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New Jersey General Assembly District 14
Incumbents
Assumed office: 2008
Assumed office: January 9, 2024

New Jersey General Assembly District 14 is represented by Wayne P. DeAngelo (D) and Tennille R. McCoy (D).

As of the 2020 Census, New Jersey state representatives represented an average of 116,181 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 110,094 residents.

About the office

Members of the New Jersey General Assembly serve two-year terms and are not subject to term limits. New Jersey legislators assume office at noon of the second Tuesday in January following the election.[1]

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

In order to qualify as a candidate for the New Jersey General Assembly, a candidate must:[2]

  • Be a citizen of the United States
  • Be 21 years of age or older by the day of swearing in
  • Be a registered voter
  • Reside in the state for a minimum of two years prior to the general election
  • Reside in the legislative district for one year prior to the general election


Salaries

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[3]
SalaryPer diem
$49,000/yearNo per diem is paid.

Vacancies

See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

If there is a vacancy in the New Jersey State Legislature, the vacancy will be filled by an interim appointment by the county leadership of the political party that holds the seat. The office will be on the ballot in the next general election, unless the vacancy occurs within 51 days of the election. If that is the case, the appointment would stand until the following general election.[4][5]

DocumentIcon.jpg See sources: New Jersey Const., Art. IV, Sec. IV(1)


District map

Redistricting

2020 redistricting cycle

See also: Redistricting in New Jersey after the 2020 census

On February 18, 2022, the New Jersey Legislative Reapportionment Commission voted to approve a new set of state legislative maps.[6] The commission voted 9-2 to approve the maps. Thomas Kean Jr. (R) and Cosmo A. Cirillo (D) were the two dissenting votes.[7] The New Jersey Monitor's Nikita Biryukov wrote that the vote was "an unprecedented compromise for a commission that has historically relied on a court-appointed tiebreaker to end partisan gridlock."[6] These maps took effect for New Jersey's 2023 legislative elections.

How does redistricting in New Jersey work? In New Jersey, congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by two distinct politician commissions. The congressional redistricting commission comprises the following 13 members:[8]

  1. The majority and minority leaders of each chamber of the New Jersey State Legislature appoint two commissioners a piece (for a total of eight members).
  2. The chairs of the state's two major political parties each appoint two members to the commission (for a total of four members). Commissioners appointed by the political parties cannot be members of Congress or congressional employees.
  3. The first 12 commissioners appoint the last member. This member cannot have held public office in the state within the previous five-year period. If the first 12 commissioners cannot agree on an appointment, they must submit two names to the New Jersey Supreme Court. The court must then appoint the final commissioner.

If the congressional redistricting commission fails to reach an agreement about a redistricting plan, it must submit two plans to the state Supreme Court, which must in turn select from those two plans a final map.[8]

The state legislative redistricting commission comprises 10 members. The chairs of the state's two major political parties each appoint five members to the commission. In the event that this commission is unable to reach an agreement about a redistricting plan, the state Supreme Court may appoint a tie-breaking member.[8]

State law requires that state legislative districts meet the following criteria:[8]

  1. Districts must be contiguous.
  2. Districts "must be as nearly compact as possible."
  3. Municipalities "must be kept intact, except where otherwise required by law."

There are no such requirements in place for congressional districts.[8]

New Jersey General Assembly District 14
until January 2, 2023

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New Jersey General Assembly District 14
starting January 3, 2023

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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 14 (2 seats)

Incumbent Wayne P. DeAngelo, incumbent Tennille R. McCoy, Marty Flynn, Joseph Stillwell, and Steven Welzer are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 on November 4, 2025.


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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 (2 seats)

Incumbent Wayne P. DeAngelo and incumbent Tennille R. McCoy advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Wayne P. DeAngelo
Wayne P. DeAngelo
 
51.5
 
18,464
Image of Tennille R. McCoy
Tennille R. McCoy
 
48.5
 
17,383

Total votes: 35,847
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 (2 seats)

Marty Flynn and Joseph Stillwell advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Marty Flynn
Marty Flynn
 
51.0
 
8,813
Image of Joseph Stillwell
Joseph Stillwell
 
49.0
 
8,459

Total votes: 17,272
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2023

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 (2 seats)

Incumbent Wayne P. DeAngelo and Tennille R. McCoy defeated Adam J. Elias and Skye Gilmartin in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Wayne P. DeAngelo
Wayne P. DeAngelo (D)
 
30.3
 
32,843
Image of Tennille R. McCoy
Tennille R. McCoy (D)
 
