Erik Peterson (New Jersey)

Erik Peterson

Republican Party

Candidate, New Jersey General Assembly District 23

New Jersey General Assembly District 23

Tenure

2009 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

16

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

December 7, 2009

Education

Bachelor's

North Carolina State University, 1988

Law

Temple University School of Law, 1996

Personal

Profession

Attorney

Contact

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Erik Peterson (Republican Party) is a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 23. He assumed office in 2009. His current term ends on January 13, 2026.

Peterson (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 23. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. He advanced from the Republican primary on June 10, 2025.

Peterson has served as assistant minority whip.

Biography

Peterson earned his B.S. in business administration from North Carolina State University in 1988 and his J.D. from Temple University School of Law in 1996. His professional experience includes working as an attorney with the Law Office of Erik C. Peterson LLC, owner of Pep Title Agency, as a partner with Large, Scammell & Danzinger LLC from 2000 to 2003, as a partner with Gordon & Peterson LLC from 1998 to 1999, and as a manager for the Beneficial Management Corporation from 1988 to 1993. Peterson served on the Hunterdon County Board of Freeholders from 2006 to 2009.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Peterson was assigned to the following committees:

• Law and Public Safety Committee
• Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

2020-2021

Peterson was assigned to the following committees:

• Health Committee
• Law and Public Safety Committee

2019-2020

Peterson was assigned to the following committees:

• Law and Public Safety Committee
• Health Committee
• Judiciary Committee

2016 legislative session

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

New Jersey committee assignments, 2016
• Health and Senior Services
• Judiciary
• Law and Public Safety

2015 legislative session

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

New Jersey committee assignments, 2015
• Health and Senior Services
• Law and Public Safety

2014 legislative session

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

New Jersey committee assignments, 2014
• Health and Senior Services
• Law and Public Safety

2010-2012

In the 2010-2012 legislative session, Peterson served on the following committees:

New Jersey committee assignments, 2010
• Appropriations
• Labor

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2025

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)

Incumbent John DiMaio, incumbent Erik Peterson, Guy Citron, and Tyler Powell are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
		John DiMaio (R)
		Erik Peterson (R)
		Guy Citron (D)
		Tyler Powell (D)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)

Tyler Powell and Guy Citron advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on June 10, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tyler Powell	51.6	13,257
✔		Guy Citron	48.4	12,447

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,704
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)

Incumbent John DiMaio and incumbent Erik Peterson advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on June 10, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John DiMaio	53.5	17,794
✔		Erik Peterson	46.5	15,438

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,232
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matt Moench (R)

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2023

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)

Incumbent John DiMaio and incumbent Erik Peterson defeated Tyler Powell and Guy Citron in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John DiMaio (R)	29.5	31,122
✔		Erik Peterson (R)	28.8	30,366
		Tyler Powell (D)	20.9	22,118
		Guy Citron (D)	20.8	21,981

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 105,587
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Margaret Weinberger (D)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)

Margaret Weinberger and Guy Citron advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on June 6, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Margaret Weinberger	51.0	6,891
✔		Guy Citron	49.0	6,619

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,510
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)

Incumbent John DiMaio and incumbent Erik Peterson advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on June 6, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John DiMaio	50.4	8,545
✔		Erik Peterson	49.6	8,404

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,949
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2022

See also: New Jersey's 7th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 7

Thomas Kean Jr. defeated incumbent Tom Malinowski in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Kean Jr. (R)	51.4	159,392
		Tom Malinowski (D)	48.6	150,701

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 310,093
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Clayton Pajunas (L)
• Veronica Fernandez (Of, By, For!)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 7

Incumbent Tom Malinowski defeated Roger Bacon in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 7 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Malinowski	94.5	37,304
		Roger Bacon	5.5	2,185

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 39,489
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brandon Wienberg (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 7

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 7 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Kean Jr.	45.6	25,111
		Philip Rizzo	23.6	12,988
		Erik Peterson	15.4	8,493
		John P. Flora	5.5	3,051
		John Isemann	5.0	2,732
		Kevin Dorlon	4.1	2,237
	Submit photo	Sterling Schwab	0.8	429

