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New Jersey General Assembly District 27
Incumbents
Assumed office: January 9, 2024
Assumed office: January 9, 2024

New Jersey General Assembly District 27 is represented by Rosy Bagolie (D) and Alixon Collazos-Gill (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 27
until January 2, 2023

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New Jersey General Assembly District 27
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 27 (2 seats)

Incumbent Rosy Bagolie, incumbent Alixon Collazos-Gill, Robert Iommazzo, and Adam Kraemer are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 on November 4, 2025.


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Democratic primary election

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

Incumbent Alixon Collazos-Gill and incumbent Rosy Bagolie defeated Rohit Dave and Blake Michael in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Alixon Collazos-Gill
Alixon Collazos-Gill
 
33.6
 
15,803
Image of Rosy Bagolie
Rosy Bagolie
 
32.2
 
15,181
Image of Rohit Dave
Rohit Dave Candidate Connection
 
17.2
 
8,089
Image of Blake Michael
Blake Michael
 
17.0
 
8,028

Total votes: 47,101
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Republican primary election

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

Robert Iommazzo and Adam Kraemer advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Robert Iommazzo
 
50.2
 
4,289
Image of Adam Kraemer
Adam Kraemer
 
49.8
 
4,258

Total votes: 8,547
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2023

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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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

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 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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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.[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 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.[11][12]

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.[13][14]

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.[15][14]

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.[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 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.[17][18][19][20][21]

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

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 Mila Jasey (D) and incumbent John McKeon (D) defeated Angelo Tedesco (R) and Laura M. Ali (R) in the general election. Jasey and McKeon were bracketed together, and ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Tedesco and Ali were bracketed together, and defeated Tayfun Selen in the Republican primary.[22][23][24][25]

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

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 Mila Jasey (D) and incumbent John McKeon (D) defeated Lee Holtzman (R) and Nicole Hagner (R) in the general election. Jasey and McKeon were bracketed together and defeated Ellen Steinberg in the Democratic primary. Holtzman and Hagner were unopposed in the Republican primary.[26][27][28]

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

Campaign contributions

From 2001 to 2023, candidates for New Jersey General Assembly District 27 raised a total of $4,027,075. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $83,897 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money

Campaign contributions, New Jersey General Assembly District 27
Year Amount Candidates Average
2023 $197,264 8 $24,658
2021 $396,194 4 $99,048
2011 $817,195 5 $163,439
2009 $543,068 5 $108,614
2007 $605,648 5 $121,130
2005 $605,648 5 $121,130
2003 $143,435 6 $23,906
2001 $718,624 10 $71,862
Total $4,027,075 48 $83,897


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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