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Gigi Esparza
Gigi Esparza was a member of the Toms River Regional Schools school board in New Jersey, representing South Toms River District. She assumed office in 2012. She left office in 2018.
Esparza (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 10. She lost in the general election on November 4, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 10 (2 seats)
Incumbent Gregory P. McGuckin and incumbent Paul Kanitra defeated Janine Bauer and Gigi Esparza in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 10 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gregory P. McGuckin (R) | 31.8 | 61,018 |
| ✔ |  | Paul Kanitra (R) | 31.5 | 60,443 |
| Janine Bauer (D) | 18.5 | 35,441 | ||
 | Gigi Esparza (D) | 18.2 | 34,833 | |
| Total votes: 191,735 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Debra Di Donato (D)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 10 (2 seats)
Debra Di Donato and Janine Bauer defeated Phil Nufrio in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 10 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Debra Di Donato | 42.3 | 9,250 | |
| ✔ | Janine Bauer | 36.3 | 7,933 | |
| Phil Nufrio | 21.4 | 4,685 | ||
| Total votes: 21,868 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 10 (2 seats)
Incumbent Gregory P. McGuckin and incumbent Paul Kanitra advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 10 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gregory P. McGuckin | 51.8 | 18,816 |
| ✔ | | Paul Kanitra | 48.2 | 17,505 |
| Total votes: 36,321 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Esparza in this election.
2015
Three of the nine seats on the Toms River Regional Schools school board were up for general election on November 3, 2015.[1] The seats of incumbents Joseph Torrone, Gigi Esparza, and Ginny Rhine were on the ballot.[2]
Challengers Joe Nardini and Christopher Raimann defeated Rhine and Torrone for the two Toms River Township seats. Nardini and Raimann ran together as a candidate slate. South Toms River Borough incumbent Esparza won re-election without opposition. Al Caporaso originally filed to run in this race, but he withdrew before the election.[3][4]
Results
| Toms River Board of Education, South Toms River Borough, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Gigi Esparza Incumbent |
69.4% | 184 |
| Write-in votes | 30.57% | 81 |
| Total Votes | 265 | |
| Source: Ocean County, "2015 General Election November 3, 2015, Official Results," accessed November 20, 2015 | ||
Funding
Esparza reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission in the election.[5]
The first campaign finance reporting deadline was October 5, 2015. Candidates had to file another report on October 23, 2015, and the last report was due November 23, 2015.[6]
Endorsements
Esparza received no official endorsements in this election.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gigi Esparza did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
Campaign finance information for this candidate is not yet available from OpenSecrets. That information will be published here once it is available.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2015 General Election Timeline," accessed January 29, 2015
- ↑ Toms River Regional Schools, " Administration: Meet the Board of Education," accessed July 26, 2015
- ↑ Ocean County, "2015 General Election November 3, 2015, Unofficial Results," accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ Vote Nardini and Raimann for Toms River Board of Education Facebook, "About," accessed October 21, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "View a Candidate or Election Related Committee Report," accessed November 24, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "2015 Reporting Dates," accessed July 21, 2015
