnotes
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