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New Jersey General Assembly District 25

Incumbents

Christian Barranco

Assumed office: January 9, 2024

Aura Kenny Dunn

Assumed office: February 1, 2020

New Jersey General Assembly District 25 is represented by Christian Barranco (R) and Aura Kenny Dunn (R).

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.

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:

• 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
Salary	Per diem
$49,000/year	No 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.

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

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. The commission voted 9-2 to approve the maps. Thomas Kean Jr. (R) and Cosmo A. Cirillo (D) were the two dissenting votes. 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." 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:

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.

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.

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

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.

New Jersey General Assembly District 25
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Elections

2025

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Incumbent Christian Barranco, incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn, Steven Pylypchuk, and Marisa Sweeney are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
		Christian Barranco (R)
		Aura Kenny Dunn (R)
	Submit photo	Steven Pylypchuk (D)
	Submit photo	Marisa Sweeney (D)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Marisa Sweeney and Steven Pylypchuk advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 10, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marisa Sweeney	52.4	18,024
✔	Submit photo	Steven Pylypchuk	47.6	16,376

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,400
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Incumbent Christian Barranco and incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 10, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christian Barranco	50.6	14,070
✔		Aura Kenny Dunn	49.4	13,756

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,826
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2023

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn and incumbent Christian Barranco defeated Diane Salvatore and Jonathan Torres in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aura Kenny Dunn (R)	26.4	26,717
✔		Christian Barranco (R)	25.7	25,988
	Submit photo	Diane Salvatore (D)	24.1	24,420
	Submit photo	Jonathan Torres (D)	23.8	24,055

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 101,180
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Diane Salvatore and Jonathan Torres advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 6, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Diane Salvatore	50.2	7,977
✔	Submit photo	Jonathan Torres	49.8	7,899

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,876
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn and incumbent Christian Barranco advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 6, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aura Kenny Dunn	50.2	9,382
✔		Christian Barranco	49.8	9,297

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,679
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2021

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn and incumbent Brian Bergen defeated Lauren Barnett and Patricia Veres in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aura Kenny Dunn (R)	28.2	42,183
✔		Brian Bergen (R)	27.8	41,584
		Lauren Barnett (D)	22.3	33,322
		Patricia Veres (D)	21.6	32,243

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 149,332
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Lauren Barnett and Patricia Veres advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 8, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lauren Barnett	50.6	8,431
✔		Patricia Veres	49.4	8,224

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,655
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Incumbent Brian Bergen and incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 8, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Bergen	50.2	11,995
✔		Aura Kenny Dunn	49.8	11,920

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,915
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matthew Guglielmello (R)

2020

See also: New Jersey state legislative special elections, 2020

A special election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 was called for November 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled to take place on July 7, 2020. The candidate filing deadline was March 30, 2020. The candidate filing deadline for independent and not major party candidates was June 2, 2020.

The seat became vacant after Anthony Bucco Jr. (R) was appointed to the New Jersey State Senate District 25 in October 2019.

General election

Special general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25

Incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn defeated Darcy Draeger in the special general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aura Kenny Dunn (R)	52.5	64,469
		Darcy Draeger (D)	47.5	58,446

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 122,915
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25

Darcy Draeger advanced from the special Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Darcy Draeger	100.0	21,609

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,609
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25

Incumbent Aura Kenny Dunn advanced from the special Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aura Kenny Dunn	100.0	16,873

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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 25 (2 seats)

Incumbent Anthony M. Bucco and Brian Bergen defeated Lisa Bhimani and Darcy Draeger in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anthony M. Bucco (R)	27.0	27,438
✔		Brian Bergen (R)	25.7	26,134
		Lisa Bhimani (D)	24.0	24,381
		Darcy Draeger (D)	23.3	23,702

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 101,655
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Lisa Bhimani and Darcy Draeger advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lisa Bhimani	50.9	6,047
✔		Darcy Draeger	49.1	5,837

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,884
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 (2 seats)

Incumbent Anthony M. Bucco and Brian Bergen defeated Aura Kenny Dunn and John Barbarula in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 on June 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anthony M. Bucco	42.0	8,691
✔		Brian Bergen	24.1	5,001
		Aura Kenny Dunn	17.3	3,583
	Submit photo	John Barbarula	16.6	3,439