28.8
 
31,181
Adam J. Elias (R)
 
20.5
 
22,223
Skye Gilmartin (R)
 
20.5
 
22,174

Total votes: 108,421
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 (2 seats)

Incumbent Wayne P. DeAngelo and Tennille R. McCoy advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Wayne P. DeAngelo
Wayne P. DeAngelo
 
50.5
 
10,366
Image of Tennille R. McCoy
Tennille R. McCoy
 
49.5
 
10,156

Total votes: 20,522
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 (2 seats)

Adam J. Elias and Skye Gilmartin defeated Bina Shah in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Adam J. Elias
 
46.2
 
4,233
Skye Gilmartin
 
45.7
 
4,188
Image of Bina Shah
Bina Shah
 
8.2
 
748

Total votes: 9,169
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2021

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 (2 seats)

Incumbent Wayne P. DeAngelo and incumbent Daniel Benson defeated Andrew Pachuta, Bina Shah, and Michael Bollentin in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Wayne P. DeAngelo
Wayne P. DeAngelo (D)
 
28.3
 
40,836
Image of Daniel Benson
Daniel Benson (D)
 
27.8
 
40,241
Image of Andrew Pachuta
Andrew Pachuta (R)
 
21.7
 
31,366
Image of Bina Shah
Bina Shah (R)
 
21.1
 
30,531
Image of Michael Bollentin
Michael Bollentin (For the People Party) Candidate Connection
 
1.1
 
1,535

Total votes: 144,509
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 (2 seats)

Incumbent Wayne P. DeAngelo and incumbent Daniel Benson advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Wayne P. DeAngelo
Wayne P. DeAngelo
 
50.6
 
10,406
Image of Daniel Benson
Daniel Benson
 
49.4
 
10,179

Total votes: 20,585
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 (2 seats)

Andrew Pachuta and Bina Shah advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Andrew Pachuta
Andrew Pachuta
 
51.8
 
6,697
Image of Bina Shah
Bina Shah
 
48.2
 
6,227

Total votes: 12,924
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2019

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019

Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2019. The primary was on June 4, 2019, and the general election was on November 5. The filing deadline for candidates was April 1, 2019.

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 (2 seats)

Incumbent Wayne P. DeAngelo and incumbent Daniel Benson defeated Thomas Calabrese, Bina Shah, and Michael Bollentin in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Wayne P. DeAngelo
Wayne P. DeAngelo (D)
 
30.4
 
30,546
Image of Daniel Benson
Daniel Benson (D)
 
29.6
 
29,810
Thomas Calabrese (R)
 
20.1
 
20,252
Image of Bina Shah
Bina Shah (R)
 
18.3
 
18,452
Image of Michael Bollentin
Michael Bollentin (Integrity And Accountability Party) Candidate Connection
 
1.5
 
1,530

Total votes: 100,590
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Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 (2 seats)

Incumbent Wayne P. DeAngelo and incumbent Daniel Benson advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Wayne P. DeAngelo
Wayne P. DeAngelo
 
50.7
 
7,168
Image of Daniel Benson
Daniel Benson
 
49.3
 
6,960

Total votes: 14,128
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 (2 seats)

Thomas Calabrese and Bina Shah advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Thomas Calabrese
 
53.8
 
5,409
Image of Bina Shah
Bina Shah
 
46.2
 
4,636

Total votes: 10,045
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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.[9] 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.[10] Incumbent Wayne DeAngelo (D) and incumbent Daniel Benson (D) defeated Kristian Stout (R) and Steven Uccio (R) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 14 general election.[11][12]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 14 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Wayne DeAngelo Incumbent 30.04% 35,596
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Daniel Benson Incumbent 29.61% 35,088
     Republican Kristian Stout 20.86% 24,725
     Republican Steven Uccio 19.50% 23,106
Total Votes 118,515
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Incumbent Wayne DeAngelo and incumbent Daniel Benson were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 14 Democratic primary election.[13][14]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 14 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Wayne DeAngelo Incumbent 50.75% 10,474
Green check mark transparent.png Daniel Benson Incumbent 49.25% 10,165
Total Votes 20,639
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Kristian Stout and Steven Uccio were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 14 Republican primary election.[15][14]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 14 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Kristian Stout 50.79% 3,996
Green check mark transparent.png Steven Uccio 49.21% 3,872
Total Votes 7,868
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.[16] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Incumbent Wayne DeAngelo and incumbent Daniel Benson were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. David Jones and Philip Kaufman were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. DeAngelo and Benson defeated Jones, Kaufman, Steven Welzer (G) and Joann Cousin (G) in the general election.[17][18][19][20][21]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 14 General Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngWayne DeAngelo Incumbent 30.2% 22,319
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Benson Incumbent 28.7% 21,187
     Republican David Jones 19.6% 14,474
     Republican Philip Kaufman 18.9% 13,937
     Green Joann Cousin 1.4% 1,028
     Green Steven Welzer 1.3% 957
Total Votes 73,902

