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Nancy Muñoz
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Candidate, New Jersey General Assembly District 21

New Jersey General Assembly District 21
Tenure

2009 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

16

Compensation

Base salary

$49,000/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2023

Next election

November 4, 2025

Appointed

2009

Education

Bachelor's

Skidmore College

Graduate

Hunter College, 1983

Contact

Nancy Muñoz (Republican Party) is a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 21. She assumed office in 2009. Her current term ends on January 13, 2026.

Muñoz (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 21. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. She advanced from the Republican primary on June 10, 2025.

Muñoz was first appointed to the chamber in 2009 to replace her late husband Eric Munoz (R), who died in office.

She has served as Republican whip.[1] She previously served as deputy minority conference leader from 2016 to 2017, deputy minority leader from 2014 to 2015, and deputy Republican whip in 2013.

Biography

Muñoz earned her B.S. in nursing at Skidmore College and her M.S. as a clinical nurse specialist from Hunter College. Her professional experience includes working as a healthcare risk manager for Continental Insurance Healthcare.[2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Muñoz was assigned to the following committees:

2020-2021

Muñoz was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Muñoz was assigned to the following committees:

2016 legislative session

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

New Jersey committee assignments, 2016
Commerce and Economic Development
Health and Senior Services
• Women and Children

2015 legislative session

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

2014 legislative session

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

2010-2012

In the 2010-2012 legislative session, Muñoz 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

2025

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025

General election

The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 (2 seats)

Incumbent Michele Matsikoudis, incumbent Nancy Muñoz, Vincent Kearney, and Andrew Macurdy are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 on November 4, 2025.


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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 (2 seats)

Andrew Macurdy and Vincent Kearney advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Andrew Macurdy
Andrew Macurdy Candidate Connection
 
51.1
 
17,510
Vincent Kearney
 
48.9
 
16,786

Total votes: 34,296
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 (2 seats)

Incumbent Nancy Muñoz and incumbent Michele Matsikoudis advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Nancy Muñoz
Nancy Muñoz
 
50.1
 
12,470
Image of Michele Matsikoudis
Michele Matsikoudis Candidate Connection
 
49.9
 
12,433

Total votes: 24,903
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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2023

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 (2 seats)

Incumbent Nancy Muñoz and incumbent Michele Matsikoudis defeated Elizabeth Graner and Chris Weber in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Nancy Muñoz
Nancy Muñoz (R)
 
26.1
 
33,146
Image of Michele Matsikoudis
Michele Matsikoudis (R)
 
25.7
 
32,607
Image of Elizabeth Graner
Elizabeth Graner (D) Candidate Connection
 
24.1
 
30,643
Image of Chris Weber
Chris Weber (D)
 
24.1
 
30,615

Total votes: 127,011
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 (2 seats)

Elizabeth Graner and Chris Weber advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Elizabeth Graner
Elizabeth Graner Candidate Connection
 
50.5
 
8,552
Image of Chris Weber
Chris Weber
 
49.5
 
8,375

Total votes: 16,927
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 (2 seats)

Incumbent Nancy Muñoz and incumbent Michele Matsikoudis advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Nancy Muñoz
Nancy Muñoz
 
50.0
 
8,705
Image of Michele Matsikoudis
Michele Matsikoudis
 
50.0
 
8,693

Total votes: 17,398
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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 21 (2 seats)

Incumbent Nancy Muñoz and Michele Matsikoudis defeated Elizabeth Graner and Anjali Mehrotra in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Nancy Muñoz
Nancy Muñoz (R)
 
27.0
 
43,708
Image of Michele Matsikoudis
Michele Matsikoudis (R)
 
26.3
 
42,557
Image of Elizabeth Graner
Elizabeth Graner (D) Candidate Connection
 
23.6
 
38,207
Image of Anjali Mehrotra
Anjali Mehrotra (D) Candidate Connection
 
23.1
 
37,449

Total votes: 161,921
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 (2 seats)

Elizabeth Graner and Anjali Mehrotra advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Elizabeth Graner
Elizabeth Graner Candidate Connection
 
50.7
 
9,763
Image of Anjali Mehrotra
Anjali Mehrotra Candidate Connection
 
49.3
 
9,504

Total votes: 19,267
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 (2 seats)

Michele Matsikoudis and incumbent Nancy Muñoz defeated Jennifer Makar in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michele Matsikoudis
Michele Matsikoudis
 
43.6
 
8,478
Image of Nancy Muñoz
Nancy Muñoz
 
42.7
 
8,302
Jennifer Makar
 
13.6
 
2,652

Total votes: 19,432
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2019

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jon Bramnick
Jon Bramnick (R)
 
26.0
 
29,949
Image of Nancy Muñoz
Nancy Muñoz (R)
 
25.4
 
29,197
Image of Lisa Mandelblatt
Lisa Mandelblatt (D) Candidate Connection
 
23.6
 
27,143
Image of Stacey Gunderman
Stacey Gunderman (D) Candidate Connection
 
23.0
 
26,518
Image of Martin Marks
Martin Marks (Independent Conservative Party)
 
1.0
 
1,196
Harris Pappas (Independent Conservative Party)
 
1.0
 
1,130

Total votes: 115,133
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 (2 seats)

Lisa Mandelblatt and Stacey Gunderman defeated Jill Lazare in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lisa Mandelblatt
Lisa Mandelblatt Candidate Connection
 
39.2
 
5,777
Image of Stacey Gunderman
Stacey Gunderman Candidate Connection
 
39.1
 
5,757
Image of Jill Lazare
Jill Lazare Candidate Connection
 
21.7
 
3,197

Total votes: 14,731
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 (2 seats)

