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Brian Rumpf
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Candidate, New Jersey General Assembly District 9

New Jersey General Assembly District 9
Tenure

2003 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

22

Prior offices
Mayor Little Egg Harbor Township

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

Education

Bachelor's

Catholic University of America

Law

Washington and Lee University School of Law, 1989

Personal
Religion
Christian: Catholic
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Brian Rumpf (Republican Party) is a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 9. He assumed office in 2003. His current term ends on January 13, 2026.

Rumpf (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 9. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. He advanced from the Republican primary on June 10, 2025.

Biography

Rumpf earned his B.A. in politics from the Catholic University of America and his J.D. from the Washington and Lee University School of Law. His professional experience includes working as an attorney at Rumpf, Rumpf and Reid.[1] Rumpf served as Mayor of Little Egg Harbor Township from 2000 to 2005.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Rumpf was assigned to the following committees:

2020-2021

Rumpf was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Rumpf was assigned to the following committees:

2016 legislative session

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

New Jersey committee assignments, 2016
Regulatory Oversight and Reform and Federal Relations
Telecommunications and Utilities

2015 legislative session

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

2014 legislative session

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

2010-2012

In the 2010-2012 legislative session, Rumpf 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

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 (2 seats)

Incumbent Gregory E. Myhre, incumbent Brian Rumpf, Lisa Bennett, and Rosalee Keech are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 on November 4, 2025.


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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 (2 seats)

Lisa Bennett and Rosalee Keech defeated Donald Campbell in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Lisa Bennett
 
40.1
 
10,802
Image of Rosalee Keech
Rosalee Keech Candidate Connection
 
36.4
 
9,812
Image of Donald Campbell
Donald Campbell
 
23.4
 
6,307

Total votes: 26,921
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 (2 seats)

Incumbent Brian Rumpf and incumbent Gregory E. Myhre advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Brian Rumpf
Brian Rumpf
 
54.0
 
22,511
Image of Gregory E. Myhre
Gregory E. Myhre
 
46.0
 
19,180

Total votes: 41,691
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2023

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 (2 seats)

Incumbent Brian Rumpf and Gregory E. Myhre defeated Sarah Collins, Joseph Atura, and Barry Bendar in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Brian Rumpf
Brian Rumpf (R)
 
34.0
 
37,559
Image of Gregory E. Myhre
Gregory E. Myhre (R)
 
32.9
 
36,342
Sarah Collins (D)
 
16.6
 
18,374
Image of Joseph Atura
Joseph Atura (D) Candidate Connection
 
15.6
 
17,205
Image of Barry Bendar
Barry Bendar (G)
 
0.9
 
979

Total votes: 110,459
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 (2 seats)

Sarah Collins and Joseph Atura advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Sarah Collins
 
50.5
 
6,807
Image of Joseph Atura
Joseph Atura Candidate Connection
 
49.5
 
6,678

Total votes: 13,485
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 (2 seats)

Incumbent Brian Rumpf and Gregory E. Myhre advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Brian Rumpf
Brian Rumpf
 
50.9
 
11,516
Image of Gregory E. Myhre
Gregory E. Myhre
 
49.1
 
11,124

Total votes: 22,640
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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 9 (2 seats)

Incumbent Brian Rumpf and incumbent DiAnne Gove defeated Alexis Jackson and Kristen Henninger-Holland in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Brian Rumpf
Brian Rumpf (R)
 
35.1
 
61,980
Image of DiAnne Gove
DiAnne Gove (R)
 
34.5
 
60,798
Alexis Jackson (D)
 
15.3
 
26,975
Kristen Henninger-Holland (D)
 
15.1
 
26,700

Total votes: 176,453
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 (2 seats)

Alexis Jackson and Kristen Henninger-Holland advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Alexis Jackson
 
50.7
 
6,907
Kristen Henninger-Holland
 
49.3
 
6,716

Total votes: 13,623
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 (2 seats)

Incumbent Brian Rumpf and incumbent DiAnne Gove advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Brian Rumpf
Brian Rumpf
 
51.0
 
17,293
Image of DiAnne Gove
DiAnne Gove
 
49.0
 
16,635

Total votes: 33,928
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2019

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 (2 seats)

Incumbent Brian Rumpf and incumbent DiAnne Gove defeated Sarah Collins and Wayne Lewis in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Brian Rumpf
Brian Rumpf (R)
 
34.5
 
36,537
Image of DiAnne Gove
DiAnne Gove (R)
 
33.8
 
35,808
Sarah Collins (D)
 
16.4
 
17,320
Wayne Lewis (D) Candidate Connection
 
15.3
 
16,247

Total votes: 105,912
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 (2 seats)

Sarah Collins and Wayne Lewis advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Sarah Collins
 
51.8
 
4,335
Wayne Lewis Candidate Connection
 
48.2
 
4,028

Total votes: 8,363
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 (2 seats)