2013

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2013

Elections for the office of New Jersey General Assembly consisted of a primary election on June 4, 2013, and a general election on November 5, 2013. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 1, 2013. Incumbent Wayne DeAngelo (D) and incumbent Daniel Benson (D) defeated Ronald Haas (R), Steve Cook (R), Steven Uccio (L) and Sean O'Connor (L) in the general election. DeAngelo and Benson were bracketed together, and ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Haas and Cook were bracketed together, and ran unopposed in the Republican primary.[22][23][24][25]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 14 General Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngWayne DeAngelo Incumbent 26.9% 32,048
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Benson Incumbent 26% 30,992
     Republican Steve Cook 23.6% 28,135
     Republican Ronald Haas 22% 26,233
     Libertarian Sean O'Connor 0.8% 898
     Libertarian Steven Uccio 0.7% 779
Total Votes 119,085

2011

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2011

Elections for the office of New Jersey General Assembly consisted of a primary election on June 7, 2011, and a general election on November 8, 2011. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 11, 2011. Incumbents Wayne DeAngelo (D) and Daniel Benson (D) defeated Sheree McGowan (R), Wayne Wittman (R) and Steven Welzer (G) in the general election. Benson and DeAngelo were bracketed together in the Democratic primary and ran unopposed. Wittman was bracketed with David Fried in the Republican Party and defeated Bruce MacDonald to advance to the general election. Fried withdrew from the race after the primary and was replaced by McGowan.[26][27][28]

New Jersey General Assembly District 14 General Election, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngWayne DeAngelo Incumbent 29% 26,626
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Benson Incumbent 28% 25,662
     Republican Sheree McGowan 20.9% 19,135
     Republican Wayne Wittman 20.8% 19,100
     Green Steven Welzer 1.3% 1,189
Total Votes 91,712

Campaign contributions

From 2001 to 2023, candidates for New Jersey General Assembly District 14 raised a total of $8,552,390. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $198,893 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money

Campaign contributions, New Jersey General Assembly District 14
Year Amount Candidates Average
2023 $788,080 5 $157,616
2021 $940,966 5 $188,193
2011 $923,601 7 $131,943
2009 $469,552 6 $78,259
2007 $2,558,860 6 $426,477
2005 $1,369,894 6 $228,316
2003 $867,153 4 $216,788
2001 $634,284 4 $158,571
Total $8,552,390 43 $198,893


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. New Jersey Constitution, "Article IV, Section II (2.)," accessed February 10, 2021
  2. NJ.gov, "PETITION FILING INSTRUCTION SHEET 2025 PRIMARY ELECTION NEW JERSEY GENERAL ASSEMBLY," accessed May 23, 2025
  3. National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  4. New Jersey Legislature, "Our Legislature," accessed February 10, 2021
  5. New Jersey Legislature, "New Jersey Constitution," accessed February 10, 2021 (Article IV, Section 4, (1))
  6. 6.0 6.1 New Jersey Monitor, "Democrats, GOP agree on new legislative map for N.J.," February 18, 2022
  7. Insider NJ, "Redistricting Commission Finalizes Legislative Map by 9-2 Vote," February 18, 2022
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 All About Redistricting, "New Jersey," accessed May 6, 2015
  9. New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
  10. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
  11. New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
  12. New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
  13. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  14. 14.0 14.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
  15. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  16. New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
  17. New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
  18. New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 3, 2015
  19. New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  20. New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  21. New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
  22. New Jersey Department of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed July 26, 2013
  23. New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election candidates," September 9, 2013
  24. Associated Press, "New Jersey - Summary Vote Results," November 6, 2013
  25. New Jersey Department of State, "2013 Official General Election results," accessed December 6, 2013
  26. New Jersey Department of State, “2011 Official General Assembly Primary Candidate List,” accessed December 5, 2013
  27. New Jersey Department of State, “2011 Official General election results,” accessed December 5, 2013
  28. New Jersey Department of State, “2011 Official Primary election results,” accessed December 5, 2013


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