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John McKeon
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New Jersey State Senate District 27
Tenure

2024 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

1

Predecessor
Prior offices
Mayor of the Township of West Orange

New Jersey General Assembly District 27

Compensation

Base salary

$49,000/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2023

Education

High school

West Orange Mountain High School

Bachelor's

Muhlenberg College

Law

Seton Hall University School of Law, 1983

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

John McKeon (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Jersey State Senate, representing District 27. He assumed office on January 9, 2024. His current term ends on January 11, 2028.

McKeon (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Jersey State Senate to represent District 27. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.

McKeon also ran for re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 27. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 7, 2023.

McKeon served as a deputy speaker of the Assembly from 2010 to 2011, majority whip from 2008 to 2009, assistant majority leader from 2006 to 2007, and assistant majority whip from 2004 to 2005.

Biography

McKeon earned his B.A. from Muhlenberg College in 1980 and his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1983. His professional experience includes working as an attorney and partner with the firm of Hardin, Kundla, McKeon, Poletto and Polifroni.[1] McKeon served as Mayor of the Township of West Orange from 1998 to 2010.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

McKeon was assigned to the following committees:

2020-2021

McKeon was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

McKeon was assigned to the following committees:

2016 legislative session

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

New Jersey committee assignments, 2016
Judiciary, Chair
Environment and Solid Waste, Vice-Chair
Budget
Financial Institutions and Insurance

2015 legislative session

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

2014 legislative session

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

2010-2012

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

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2023

State Senate

See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2023

General election
General election for New Jersey State Senate District 27

John McKeon defeated Michael Byrne in the general election for New Jersey State Senate District 27 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John McKeon
John McKeon (D)
 
71.1
 
28,499
Image of Michael Byrne
Michael Byrne (R) Candidate Connection
 
28.9
 
11,566

Total votes: 40,065
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 27

Incumbent Richard Codey defeated incumbent Nia Gill in the Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 27 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Richard Codey
Richard Codey
 
57.5
 
8,148
Image of Nia Gill
Nia Gill
 
42.5
 
6,021

Total votes: 14,169
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 27

Michael Byrne advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 27 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Byrne
Michael Byrne (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
182

Total votes: 182
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Endorsements

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General Assembly

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023

General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 (2 seats)

Rosy Bagolie and Alixon Collazos-Gill defeated Irene DeVita and Michael Mecca Jr. in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rosy Bagolie
Rosy Bagolie (D)
 
34.9
 
27,303
Image of Alixon Collazos-Gill
Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)
 
34.8
 
27,245
Image of Irene DeVita
Irene DeVita (R)
 
15.2
 
11,916
Michael Mecca Jr. (R)
 
15.0
 
11,732

Total votes: 78,196
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 (2 seats)

Incumbent John McKeon and Alixon Collazos-Gill defeated Eve Robinson and Craig Stanley in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John McKeon
John McKeon
 
39.1
 
10,264
Image of Alixon Collazos-Gill
Alixon Collazos-Gill
 
36.6
 
9,624
Eve Robinson
 
18.3
 
4,801
Craig Stanley
 
6.1
 
1,595

Total votes: 26,284
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 (2 seats)

Jonathan Sym and Irene DeVita advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jonathan Sym (Write-in)
 
53.5
 
212
Image of Irene DeVita
Irene DeVita (Write-in)
 
46.5
 
184

Total votes: 396
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Endorsements

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2021

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 (2 seats)

Incumbent John McKeon and incumbent Mila Jasey defeated Kevin Ryan and Jonathan Sym in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John McKeon
John McKeon (D)
 
31.6
 
48,489
Image of Mila Jasey
Mila Jasey (D)
 
30.9
 
47,461
Kevin Ryan (R)
 
18.9
 
28,983
Jonathan Sym (R)
 
18.5
 
28,419

Total votes: 153,352
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 (2 seats)

Incumbent John McKeon and incumbent Mila Jasey advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John McKeon
John McKeon
 
50.2
 
11,900
Image of Mila Jasey
Mila Jasey
 
49.8
 
11,784

Total votes: 23,684
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 (2 seats)

Kevin Ryan and Jonathan Sym advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Kevin Ryan
 
50.5
 
6,076
Jonathan Sym
 
49.5
 
5,964

Total votes: 12,040
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2019

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 (2 seats)

Incumbent John McKeon and incumbent Mila Jasey defeated Michael Dailey and Mauro Tucci in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John McKeon
John McKeon (D)
 
33.0
 
27,787
Image of Mila Jasey
Mila Jasey (D)
 
32.0
 
26,987
Michael Dailey (R)
 
17.6
 
14,816
Mauro Tucci (R)
 
17.4
 
14,706

Total votes: 84,296
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 (2 seats)

Incumbent John McKeon and incumbent Mila Jasey advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John McKeon
John McKeon
 
50.4
 
6,957
Image of Mila Jasey
Mila Jasey
 
49.6
 
6,849

Total votes: 13,806
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 (2 seats)

Michael Dailey and Mauro Tucci advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Michael Dailey
 