Incumbent Brian Rumpf and incumbent DiAnne Gove advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 9 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Brian Rumpf
Brian Rumpf
 
51.0
 
9,035
Image of DiAnne Gove
DiAnne Gove
 
49.0
 
8,673

Total votes: 17,708
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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 Brian Rumpf (R) and incumbent DiAnne Gove (R) defeated Jill Dobrowansky (D) and Ryan Young (D) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 9 general election.[4][5]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 9 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Brian Rumpf Incumbent 31.89% 40,158
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png DiAnne Gove Incumbent 31.38% 39,523
     Democratic Jill Dobrowansky 18.69% 23,534
     Democratic Ryan Young 18.04% 22,721
Total Votes 125,936
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Jill Dobrowansky and Ryan Young were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 9 Democratic primary election.[6][7]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 9 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jill Dobrowansky 51.32% 6,048
Green check mark transparent.png Ryan Young 48.68% 5,737
Total Votes 11,785
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Incumbent Brian Rumpf and incumbent DiAnne Gove were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 9 Republican primary election.[8][7]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 9 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Brian Rumpf Incumbent 50.41% 9,137
Green check mark transparent.png DiAnne Gove Incumbent 49.59% 8,990
Total Votes 18,127
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. Fran Zimmer and John Bingham were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Brian Rumpf and incumbent DiAnne Gove were bracketed together and Fredric Kociban and Howard Height were bracketed together and in the Republican primary. Robert Arace (United at Once) was removed from the general election candidate list.[10] Rumpf and Gove defeated Zimmer and Bingham in the general election.[11][12][13][14]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 9 General Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Rumpf Incumbent 33.4% 24,325
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDiAnne Gove Incumbent 32.5% 23,676
     Democratic Fran Zimmer 17.4% 12,638
     Democratic John Bingham 16.7% 12,171
Total Votes 72,810
New Jersey General Assembly, District 9 Republican Primary, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Rumpf Incumbent 41.1% 6,805
Green check mark transparent.pngDiAnne Gove Incumbent 39% 6,454
Fredric Kociban 9.8% 1,623
Howard Height 10% 1,662
Total Votes 16,544

2013

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2013

Rumpf won re-election in the 2013 election for New Jersey General Assembly District 9. Rumpf was bracketed with DiAnne Gove. He was unopposed in the June 4 Republican primary. He and incumbent DiAnne Gove (R) defeated Peter Ferwerda III (D) and Christopher McManus (D) in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.[15][16][17][18]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 9 General Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Rumpf Incumbent 35.5% 45,690
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDiAnne Gove Incumbent 34% 43,695
     Democratic Christopher McManus 15.8% 20,354
     Democratic Peter Ferwerda III 14.7% 18,872
Total Votes 128,611

2011

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2011

Rumpf won re-election in 2011. Rumpf and incumbent DiAnne Gove ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 7. They defeated Democrats Carla Kearney and Bradley Billhimer in the November 8 general election.[19]

New Jersey General Assembly District 9 General Election, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Rumpf Incumbent 32.3% 30,896
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDiAnne Gove Incumbent 31.2% 29,898
     Democratic Carla Kearney 18.4% 17,648
     Democratic Bradley Billhimer 18.1% 17,338
Total Votes 95,780

2009

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2009

Rumpf ran for re-election in 2009. Rumpf was bracketed with DiAnne Gove (R) and defeated Democratic challengers Richard Visotcky and Robert Rue in the 2009 general election.[20][21]

New Jersey Assembly General Election, Ninth Legislative District (2009)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Brian E. Rumpf (R) 54,311
Green check mark transparent.png DiAnne Gove (R) 52,667
Richard P. Visotcky (D) 26,482
Robert E. Rue (D) 25,365

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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Brian Rumpf campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023New Jersey General Assembly District 9Won general$18,140 $0
2021New Jersey General Assembly District 9Won general$0 $0
2013New Jersey General Assembly, District 9Won $0 N/A**
2011New Jersey General Assembly, District 9Won $0 N/A**
2009New Jersey General Assembly, District 9Won $0 N/A**
2007New Jersey General Assembly, District 9Won $0 N/A**
2005New Jersey General Assembly, District 9Won $0 N/A**
2003New Jersey General Assembly, District 9Won $18,607 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Endorsements

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Brian Rumpf endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.[22]

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed April 10, 2014
  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 list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  11. New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  12. New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
  13. New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 3, 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 general election candidates," September 9, 2013
  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. Associated Press, "General Election Results, November 4, 2009," accessed April 10, 2014
  21. New Jersey Department of State, "Official 2009 New Jersey Assembly General Election Results," accessed April 10, 2014
  22. Mitt Romney for President, "Mitt Romney Announces Support of New Jersey Leaders," April 11, 2014(Archived)


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