Paul Sarlo

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Paul Sarlo
Image of Paul Sarlo
New Jersey State Senate District 36
Tenure

2003 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

22

Prior offices
New Jersey General Assembly

Compensation

Base salary

$49,000/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2023

Appointed

March 1, 2003

Education

Bachelor's

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Graduate

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Personal
Profession
Chief Operating Officer, Joseph M. Sanzari, Incorporated
Contact

Paul Sarlo (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Jersey State Senate, representing District 36. He assumed office in 2003. His current term ends on January 11, 2028.

Sarlo (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Jersey State Senate to represent District 36. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.

Sarlo has served as a state Senate deputy majority leader.[1]

Biography

Sarlo earned his B.S and his M.S. in civil engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.[2] His professional experience includes working as chief operating officer of Joseph M. Sanzari Inc. and as the chief engineer for Bishop-Sanzari Heavy Construction. He was a councilman for the Wood-Ridge Borough Council from 1995 to 2000.[3]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Sarlo was assigned to the following committees:

2020-2021

Sarlo was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Sarlo was assigned to the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Sarlo served on the following committees:

New Jersey committee assignments, 2015
Budget and Appropriations, Chair
Joint Budget Oversight, Co-Chair
Higher Education
Judiciary
Legislative Oversight

2014 legislative session

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

2010-2011

In the 2010-2011 legislative session, Sarlo 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

2023

See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2023

General election

General election for New Jersey State Senate District 36

Incumbent Paul Sarlo defeated Chris Auriemma in the general election for New Jersey State Senate District 36 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paul Sarlo
Paul Sarlo (D)
 
61.7
 
18,885
Image of Chris Auriemma
Chris Auriemma (R) Candidate Connection
 
38.3
 
11,744

Total votes: 30,629
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 36

Incumbent Paul Sarlo advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 36 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paul Sarlo
Paul Sarlo
 
100.0
 
4,506

Total votes: 4,506
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 36

Chris Auriemma advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 36 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Auriemma
Chris Auriemma Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
2,357

Total votes: 2,357
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Endorsements

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2021

See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2021

General election

General election for New Jersey State Senate District 36

Incumbent Paul Sarlo defeated Chris Auriemma in the general election for New Jersey State Senate District 36 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paul Sarlo
Paul Sarlo (D)
 
56.9
 
25,373
Image of Chris Auriemma
Chris Auriemma (R)
 
43.1
 
19,252

Total votes: 44,625
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 36

Incumbent Paul Sarlo advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 36 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paul Sarlo
Paul Sarlo
 
100.0
 
4,627

Total votes: 4,627
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 36

Chris Auriemma advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 36 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Auriemma
Chris Auriemma (Write-in)
 
100.0
 
4,742

Total votes: 4,742
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2017

See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2017

General election

Elections for the New Jersey State Senate took place in 2017. All 40 seats were up for election. 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.[4][5] Incumbent Paul Sarlo (D) defeated Jeanine Ferrara (R) in the New Jersey State Senate District 36 general election.[6][7]

New Jersey State Senate, District 36 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Paul Sarlo Incumbent 65.83% 24,044
     Republican Jeanine Ferrara 34.17% 12,482
Total Votes 36,526
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Incumbent Paul Sarlo ran unopposed in the New Jersey State Senate District 36 Democratic primary election.[8]

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New Jersey State Senate, District 36 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Paul Sarlo Incumbent
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Jeanine Ferrara ran unopposed in the New Jersey State Senate District 36 Republican primary election.[8]

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New Jersey State Senate, District 36 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Jeanine Ferrara
Source: New Jersey Department of State

2013

See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2013

Sarlo won re-election in the 2013 election for New Jersey State Senate District 36. Sarlo was unopposed in the June 4 Democratic primary and defeated Brian A. Fitzhenry (R) in the general election on November 5, 2013.[9][10][11][12]

New Jersey State Senate, District 36 General Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngPaul Sarlo Incumbent 59.7% 22,677
     Republican Brian A. Fitzhenry 40.3% 15,293
Total Votes 37,970

Endorsements

In 2013, Sarlo’s endorsements included the following:[13]

  • The New Jersey AFL-CIO

2011

See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2011

Sarlo won re-election to the District 36 State Senate seat in 2011. He faced no opposition in the June 7 Democratic primary election. Sarlo defeated Donald DiOrio (R) in the general election, which took place on November 8, 2011.[14]

New Jersey State Senate District 36 General Election, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngPaul Sarlo Incumbent 62.7% 18,582
     Republican Donald DiOrio 37.3% 11,055
Total Votes 29,637

Endorsements

In 2011, Sarlo’s endorsements included the following:[15]

2007

See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2007

In 2007, Sarlo was re-elected to the New Jersey State Senate District 36. Sarlo (D) finished with 14,895 votes and was followed by Michael Guarino (R) with 11,317 votes.[16]

New Jersey Senate 2007 General Election, District 36 (2007)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Paul Sarlo (D) 14,895
Michael Guarino (R) 11,317

Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2021

Paul Sarlo did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Paul Sarlo campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023New Jersey State Senate District 36Won general$702,691 $0
2021New Jersey State Senate District 36Won general$1,030,661 $0
2017New Jersey State Senate District 36Won general$1,103,928 N/A**
2013New Jersey State Senate, District 36Won $696,200 N/A**
2011New Jersey State Senate, District 36Won $2,002,471 N/A**
2007New Jersey State Senate, District 36Won $1,727,142 N/A**
2003New Jersey State Senate, District 36Won $579,857 N/A**
2001New Jersey General Assembly, District 36Won $135,743 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2013


2012

Personal

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Sarlo and his wife, Concetta, have two children. They currently reside in Wood Ridge, New Jersey.

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. Insider NJ, "Sweeney Announces Senate Committee Assignments," January 9, 2018
  2. New Jersey State Legislature, "Biography of Paul Sarlo," accessed April 10, 2014
  3. Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed April 10, 2014
  4. New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
  5. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidate for State Senate for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
  6. New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for State Senate for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
  7. New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
  8. 8.0 8.1 New Jersey Department of State, "Official Primary Results: State Senate," accessed July 14, 2017
  9. New Jersey Department of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed July 26, 2013
  10. New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election candidates," September 9, 2013
  11. Associated Press, "New Jersey - Summary Vote Results," November 6, 2013
  12. New Jersey Department of State, "2013 Official General Election results," accessed December 5, 2013
  13. PolitickerNJ.com, "AFL-CIO endorses candidates for elections," accessed September 4, 2013
  14. New Jersey Department of State, "2011 Official State Senate Primary Candidate List," accessed April 10, 2014
  15. Politicker NJ, "2011 AFL-CIO endorsed candidates," accessed August 5, 2011
  16. Follow the Money, "New Jersey State Senate 2007 general election results," accessed April 10, 2014

Political offices
Preceded by
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New Jersey State Senate District 36
2003-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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New Jersey General Assembly
2002-2003
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