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Holly Schepisi
2021 - Present
2028
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Holly Schepisi (Republican Party) is a member of the New Jersey State Senate, representing District 39. She assumed office on March 25, 2021. Her current term ends on January 11, 2028.
Schepisi (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the New Jersey State Senate to represent District 39. She won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Biography
Holly Schepisi lives in River Vale, New Jersey.[1] Schepisi earned a B.A. in politics/psychology from The Catholic University of America and a J.D. from Fordham University. Her career experience includes working as a public defender with the Borough of Oakland and owning Schepisi Consulting & Law, LLC.[2] Schepisi has served on the board of the Bergen Community College Foundation.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Schepisi was assigned to the following committees:
- Community and Urban Affairs Committee
- Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
- Economic Justice and Equal Employment Opp Committee
2020-2021
Schepisi was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Schepisi was assigned to the following committees:
2016 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2016 legislative session, Schepisi served on the following committees:
New Jersey committee assignments, 2016 |
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• Appropriations |
• Health and Senior Services |
2015 legislative session
In the 2015 legislative session, Schepisi served on the following committees:
New Jersey committee assignments, 2015 |
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• Homeland Security and State Preparedness |
• Judiciary |
• New Jersey Legislative Select Committee on Investigation |
2014 legislative session
In the 2014 legislative session, Schepisi served on the following committees:
New Jersey committee assignments, 2014 |
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• Homeland Security and State Preparedness |
• Judiciary |
• New Jersey Legislative Select Committee on Investigation |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2023
See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2023
General election
General election for New Jersey State Senate District 39
Incumbent Holly Schepisi defeated Jodi Murphy in the general election for New Jersey State Senate District 39 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Holly Schepisi (R) | 54.9 | 34,448 |
![]() | Jodi Murphy (D) | 45.1 | 28,264 |
Total votes: 62,712 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 39
Jodi Murphy advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 39 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jodi Murphy | 100.0 | 6,753 |
Total votes: 6,753 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 39
Incumbent Holly Schepisi advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 39 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Holly Schepisi | 100.0 | 5,948 |
Total votes: 5,948 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2021
State Senate
See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2021
General election
General election for New Jersey State Senate District 39
Incumbent Holly Schepisi defeated Ruth Dugan and James Tosone in the general election for New Jersey State Senate District 39 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Holly Schepisi (R) | 57.2 | 45,985 |
![]() | Ruth Dugan (D) ![]() | 42.3 | 34,065 | |
![]() | James Tosone (L) ![]() | 0.5 | 403 |
Total votes: 80,453 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 39
Ruth Dugan advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 39 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ruth Dugan ![]() | 100.0 | 6,476 |
Total votes: 6,476 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 39
Incumbent Holly Schepisi advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 39 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Holly Schepisi | 100.0 | 9,212 |
Total votes: 9,212 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gerald Cardinale (R)
General Assembly
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)
Incumbent Robert Auth and incumbent DeAnne DeFuccio defeated Melinda Iannuzzi and Karlito Almeda in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Robert Auth (R) | 28.3 | 44,343 |
✔ | ![]() | DeAnne DeFuccio (R) | 27.9 | 43,791 |
Melinda Iannuzzi (D) | 22.3 | 34,890 | ||
![]() | Karlito Almeda (D) | 21.5 | 33,708 |
Total votes: 156,732 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)
Melinda Iannuzzi and Karlito Almeda advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Melinda Iannuzzi | 51.0 | 6,372 | |
✔ | ![]() | Karlito Almeda | 49.0 | 6,120 |
Total votes: 12,492 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)
Incumbent Robert Auth and incumbent DeAnne DeFuccio defeated John Azzariti and Jonathan Kurpis in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Robert Auth | 33.4 | 6,622 |
✔ | ![]() | DeAnne DeFuccio | 32.0 | 6,362 |
![]() | John Azzariti | 18.1 | 3,584 | |
Jonathan Kurpis | 16.6 | 3,287 |
Total votes: 19,855 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Holly Schepisi (R)
- John Glidden (R)
2019
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)
Incumbent Holly Schepisi and incumbent Robert Auth defeated John Birkner and Gerald Falotico in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Holly Schepisi (R) | 28.2 | 30,705 |
✔ | ![]() | Robert Auth (R) | 26.5 | 28,786 |
John Birkner (D) | 22.9 | 24,898 | ||
Gerald Falotico (D) | 22.4 | 24,302 |
Total votes: 108,691 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)
John Birkner and Gerald Falotico advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | John Birkner | 50.2 | 3,831 | |
✔ | Gerald Falotico | 49.8 | 3,795 |
Total votes: 7,626 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)
Incumbent Holly Schepisi and incumbent Robert Auth advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Holly Schepisi | 51.6 | 5,023 |
✔ | ![]() | Robert Auth | 48.4 | 4,710 |
Total votes: 9,733 | ||||
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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.[3] 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.[4] Incumbent Holly Schepisi (R) and incumbent Robert Auth (R) defeated Jannie Chung (D) and Annie Hausmann (D) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 39 general election.[5][6]
New Jersey General Assembly, District 39 General Election, 2017 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Republican | ![]() |
27.35% | 34,158 | |
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26.22% | 32,739 | |
Democratic | Jannie Chung | 23.32% | 29,126 | |
