Jerry Walker (New Jersey)

Jerry Walker

Democratic Party

New Jersey General Assembly District 31

Tenure

2026 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

0

Prior offices:

Hudson County Board of County Commissioners District 3

Years in office: 2021 - 2026

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Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders District 3

Years in office: 2018 - 2021

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 4, 2025

Education

High school

St. Anthony High School

Personal

Profession

Nonprofit executive

Contact

Official website

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Jerry Walker (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 31. He assumed office on January 13, 2026. His current term ends on January 11, 2028.

Walker (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 31. He won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Biography

Jerry Walker graduated from St. Anthony High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Seton Hall University. His career experience includes working as the CEO of the nonprofit organization Team Walker, which he co-founded.

Elections

2025

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 (2 seats)

Jerry Walker and incumbent William Sampson defeated Anthony Acosta and Neil Schulman in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jerry Walker (D)	37.5	33,937
✔		William Sampson (D)	35.9	32,516
		Anthony Acosta (R)	13.6	12,340
		Neil Schulman (R)	13.0	11,786

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 90,579
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 (2 seats)

Jerry Walker and incumbent William Sampson defeated incumbent Barbara McCann Stamato and Jacqueline Weimmer in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 on June 10, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jerry Walker	28.8	9,071
✔		William Sampson	24.5	7,714
		Barbara McCann Stamato	23.7	7,482
	Submit photo	Jacqueline Weimmer	23.1	7,276

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,543
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Talya Schwartz Naor (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 (2 seats)

Anthony Acosta and Neil Schulman advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 on June 10, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anthony Acosta	58.1	2,520
✔		Neil Schulman	41.9	1,816

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,336
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Endorsements

Walker received the following endorsements.

• Hudson County Democratic Organization

2024

See also: New Jersey's 10th Congressional District special election, 2024

General election

Special general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

LaMonica McIver defeated Carmen Bucco, Russell Jenkins, and Rayfield Morton in the special general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on September 18, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		LaMonica McIver (D)	81.4	27,402
		Carmen Bucco (R)	15.6	5,258
		Russell Jenkins (One for All)	1.6	530
		Rayfield Morton (Creating Real Progress)	1.4	476

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,666
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on July 16, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		LaMonica McIver	47.4	12,507
		Derek Armstead	13.6	3,596
		Jerry Walker	9.7	2,568
	Submit photo	Darryl Godfrey	6.9	1,815
		Brittany Claybrooks	5.2	1,377
	Submit photo	Shana Melius	4.5	1,196
		Sheila Montague	3.7	966
		Alberta Gordon	2.9	756
		John J. Flora	2.6	684
		Eugene Mazo	2.2	586
	Submit photo	Debra Salters	1.2	316

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,367
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

Carmen Bucco advanced from the special Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on July 16, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carmen Bucco	100.0	2,015

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,015
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Walker in this election.

2023

See also: Municipal elections in Hudson County, New Jersey (2023)

General election

General election for Hudson County Board of County Commissioners District 3

Incumbent Jerry Walker won election in the general election for Hudson County Board of County Commissioners District 3 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jerry Walker (D)	98.7	5,232
		Other/Write-in votes	1.3	70

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,302
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hudson County Board of County Commissioners District 3

Incumbent Jerry Walker advanced from the Democratic primary for Hudson County Board of County Commissioners District 3 on June 6, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jerry Walker	98.7	3,436
		Other/Write-in votes	1.3	46

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,482
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Endorsements

Walker received the following endorsements.

• U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D)
• U.S. Rep. Robert Menendez Jr. (D)
• Gov. Phil Murphy (D)
• Hudson County, N.J., Democratic Organization

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Hudson County, New Jersey (2020)

General election

General election for Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders District 3

Incumbent Jerry Walker won election in the general election for Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jerry Walker (D)	99.6	27,348
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	111

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,459
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders District 3

Incumbent Jerry Walker defeated Rachael O'Brien in the Democratic primary for Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders District 3 on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jerry Walker	78.3	7,632
	Submit photo	Rachael O'Brien	21.6	2,104
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	9

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,745
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2017

See also: Municipal elections in Hudson County, New Jersey (2017)

General election

Hudson County, New Jersey, held a partisan general election for county clerk and all nine of its board of chosen freeholders on November 7, 2017.

Jerry Walker (D) ran unopposed in the general election for District 3 of the board of chosen freeholders.

Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders, District 3 General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jerry Walker  (unopposed)	99.92%	10,290
		Write-in votes	0.08%	8
Total Votes				10,298
Source: Hudson County Clerk, "General Election 2017 Election Results," November 14, 2017

Primary election

Hudson County, New Jersey, held partisan primary elections for county clerk and all nine of its board of chosen freeholders on June 6, 2017. The top vote recipient in each party's primary advanced to the general election. Jerry Walker defeated Andrew Kemp in the Democratic primary election for District 3 of the board of chosen freeholders.

Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders, District 3 Democratic Primary Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jerry Walker	72.16%	4,307
Andrew Kemp	27.81%	1,660
Write-in votes	0.03%	2
Total Votes		5,969
Source: Hudson County Clerk, "2017 June Primary Election Results," June 19, 2017

Campaign themes

2025

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2024

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2023

Jerry Walker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Jerry Walker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Jerry Walker campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	U.S. House New Jersey District 10	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal 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.

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Preceded by -	New Jersey General Assembly District 31 2026-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Hudson County Board of County Commissioners District 3 2021-2026	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders District 3 2018-2021	Succeeded by -

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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)

Maureen Rowan (D)

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

Anthony Angelozzi (D)

Andrea Katz (D)

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

Annette Quijano (D)

Ed Rodriguez (D)

District 21

Vincent Kearney (D)

Andrew Macurdy (D)

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

Aura Dunn (R)

Marisa Sweeney (D)

District 26

Brian Bergen (R)

Jay Webber (R)

District 27

Rosy Bagolie (D)

Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)

District 28

Chigozie Onyema (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)

Jerry Walker (D)

District 32

Ravinder Bhalla (D)

Katie Brennan (D)

District 33

Gabriel Rodriguez (D)

Larry Wainstein (D)

District 34

Carmen Morales (D)

Michael Venezia (D)

District 35

Alaa Abdelaziz (D)

Kenyatta Stewart (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)

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