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Jeffrey Gates
Jeffrey Gates (Democratic Party) is running for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 40. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. He advanced from the Democratic primary on June 10, 2025.
Gates completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jeffrey Gates' career experience includes working in real estate and property management. He earned a bachelor's degree from the Ithaca College. Gates has been affiliated with the Kiwanis Club of Caldwell-West Essex and New Jersey District of Kiwanis.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 40 (2 seats)
Incumbent Al Barlas, incumbent Christopher DePhillips, Ron Arnau, and Jeffrey Gates are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 40 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
 | Al Barlas (R) | |
 | Christopher DePhillips (R) | |
 | Ron Arnau (D) | |
 | Jeffrey Gates (D)  | |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 40 (2 seats)
Jeffrey Gates and Ron Arnau advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 40 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeffrey Gates | 53.4 | 16,128 |
| ✔ | | Ron Arnau | 46.6 | 14,088 |
| Total votes: 30,216 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 40 (2 seats)
Incumbent Christopher DePhillips and incumbent Al Barlas advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 40 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christopher DePhillips | 54.7 | 13,757 |
| ✔ | | Al Barlas | 45.3 | 11,411 |
| Total votes: 25,168 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jeffrey Gates completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gates' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a lifelong resident of New Jersey, and a 3rd generation Councilman raised with a mindset of giving back to the community to make the world around me a better place. I'm not content doing nothing when I believe I have the skills, knowledge, and passion to help make New Jersey and specifically the 40th District to be the desirable place to live and work that we all love.
I live in Caldwell with my wife Lisa and son Eli (3 years old), in a 2-family house that we own. As an experienced property manager I have experience dealing with property and tenant issues and understand the need to balance short term needs with long term planning.
As a Realtor I see first hand the competitive nature of the real estate market in our area and the difficulty people who are well qualified have getting offers accepted when they are competing against a dozen or more other well qualified buyers. This is why I am passionate about pushing for any new developments being built to be "For Sale" instead of "For Rent". When a new building goes up as a rental property it is the builder / landlord who make money, and I believe we need to give young people the opportunity to start wealth building instead.- Housing and affordability are major issues in NJ. If elected I will push for incentives to have new developments being built as "For Sale" instead of "For Rent". When a new building goes up as a rental property it is the builder / landlord who make money, and I believe we need to give young people the opportunity to start wealth building instead. An increase in properties that can be purchased will allow people to build equity in a home starting at a younger age. I also will advocate for the Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit, and push for increased shared services for municipalities and schools which can help lower the tax burden on property owners.
- NJ is known for having great public schools, and some of the best in the state are within our district. We need to keep it that way. Unfortunately on the federal level the President is trying to shut down the Department of Education which if it happens will cut the federal subsidies our schools get. I will support our schools and teachers by fighting against those cuts and making sure our public schools don't need to cut programs due to these federal cuts.
- Flooding is an issue that effects many towns in our district, and any further building on empty lots will only make it worse. I believe we can establish a feasible long term plan for flood mitigation that can be publicly accessible so everyone knows what the state is doing and what they can personally do to help. With the President looking to defund FEMA we need to establish a plan to protect New Jersey in the event of floods, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. If the federal government won't help during emergencies we need to be prepared as a state to help our citizens.
I have a 3.5 year old son who will soon be going through the public schools (unlike my Republican opponents who send their kids to private schools). We need to ensure our children have a safe learning environment and that all of them have a chance to receive a great education.
We need to ensure any new housing needs are met in appropriate ways that don't overburden current infrastructure such as sewer plants, schools, roads and water supply.
I believe being selfless is essential to representing people in elected office. There are many complicated issues that we need to vote on, advocate for, and push legislation to pass. The public needs to know that those representing them are doing so out of the greater good and not for personal self interests.
I am very aware that there is a public perception by many that politicians are not honest. Anything I can do to help increase transparency and help improve public confidence that what they hear from me is the truth is important.
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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
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 8, 2025
