Clinton Calabrese

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Clinton Calabrese
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Candidate, New Jersey General Assembly District 36

New Jersey General Assembly District 36
Tenure

2018 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

7

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

Contact

Clinton Calabrese (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 36. He assumed office on February 8, 2018. His current term ends on January 13, 2026.

Calabrese (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 36. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. He advanced from the Democratic primary on June 10, 2025.

Biography

Calabrese earned a B.S. in Finance and Management from St. Joseph’s University and an M.S. in Real Estate from New York University.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Calabrese was assigned to the following committees:

2020-2021

Calabrese was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Calabrese was assigned to 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 36 (2 seats)

Incumbent Clinton Calabrese, incumbent Gary Schaer, Diane DeBiase, and Christopher Musto are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 on November 4, 2025.


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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 (2 seats)

Incumbent Gary Schaer and incumbent Clinton Calabrese advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gary Schaer
Gary Schaer
 
50.3
 
10,557
Image of Clinton Calabrese
Clinton Calabrese
 
49.7
 
10,449

Total votes: 21,006
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 (2 seats)

Christopher Musto and Diane DeBiase defeated Chris Auriemma and Craig Auriemma in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Christopher Musto
Christopher Musto Candidate Connection
 
32.9
 
3,090
Image of Diane DeBiase
Diane DeBiase
 
30.5
 
2,863
Image of Chris Auriemma
Chris Auriemma
 
20.3
 
1,901
Craig Auriemma
 
16.3
 
1,526

Total votes: 9,380
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Endorsements

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2023

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 (2 seats)

Incumbent Clinton Calabrese and incumbent Gary Schaer defeated Craig Auriemma and Joseph Viso in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Clinton Calabrese
Clinton Calabrese (D)
 
30.6
 
18,228
Image of Gary Schaer
Gary Schaer (D)
 
30.3
 
18,072
Craig Auriemma (R)
 
19.7
 
11,761
Joseph Viso (R)
 
19.4
 
11,546

Total votes: 59,607
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 (2 seats)

Incumbent Clinton Calabrese and incumbent Gary Schaer advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Clinton Calabrese
Clinton Calabrese
 
50.3
 
4,328
Image of Gary Schaer
Gary Schaer
 
49.7
 
4,272

Total votes: 8,600
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 (2 seats)

Craig Auriemma and Joseph Viso advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Craig Auriemma
 
50.3
 
2,234
Joseph Viso
 
49.7
 
2,209

Total votes: 4,443
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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 36 (2 seats)

Incumbent Gary Schaer and incumbent Clinton Calabrese defeated Joseph Viso and Craig Auriemma in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gary Schaer
Gary Schaer (D)
 
28.4
 
24,654
Image of Clinton Calabrese
Clinton Calabrese (D)
 
27.8
 
24,137
Joseph Viso (R)
 
21.9
 
19,025
Craig Auriemma (R)
 
21.9
 
19,008

Total votes: 86,824
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 (2 seats)

Incumbent Gary Schaer and incumbent Clinton Calabrese advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gary Schaer
Gary Schaer
 
50.5
 
4,502
Image of Clinton Calabrese
Clinton Calabrese
 
49.5
 
4,407

Total votes: 8,909
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 (2 seats)

Craig Auriemma and Joseph Viso advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Craig Auriemma (Write-in)
 
50.2
 
113
Joseph Viso (Write-in)
 
49.8
 
112

Total votes: 225
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2019

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 (2 seats)

Incumbent Gary Schaer and incumbent Clinton Calabrese defeated Foster Lowe and Khaldoun Androwis in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gary Schaer
Gary Schaer (D)
 
30.8
 
16,747
Image of Clinton Calabrese
Clinton Calabrese (D)
 
30.5
 
16,622
Image of Foster Lowe
Foster Lowe (R) Candidate Connection
 
19.4
 
10,561
Image of Khaldoun Androwis
Khaldoun Androwis (R) Candidate Connection
 
19.3
 
10,496

Total votes: 54,426
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 (2 seats)

Incumbent Clinton Calabrese and incumbent Gary Schaer defeated Edward Tolga Gonca in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Clinton Calabrese
Clinton Calabrese
 
47.3
 
3,879
Image of Gary Schaer
Gary Schaer
 
47.3
 
3,878
Image of Edward Tolga Gonca
Edward Tolga Gonca
 
5.3
 
437

Total votes: 8,194
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 (2 seats)

Khaldoun Androwis and Foster Lowe advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Khaldoun Androwis
Khaldoun Androwis Candidate Connection
 
50.0
 
1,447
Image of Foster Lowe
Foster Lowe Candidate Connection
 
50.0
 
1,445

Total votes: 2,892
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2018

General election

Special general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 36

Incumbent Clinton Calabrese defeated Marc Marsi in the special general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 36 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Clinton Calabrese
Clinton Calabrese (D)
 
63.8
 
36,914
Marc Marsi (R)
 
36.2
 
20,946

Total votes: 57,860
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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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Clinton Calabrese campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023New Jersey General Assembly District 36Won general$359,106 $0
2021New Jersey General Assembly District 36Won general$178,957 $0
Grand total$538,063 $0
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

Noteworthy events

Tested positive for coronavirus

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On March 21, 2020, Clinton Calabrese announced he tested positive for coronavirus.[1]

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