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New Jersey state legislative election results, 2025

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The sections below contain analysis of election results in the state legislative elections for New Jersey in 2025.

General election results

General Assembly

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025
Candidate list
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Erik Simonsen
Erik Simonsen Incumbent
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Don Guardian
Don Guardian Incumbent
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Claire Swift
Claire Swift Incumbent
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Dave Bailey Jr.
Dave Bailey Jr. Incumbent
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Heather Simmons
Heather Simmons Incumbent
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Dan Hutchison
Dan Hutchison Incumbent
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Cody Miller
Cody Miller Incumbent
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Melinda Kane
Melinda Kane Incumbent
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Carol Murphy
Carol Murphy Incumbent
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Balvir Singh
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Andrea Katz
Andrea Katz Incumbent
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Brian Rumpf
Brian Rumpf Incumbent
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Paul Kanitra
Paul Kanitra Incumbent
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Robert Clifton
Robert Clifton Incumbent
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Alex Sauickie Incumbent
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Roy Freiman
Roy Freiman Incumbent
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Kevin Egan Incumbent
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Yvonne Lopez
Yvonne Lopez Incumbent
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Annette Quijano
Annette Quijano Incumbent
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Nancy Muñoz
Nancy Muñoz Incumbent
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Linda Carter Incumbent
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James Kennedy
James Kennedy Incumbent
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John DiMaio
John DiMaio Incumbent
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Erik Peterson
Erik Peterson Incumbent
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Dawn Fantasia
Dawn Fantasia Incumbent
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Aura Kenny Dunn
Aura Kenny Dunn Incumbent
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Brian Bergen
Brian Bergen Incumbent
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Jay Webber
Jay Webber Incumbent
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Rosy Bagolie
Rosy Bagolie Incumbent
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Sean Kean
Sean Kean Incumbent
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Avi Schnall Incumbent
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William Sampson
William Sampson Incumbent
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Carmen Morales
Carmen Morales Incumbent
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Michael Venezia Incumbent
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Alaa Abdelaziz
Alaa Abdelaziz Incumbent
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Gary Schaer
Gary Schaer Incumbent
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Shama Haider
Shama Haider Incumbent
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Ellen Park
Ellen Park Incumbent
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Lisa Swain Incumbent
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Robert Auth
Robert Auth Incumbent
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John Azzariti
John Azzariti Incumbent
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Al Barlas
Al Barlas Incumbent
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Retiring incumbents

See also: Impact of term limits on state legislative elections in 2025

General Assembly

Four incumbents did not file for re-election in 2025.[1] The average number of Assembly incumbents who did not run for re-election in each election between 2011 and 2023 was 6.9. Those incumbents were:

Name Party Office
Reginald Atkins Electiondot.png Democratic Assembly District 20
John Allen Electiondot.png Democratic Assembly District 32
Julio Marenco Electiondot.png Democratic Assembly District 33
Shavonda Sumter Electiondot.png Democratic Assembly District 35

Primary election competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state government, 2025

This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in New Jersey. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.

New Jersey state legislative competitiveness, 2011-2025
Year Districts/
offices 		Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested Democratic primaries Contested Republican primaries % of contested primaries Incumbents in contested primaries % of incumbents in contested primaries
2025 40 80 4 202 80 23 6 36.3% 35 46.1%
2023 80 120 28 260 160 12 9 13.1% 17 18.3%
2021 80 120 12 176 160 9 3 7.5% 10 12.0%
2019 40 80 4 178 80 13 3 20.0% 25 32.9%
2017 80 120 13 272 160 14 11 15.6% 26 24.3%
2015 40 80 7 171 80 3 2 6.3% 7 9.6%
2013 80 120 6 268 160 9 11 12.5% 17 14.9%
2011 80 120 15 269 160 11 14 15.6% 18 17.0%


Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in New Jersey in 2025. Information below was calculated on April 14, 2025, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

New Jersey had 29 contested state legislative primaries in 2025, more than in any year since 2011 and an increase of 38% from the preceding cycle.

Twenty-two of the 29 contested primaries were for Democrats, 83% more than the 12 Democratic primaries in 2023. Seven primaries were for Republicans, 22% down from nine in 2023.

More New Jersey state legislative incumbents faced primary challengers in 2025 than in any cycle since Ballotpedia began tracking the state’s competitiveness figures in 2011.

Thirty-three incumbents faced primaries in 2025, representing 43% of the 76 incumbents who ran for re-election. This was a new high, with 2019 being the second highest at 33% of incumbents in contested primaries. Of the 33 incumbents who faced primary challengers in 2025, 29 were Democrats and four were Republicans.

A total of 202 major party candidates filed to run—119 Democrats and 83 Republicans. Four of the 80 seats up for election were open, meaning no incumbents filed. That tied 2019 for the fewest open seats since 2011. The average number of open seats each cycle since 2011 was 12.

General Assembly

The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2010 to 2025.[2]

Open seats in New Jersey General Assembly elections: 2011 - 2025
Year Seats up Open seats Incumbents running
# % # %
2025 80 4 5% 76 95%
2023 80 20 25% 60 75%
2021 80 8 10% 72 90%
2019 80 4 5% 76 95%
2017 80 8 10% 72 90%
2015 80 7 9% 73 91%
2013 80 5 6% 75 94%
2011 80 12 15% 68 85%


See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
  2. ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
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