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,714
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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. 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. Incumbent Michael Carroll (R) and incumbent Anthony Bucco, Jr. (R) defeated Thomas Moran (D) and Richard Corcoran (D) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 25 general election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 25 General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Michael Carroll Incumbent	26.18%	30,323
	Republican	Anthony Bucco, Jr. Incumbent	26.14%	30,278
	Democratic	Thomas Moran	24.04%	27,848
	Democratic	Richard Corcoran	23.64%	27,386
Total Votes				115,835
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Thomas Moran and Richard Corcoran were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 25 Democratic primary election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 25 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Thomas Moran	50.66%	8,522
Richard Corcoran	49.34%	8,299
Total Votes		16,821
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Incumbent Anthony Bucco, Jr. and incumbent Michael Carroll were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 25 Republican primary election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 25 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Anthony Bucco, Jr. Incumbent	51.17%	8,954
Michael Carroll Incumbent	48.83%	8,546
Total Votes		17,500
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. Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Richard Corcoran and Thomas Moran were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Michael Carroll and incumbent Anthony Bucco, Jr. were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Carroll and Bucco defeated Corcoran and Moran in the general election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 25 General Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Anthony Bucco, Jr. Incumbent	29.5%	13,974
	Republican	Michael Carroll Incumbent	28.2%	13,372
	Democratic	Richard Corcoran	21.6%	10,230
	Democratic	Thomas Moran	20.8%	9,849
Total Votes				47,425

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 Michael Carroll (R) and incumbent Anthony Bucco, Jr. (R) defeated Rebecca Feldman (I) and Jack Curtis (I) in the general election. Carroll and Bucco were bracketed together, and ran unopposed in the Republican primary.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 25 General Election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Anthony Bucco, Jr. Incumbent	43%	35,536
	Republican	Michael Carroll Incumbent	40.4%	33,393
	Independent	Rebecca Feldman	11.2%	9,209
	Independent	Jack Curtis	5.4%	4,426
Total Votes				82,564

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. Incumbent Michael Carroll (R) and incumbent Anthony Bucco, Jr. (R) defeated George Stafford (D) and Gale Heiss Colucci (D) in the general election. Carroll and Bucco were bracketed together and defeated John Sierchio in the Republican primary. Stafford and Colucci were unopposed in the Democratic primary.

New Jersey General Assembly District 25 General Election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Michael Carroll Incumbent	30%	18,481
	Republican	Anthony Bucco Incumbent	29.5%	18,218
	Democratic	George Stafford	20.2%	12,432
	Democratic	Gale Heiss Colucci	20.4%	12,564
Total Votes				61,695

New Jersey General Assembly Republican Primary, 2011
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Michael Patrick Carroll Incumbent	40.1%	8,905
Anthony M. Bucco Incumbent	37.6%	8,341
John Sierchio	22.3%	4,963
Total Votes		22,209

Campaign contributions

From 2001 to 2023, candidates for New Jersey General Assembly District 25 raised a total of $2,486,039. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $65,422 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money

Campaign contributions, New Jersey General Assembly District 25
Year	Amount	Candidates	Average
2023	$512,326	4	$128,081
2021	$454,165	4	$113,541
2011	$336,204	5	$67,241
2009	$326,367	6	$54,395
2007	$88,473	4	$22,118
2005	$343,909	6	$57,318
2003	$328,805	5	$65,761
2001	$95,790	4	$23,948
Total	$2,486,039	38	$65,422

See also

Suggest a link

• New Jersey State Legislature
• New Jersey State Senate
• New Jersey General Assembly
• New Jersey state legislative districts

External links

• The New Jersey State Legislature

Footnotes

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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)

Claire Swift (R)

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

Andrea Katz (D)

Michael Torrissi (R)

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

Reginald Atkins (D)

Annette Quijano (D)

District 21

Michele Matsikoudis (R)

Nancy Muñoz (R)

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

Christian Barranco (R)

Aura Dunn (R)

District 26

Brian Bergen (R)

Jay Webber (R)

District 27

Rosy Bagolie (D)

Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)

District 28

Garnet Hall (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)

Barbara Stamato (D)

District 32

John Allen (D)

Jessica Ramirez (D)

District 33

Julio Marenco (D)

Gabriel Rodriguez (D)

District 34

Carmen Morales (D)

Michael Venezia (D)

District 35

Alaa Abdelaziz (D)

Shavonda Sumter (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)

Democratic Party (52)

Republican Party (28)