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Eliana Pintor Marin
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Candidate, New Jersey General Assembly District 29

New Jersey General Assembly District 29
Tenure

2013 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

12

Prior offices
Newark Board of Education Advisory Board Member

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

Appointed

September 11, 2013

Education

Bachelor's

St. John's University

Graduate

St. John's University

Personal
Profession
Division manager
Contact

Eliana Pintor Marin (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 29. She assumed office in 2013. Her current term ends on January 13, 2026.

Marin (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 29. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. She advanced from the Democratic primary on June 10, 2025.

She was first appointed to the chamber to replace Alberto Coutinho (D). She won election to her first full term in the chamber on November 5, 2013.

Biography

Pintor Marin earned her B.S. in legal studies from St. John’s University and her M.S. in government and politics from St. John’s University. Her professional experience includes working as the division manager of passports and vault recording for the Essex County Clerk's Office. She served as a member of the Newark Board of Education Advisory Board from 2008 to 2014.[1]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Marin was assigned to the following committees:

2020-2021

Marin was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Marin was assigned to the following committees:

2016 legislative session

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

New Jersey committee assignments, 2016
Commerce and Economic Development, Vice-Chair
Budget
Telecommunications and Utilities

2015 legislative session

In the 2015 legislative session, Pintor Marin served on the following committees:

2014 legislative session

In the 2014 legislative session, Pintor Marin 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 29 (2 seats)

Incumbent Eliana Pintor Marin, incumbent Shanique Speight, Daniela Ferreira Almeida, and Noble Milton are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 on November 4, 2025.


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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 (2 seats)

Incumbent Shanique Speight and incumbent Eliana Pintor Marin advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shanique Speight
Shanique Speight
 
53.3
 
7,758
Image of Eliana Pintor Marin
Eliana Pintor Marin
 
46.7
 
6,786

Total votes: 14,544
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 (2 seats)

Daniela Ferreira Almeida and Noble Milton advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Daniela Ferreira Almeida
 
55.2
 
583
Image of Noble Milton
Noble Milton
 
44.8
 
473

Total votes: 1,056
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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 29 (2 seats)

Incumbent Eliana Pintor Marin and incumbent Shanique Speight defeated Orlando Mendez and Noble Milton in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eliana Pintor Marin
Eliana Pintor Marin (D)
 
42.5
 
7,488
Image of Shanique Speight
Shanique Speight (D)
 
42.0
 
7,409
Orlando Mendez (R)
 
8.1
 
1,419
Image of Noble Milton
Noble Milton (R) Candidate Connection
 
7.4
 
1,308

Total votes: 17,624
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 (2 seats)

Incumbent Shanique Speight and incumbent Eliana Pintor Marin advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shanique Speight
Shanique Speight
 
50.3
 
3,792
Image of Eliana Pintor Marin
Eliana Pintor Marin
 
49.7
 
3,749

Total votes: 7,541
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 (2 seats)

Orlando Mendez and Noble Milton advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Orlando Mendez
 
52.1
 
233
Image of Noble Milton
Noble Milton Candidate Connection
 
47.9
 
214

Total votes: 447
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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 29 (2 seats)

Incumbent Eliana Pintor Marin and incumbent Shanique Speight defeated Debra Salters in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eliana Pintor Marin
Eliana Pintor Marin (D)
 
49.1
 
19,919
Image of Shanique Speight
Shanique Speight (D)
 
48.3
 
19,576
Debra Salters (Salters for All Party)
 
2.6
 
1,037

Total votes: 40,532
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 (2 seats)

Incumbent Shanique Speight and incumbent Eliana Pintor Marin advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shanique Speight
Shanique Speight
 
50.8
 
6,005
Image of Eliana Pintor Marin
Eliana Pintor Marin
 
49.2
 
5,814

Total votes: 11,819
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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 29 (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eliana Pintor Marin
Eliana Pintor Marin (D)
 
40.9
 
8,994
Image of Shanique Speight
Shanique Speight (D)
 
39.4
 
8,664
John Anello (R)
 