Democratic | Annie Hausmann | 23.11% | 28,862 | |
Total Votes | 124,885 | |||
Source: New Jersey Department of State |
Democratic primary election
Jannie Chung and Annie Hausmann were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 39 Democratic primary election.[7][8]
New Jersey General Assembly, District 39 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
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Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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50.45% | 6,591 |
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49.55% | 6,474 |
Total Votes | 13,065 | |
Source: New Jersey Department of State |
Republican primary election
Incumbent Holly Schepisi and incumbent Robert Auth were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 39 Republican primary election.[9][8]
New Jersey General Assembly, District 39 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
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Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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50.50% | 6,254 |
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49.50% | 6,131 |
Total Votes | 12,385 | |
Source: New Jersey Department of State |
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.[10] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Jeffrey Goldsmith and John Derienzo were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Holly Schepisi and incumbent Robert Auth were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Schepisi and Auth defeated Goldsmith and Derienzo in the general election.[11][12][13][14][15]
2013
Schepisi won re-election in the 2013 election for New Jersey General Assembly District 39. Schepisi was bracketed with Robert Auth. She was unopposed in the June 4 Republican primary. She and Robert Auth (R) defeated Anthony N. Iannarelli, Jr. (D) and Donna C. Abene (D) in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.[16][17][18][19]
2011
On November 8, 2011, Schepisi won election to District 39 of the New Jersey General Assembly. She replaced incumbent Charlotte Vandervalk on the Republican ticket after Vandervalk decided not to run for re-election. Schepisi and fellow Republican Robert Schroeder defeated Anthony Iannarelli, Jr. (D), Michael McCarthy (D), and Clinton Bosca (I) in the general election.[20][21]
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2021
Holly Schepisi did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
Holly Schepisi did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Holly Schepisi did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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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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In 2023, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 10 to January 8.
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2022
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In 2022, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 11 to December 31. |
2021
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In 2021, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 4 to January 11.
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2020
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In 2020, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 14 to December 17.
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2019
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In 2019, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 9, 2018, through January 14, 2020.
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2018
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In 2018, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 9 through January 8, 2019.
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2017
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In 2017, the 217th New Jersey State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 10 through January 9, 2018.
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2016
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In 2016, the 217th New Jersey State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 12 through January 10, 2017.
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2015
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In 2015, the 216th New Jersey State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 13 through December 31.
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2014
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In 2014, the 216th New Jersey State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 14 through January 12, 2015.
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2013
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In 2013, the 215th New Jersey State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 10 to January 13, 2014.
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2012
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In 2012, the 215th New Jersey State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 10 to January 9, 2013.
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Endorsements
Presidential preference
2012
Holly Schepisi endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.[22]
Personal
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Schepisi and her husband, Paul, have two children. They live in River Vale Township.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Officeholder New Jersey State Senate District 39 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Holly Schepisi for State Senate, "Meet Holly," accessed May 12, 2021
- ↑ New Jersey Legislature, "Holly T. Schepisi (R)," accessed May 12, 2021
- ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 3, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed July 26, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official 2013 General Assembly general election candidates," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "New Jersey - Summary Vote Results," November 6, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2013 Official General Election results," accessed December 9, 2013
- ↑ North Jersey, "Republicans pick Holly Schepisi to run in 39th District," September 13, 2011
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2011 Official General Assembly Primary Candidate List," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ Mitt Romney for President, "Mitt Romney Announces Support of New Jersey Leaders," April 11, 2014(Archived)
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Preceded by - |
New Jersey State Senate District 39 2021-Present |
Succeeded by - |
Preceded by - |
New Jersey General Assembly District 39 2012-2021 |
Succeeded by DeAnne DeFuccio (R) |