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 55,041
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2021

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)

Incumbent John DiMaio and incumbent Erik Peterson defeated Hope Kaufman and Nicholas LaBelle in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John DiMaio (R)	30.7	46,020
✔		Erik Peterson (R)	29.9	44,801
		Hope Kaufman (D)	19.9	29,894
		Nicholas LaBelle (D)	19.4	29,146

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 149,861
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)

Hope Kaufman and Nicholas LaBelle advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on June 8, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hope Kaufman	50.1	6,523
✔		Nicholas LaBelle	49.9	6,493

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,016
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)

Incumbent John DiMaio and incumbent Erik Peterson advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on June 8, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John DiMaio	50.5	14,142
✔		Erik Peterson	49.5	13,881

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,023
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joel Weingarten (R)

2019

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)

Incumbent John DiMaio and incumbent Erik Peterson defeated Denise King and Marisa Trofimov in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John DiMaio (R)	30.2	28,620
✔		Erik Peterson (R)	30.1	28,485
	Submit photo	Denise King (D)	20.0	18,910
	Submit photo	Marisa Trofimov (D)	19.8	18,771

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,786
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)

Marisa Trofimov and Denise King advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on June 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marisa Trofimov	50.1	5,269
✔	Submit photo	Denise King	49.9	5,248

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,517
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)

Incumbent John DiMaio and incumbent Erik Peterson advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on June 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John DiMaio	50.1	9,037
✔		Erik Peterson	49.9	9,010

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,047
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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. 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. The following candidates ran in the New Jersey General Assembly District 23 general election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 23 General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John DiMaio Incumbent	29.37%	33,880
	Republican	Erik Peterson Incumbent	27.94%	32,233
	Democratic	Laura Shaw	21.14%	24,386
	Democratic	Charles Boddy	18.80%	21,690
	End the Corruption	Tyler J. Gran	1.67%	1,921
	We Define Tomorrow	Michael Estrada	1.09%	1,256
Total Votes				115,366
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Laura Shaw and Isaac Hadzovic were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 23 Democratic primary election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 23 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Laura Shaw	51.88%	7,706
Isaac Hadzovic	48.12%	7,147
Total Votes		14,853
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Incumbent John DiMaio and incumbent Erik Peterson were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 23 Republican primary election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 23 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John DiMaio Incumbent	50.43%	10,353
Erik Peterson Incumbent	49.57%	10,177
Total Votes		20,530
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. Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Marybeth Maciag and Maria Rodriguez were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent John DiMaio and incumbent Erik Peterson were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. DiMaio and Peterson defeated Maciag and Rodriguez in the general election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 23 General Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John DiMaio Incumbent	32.4%	17,654
	Republican	Erik Peterson Incumbent	31.3%	17,071
	Democratic	Maria Rodriguez	18.4%	10,056
	Democratic	Marybeth Maciag	17.9%	9,759
Total Votes				54,540

2013

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2013

Peterson won re-election in the 2013 election for New Jersey General Assembly District 23. Peterson was bracketed with John DiMaio. He was unopposed in the June 4 Republican primary. He and incumbent John DiMaio (R) defeated John Valentine (D) and Ralph Drake (D) in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 23 General Election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Erik Peterson Incumbent	33.8%	35,604
	Republican	John DiMaio Incumbent	33.6%	35,458
	Democratic	John Valentine	16.9%	17,828
	Democratic	Ralph Drake	15.7%	16,548
Total Votes				105,438

2011

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2011

Peterson won re-election in 2011. He and incumbent John DiMaio ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 7. They then defeated Scott McDonald (D) and Karen Carroll (D) in the November 8 general election.

New Jersey General Assembly District 23 General Election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Erik Peterson Incumbent	30.9%	21,074
	Republican	John DiMaio Incumbent	31.2%	21,289
	Democratic	Scott McDonald	18.2%	12,420
	Democratic	Karen Carroll	19.6%	13,369
Total Votes				68,152

2009

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2009

Bracketed with incumbent John DiMaio (R) in the November 3, 2009 election, Peterson received 47,968 votes (35%), defeating Democratic challengers William Courtney and Tammeisha Smith.