51.0
 
4,669
Mauro Tucci
 
49.0
 
4,483

Total votes: 9,152
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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.[2] 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.[3] Incumbent John McKeon (D) and incumbent Mila Jasey (D) defeated Ronald DeRose (R) and Angelo Tedesco (R) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 27 general election.[4][5]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 27 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png John McKeon Incumbent 33.36% 39,742
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mila Jasey Incumbent 32.16% 38,311
     Republican Ronald DeRose 17.31% 20,625
     Republican Angelo Tedesco 17.17% 20,451
Total Votes 119,129
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Incumbent John McKeon and incumbent Mila Jasey were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 27 Democratic primary election.[6][7]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 27 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png John McKeon Incumbent 50.44% 14,493
Green check mark transparent.png Mila Jasey Incumbent 49.56% 14,241
Total Votes 28,734
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Angelo Tedesco and Ronald DeRose were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 27 Republican primary election.[8][7]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 27 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Angelo Tedesco 50.28% 5,058
Green check mark transparent.png Ronald DeRose 49.72% 5,002
Total Votes 10,060
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.[9] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Incumbent John McKeon and incumbent Mila Jasey were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Tayfun Selen and Wonkyu "Q" Rim were unopposed in the Republican primary. McKeon, Jasey, Selen, Rim, Damien Caillault (L) and Jeff Hetrick (L) faced off in the general election.[10][11][12][13][14]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 27 General Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJohn McKeon Incumbent 29.4% 19,128
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMila Jasey Incumbent 27.6% 17,971
     Republican Wonkyu "Q" Rim 21.3% 13,896
     Republican Tayfun Selen 19.9% 12,957
     Libertarian Jeff Hetrick 0.9% 616
     Libertarian Damien Caillault 0.9% 564
Total Votes 65,132

2013

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2013

McKeon won re-election in the 2013 election for New Jersey General Assembly District 27. McKeon was bracketed with Mila Jasey. He was unopposed in the June 4 Democratic primary. He and incumbent Mila Jasey (D) defeated Angelo Tedesco (R) and Laura M. Ali (R) in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.[15][16][17][18]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 27 General Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJohn McKeon Incumbent 27.8% 30,554
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMila Jasey Incumbent 26.7% 29,345
     Republican Angelo Tedesco 23.1% 25,378
     Republican Laura Ali 22.5% 24,732
Total Votes 110,009

2011

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2011

McKeon won re-election in 2011. He and incumbent Mila Jasey were bracketed together and defeated Ellen Steinberg in the Democratic primary on June 7. They then defeated Lee Holtzman (R) and Nicole Hagner (R) in the November 8 general election.[19]

New Jersey General Assembly District 27 General Election, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJohn McKeon Incumbent 28% 23,508
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMila Jasey Incumbent 27.1% 22,757
     Republican Lee Holtzman 22.5% 18,857
     Republican Nicole Hagner 22.4% 18,790
Total Votes 83,912

2009

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2009

McKeon successfully won re-election in the November 3, 2009, general election. He was bracketed with Mila Jasey (D) and defeated Republican challengers Mark Meyerowitz and Barry Funt.[20][21]

New Jersey Assembly General Election, Twenty-Seventh Legislative District (2009)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png John F. McKeon (D) 33,013
Green check mark transparent.png Mila M. Jasey (D) 30,399
Mark Meyerowitz (R) 18,841
Barry Funt (R) 18,409

Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2021

John McKeon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

John McKeon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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John McKeon campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023New Jersey General Assembly District 27Withdrew general$0 $0
2023New Jersey State Senate District 27Won general$287,681 $0
2021New Jersey General Assembly District 27Won general$232,325 $0
2013New Jersey General Assembly, District 27Won $141,143 N/A**
2011New Jersey General Assembly, District 27Won $539,350 N/A**
2009New Jersey General Assembly, District 27Won $396,757 N/A**
2007New Jersey General Assembly, District 27Won $443,258 N/A**
2005New Jersey General Assembly, District 27Won $198,795 N/A**
2003New Jersey General Assembly, District 27Won $40,035 N/A**
2001New Jersey General Assembly, District 27Won $326,656 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Endorsements

2013

In 2013, McKeon’s endorsements included the following:[22] [23]

  • The New Jersey AFL-CIO
  • Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey

2011

In 2011, McKeon’s endorsements included the following:[24]

Personal

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McKeon and his wife, Anne Mader McKeon, have three daughters.

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed April 10, 2014
  2. New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
  3. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
  4. New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
  5. New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
  6. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  7. 7.0 7.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
  8. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  9. New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
  10. New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
  11. New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 3, 2015
  12. New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  13. New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  14. New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
  15. New Jersey Department of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed July 26, 2013
  16. New Jersey Department of State, "Official 2013 General Assembly general election candidates," accessed April 10, 2014
  17. Associated Press, "New Jersey - Summary Vote Results," November 6, 2013
  18. New Jersey Department of State, "2013 Official General Election results," accessed December 9, 2013
  19. New Jersey Department of State, "2011 Official General Assembly Primary Candidate List," accessed April 10, 2014
  20. Associated Press, "General Election Results, November 4, 2009," accessed April 10, 2014
  21. New Jersey Department of State, "Official 2009 New Jersey Assembly General Election Results," accessed April 10, 2014
  22. PolitickerNJ.com, "AFL-CIO endorses candidates for elections," accessed September 4, 2013
  23. Planned Parenthood NJ "Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey Announces Endorsements in State Elections," accessed September 5, 2013
  24. Politicker NJ, "2011 AFL-CIO endorsed candidates," accessed August 5, 2011

Political offices
Preceded by
Richard Codey (D)
New Jersey State Senate District 27
2024-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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New Jersey General Assembly District 27
2002-2024
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Mayor of the Township of West Orange
1998-2010
Succeeded by
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