7.7
 
1,689
Jeannette Veras (R)
 
7.0
 
1,535
Image of Yolanda Johnson
Yolanda Johnson (Jobs, Equal Rights Party)
 
2.8
 
609
Nichelle Velazquez (Jobs, Equal Rights Party)
 
2.4
 
524

Total votes: 22,015
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 (2 seats)

Incumbent Eliana Pintor Marin and incumbent Shanique Speight defeated Awais Qazi and Steve Jose Poveda in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eliana Pintor Marin
Eliana Pintor Marin
 
45.9
 
4,084
Image of Shanique Speight
Shanique Speight
 
43.7
 
3,891
Image of Awais Qazi
Awais Qazi Candidate Connection
 
5.5
 
486
Steve Jose Poveda
 
5.0
 
445

Total votes: 8,906
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 (2 seats)

John Anello and Jeannette Veras advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 29 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
John Anello
 
52.8
 
434
Jeannette Veras
 
47.2
 
388

Total votes: 822
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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 Eliana Pintor Marin (D) and Shanique Speight (D) defeated Charles Hood (R) and Jeannette Veras (R) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 29 general election.[4][5]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 29 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Eliana Pintor Marin Incumbent 44.82% 19,088
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Shanique Speight 42.98% 18,308
     Republican Charles Hood 6.16% 2,622
     Republican Jeannette Veras 6.04% 2,574
Total Votes 42,592
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Incumbent Eliana Pintor Marin and Shanique Speight were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 29 Democratic primary election.[6][7]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 29 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Eliana Pintor Marin Incumbent 50.59% 7,174
Green check mark transparent.png Shanique Speight 49.41% 7,007
Total Votes 14,181
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Charles Hood and Jeannette Veras were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 29 Republican primary election.[8][7]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 29 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Charles Hood 50.66% 499
Green check mark transparent.png Jeannette Veras 49.34% 486
Total Votes 985
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. Incumbent L. Grace Spencer and incumbent Eliana Pintor Marin were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Nicholas Campione and Jeannette Veras were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Spencer and Pintor Marin defeated Campione, Veras and Pablo Olivera (Wake Up Jersey) in the general election.[10][11][12][13]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 29 General Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngL. Grace Spencer Incumbent 42.9% 7,146
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngEliana Pintor Marin Incumbent 39.2% 6,539
     Republican Nicholas Campione 8.5% 1,409
     Republican Jeannette Veras 6.5% 1,077
     Wake Up Jersey Pablo Olivera 3% 498
Total Votes 16,669

2013

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2013

Pintor-Marin won re-election in the 2013 election for New Jersey General Assembly District 29. She was added to the general election ballot after Alberto Coutinho (D) resigned from office. She and incumbent L. Grace Spencer (D) defeated Aracelis Sanabria Tejada (R) and Elaine L. Guarino (R) in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.[14][15][16][17]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 29 General Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngL. Grace Spencer Incumbent 40.4% 15,259
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngEliana Pintor Marin 38.8% 14,645
     Republican Aracelis Sanabria Tejada 10.5% 3,957
     Republican Elaine L. Guarino 10.3% 3,903
Total Votes 37,764

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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Eliana Pintor Marin campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023New Jersey General Assembly District 29Won general$492,728 $0
2021New Jersey General Assembly District 29Won general$399,370 $0
2013New Jersey General Assembly, District 29Won $14,675 N/A**
Grand total$906,773 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Footnotes

  1. New Jersey Legislature, "Eliana Pintor Marin (D)," accessed August 22, 2017
  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 candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
  11. New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary election results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  12. New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  13. New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
  14. nj.com, "Eliana Pintor Marin will replace Essex Assemblyman Coutinho," accessed October 7, 2013
  15. New Jersey Department of State, "Official 2013 General Assembly general election candidates," accessed April 10, 2014
  16. Associated Press, "New Jersey - Summary Vote Results," November 6, 2013
  17. New Jersey Department of State, "2013 Official General Election results," accessed December 9, 2013


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