New Jersey Assembly General Election, Twenty-Third Legislative District (2009)
Candidates		Votes
John DiMaio (R)		49,137
Erik Peterson (R)		48,067
William J. Courtney (D)		21,997
Tammeisha Smith (D)		19,939

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2025

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2023

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2022

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2021

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2019

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Erik Peterson campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2023	New Jersey General Assembly District 23	Won general	$11,325	$0
2022	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Lost primary	$68,595	$68,595
2021	New Jersey General Assembly District 23	Won general	$14,100	$0
2013	New Jersey General Assembly, District 23	Won	$36,498	N/A**
2011	New Jersey General Assembly, District 23	Won	$39,183	N/A**
2009	New Jersey General Assembly, District 23	Won	$42,949	N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2024

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In 2024, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 9 to December 19.

2023

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2022

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2021

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2020

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2019

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2018

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2017

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2016

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2015

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2014

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2013

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2012

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2012

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Erik Peterson (New Jersey) endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.

Personal

Peterson and wife, Jenni, have four children.

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Current members of the New Jersey General Assembly

Leadership

Representatives

District 1

Antwan McClellan (R)

Erik Simonsen (R)

District 2

Don Guardian (R)

Claire Swift (R)

District 3

Dave Bailey (D)

Heather Simmons (D)

District 4

Dan Hutchison (D)

Cody Miller (D)

District 5

William Moen (D)

William Spearman (D)

District 6

Louis Greenwald (D)

Melinda Kane (D)

District 7

Carol Murphy (D)

Balvir Singh (D)

District 8

Andrea Katz (D)

Michael Torrissi (R)

District 9

Gregory Myhre (R)

Brian Rumpf (R)

District 10

Paul Kanitra (R)

Gregory McGuckin (R)

District 11

Margie Donlon (D)

Luanne Peterpaul (D)

District 12

Robert Clifton (R)

Alex Sauickie (R)

District 13

Victoria Flynn (R)

Gerard Scharfenberger (R)

District 14

Wayne DeAngelo (D)

Tennille McCoy (D)

District 15

Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)

Anthony Verrelli (D)

District 16

Mitchelle Drulis (D)

Roy Freiman (D)

District 17

Joseph Danielsen (D)

Kevin Egan (D)

District 18

Robert Karabinchak (D)

Sterley Stanley (D)

District 19

Craig Coughlin (D)

Yvonne Lopez (D)

District 20

Reginald Atkins (D)

Annette Quijano (D)

District 21

Michele Matsikoudis (R)

Nancy Muñoz (R)

District 22

Linda Carter (D)

James Kennedy (D)

District 23

John DiMaio (R)

Erik Peterson (R)

District 24

Dawn Fantasia (R)

Michael Inganamort (R)

District 25

Christian Barranco (R)

Aura Dunn (R)

District 26

Brian Bergen (R)

Jay Webber (R)

District 27

Rosy Bagolie (D)

Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)

District 28

Garnet Hall (D)

Cleopatra Tucker (D)

District 29

Eliana Marin (D)

Shanique Speight (D)

District 30

Sean Kean (R)

Avi Schnall (D)

District 31

William Sampson (D)

Barbara Stamato (D)

District 32

John Allen (D)

Jessica Ramirez (D)

District 33

Julio Marenco (D)

Gabriel Rodriguez (D)

District 34

Carmen Morales (D)

Michael Venezia (D)

District 35

Alaa Abdelaziz (D)

Shavonda Sumter (D)

District 36

Clinton Calabrese (D)

Gary Schaer (D)

District 37

Shama Haider (D)

Ellen Park (D)

District 38

Lisa Swain (D)

Chris Tully (D)

District 39

Robert Auth (R)

John Azzariti (R)

District 40

Al Barlas (R)

Christopher DePhillips (R)

Democratic Party (52)

Republican Party (28)