Incumbent Jon Bramnick and incumbent Nancy Muñoz advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jon Bramnick
Jon Bramnick
 
50.7
 
6,945
Image of Nancy Muñoz
Nancy Muñoz
 
49.3
 
6,744

Total votes: 13,689
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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.[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 Jon Bramnick (R) and incumbent Nancy Munoz (R) defeated Lacey Rzeszowski (D) and Bruce Bergen (D) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 21 general election.[5][6]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 21 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jon Bramnick Incumbent 26.42% 35,283
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Nancy Munoz Incumbent 25.67% 34,273
     Democratic Lacey Rzeszowski 24.50% 32,719
     Democratic Bruce Bergen 23.40% 31,248
Total Votes 133,523
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Races we watched

Ballotpedia identified eight races to watch in the New Jersey General Assembly 2017 elections: three seats with two Democratic members, three seats with two Republican members, and two seats split between the parties. Based on analysis of these districts' electoral histories, these races had the potential to be more competitive than other races and could possibly have led to shifts in a chamber's partisan balance.

This district was a Race to Watch because the presidential candidate opposite of the incumbents' party won the district in the 2016 elections, and both of the incumbents' margins of victory in the previous election were 10 points or less. Incumbents Jon Bramnick (R) and Nancy Muñoz (R) ran for re-election in 2017. Bramnick was first elected to the chamber in 2003. He received 29.9 percent of the vote in 2015. Muñoz was first appointed in 2009. She received 29.5 percent of the vote in 2015. Democrats Jill Anne Lazare and David Barnett received 20.6 percent of the vote and 20.0 percent in 2015, respectively. District 21 was one of 28 New Jersey state legislative districts that Democrat Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election. Clinton carried District 21 by 9.5 points. In 2012, Republican Mitt Romney won District 21 by 5.8 points. As of 2017, District 21 overlapped with the following counties: Morris, Somerset and Union.

Democratic primary election

Lacey Rzeszowski and David Barnett were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 21 Democratic primary election.[7][8]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 21 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Lacey Rzeszowski 50.08% 9,549
Green check mark transparent.png David Barnett 49.92% 9,520
Total Votes 19,069
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Incumbent Jon Bramnick and incumbent Nancy Munoz were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 21 Republican primary election.[9][8]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 21 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jon Bramnick Incumbent 50.38% 7,462
Green check mark transparent.png Nancy Munoz Incumbent 49.62% 7,348
Total Votes 14,810
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.[10] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Jill Anne Lazare and David Barnett were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Jon Bramnick and incumbent Nancy Munoz were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Bramnick and Munoz defeated Lazare and Barnett in the general election.[11][12][13][14]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 21 General Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJon Bramnick Incumbent 29.9% 20,024
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngNancy Munoz Incumbent 29.5% 19,783
     Democratic Jill Anne Lazare 20.6% 13,804
     Democratic David Barnett 20% 13,378
Total Votes 66,989

2013

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2013

Muñoz won re-election in the 2013 election for New Jersey General Assembly District 21. Muñoz was bracketed with Jon Bramnick. She was unopposed in the June 4 Republican primary. She and incumbent Jon Bramnick (R) defeated Norman W. Albert (D) and Jill Anne Lazare (D) in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.[15][16][17][18]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 21 General Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJon Bramnick Incumbent 32.9% 38,556
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngNancy Muñoz Incumbent 31.9% 37,314
     Democratic Jill Anne Lazare 18.1% 21,129
     Democratic Norman W. Albert 17.1% 20,045
Total Votes 117,044

2011

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2011

Muñoz won re-election in 2011. She and incumbent Jon Bramnick ran unopposed in the June 7 Republican primary. They then defeated Bruce Bergen (D), Norman Albert (D), and Darren Young (L) in the November 8 general election.[19]

New Jersey General Assembly District 21 General Election, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJon Bramnick Incumbent 31.7% 25,303
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngNancy Muñoz Incumbent 31.9% 25,491
     Democratic Bruce Bergen 17.4% 13,878
     Democratic Norman Albert 17.4% 13,864
     Libertarian Darren Young 1.7% 1,324
Total Votes 79,860

2009

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2009

Muñoz won re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly in 2009. She was bracketed with Jon Bramnick (R) and defeated Democratic challengers Bruce Bergen and Norman Albert in the November 3, 2009, general election.[20] [21]

New Jersey Assembly General Election, Twenty-First Legislative District (2009)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Nancy F. Muñoz (R) 45,515
Green check mark transparent.png Jon Bramnick (R) 45,439
Bruce Bergen (D) 24,848
Norman Albert (D) 24,240

Campaign themes

2025

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2023

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2021

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2019

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Campaign finance summary


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Nancy Muñoz campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023New Jersey General Assembly District 21Won general$251,443 $0
2021New Jersey General Assembly District 21Won general$210,847 $0
2013New Jersey General Assembly, District 21Won $120,582 N/A**
2011New Jersey General Assembly, District 21Won $125,086 N/A**
2009New Jersey General Assembly, District 21Won $51,748 N/A**
Grand total$759,706 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal 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.

Scorecards

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Endorsements

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Nancy Muñoz endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.[22]

Personal

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Muñoz lives in Summit, NJ with her five children.

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External links

Footnotes

  1. Daily Record, "Bucco elevated to Assembly conference leader," July 19, 2017
  2. "Nancy Munoz Official Campaign Website," accessed May 9, 2013
  3. New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
  4. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
  5. New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
  6. New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
  7. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  8. 8.0 8.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
  9. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  10. New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
  11. New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
  12. New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary election results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  13. New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate 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. Mitt Romney for President, "Mitt Romney Announces Support of New Jersey Leaders," April 11, 2014(Archived)


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