Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.
Ravinder Bhalla
Ravinder Bhalla (Democratic Party) (also known as Ravi) is running for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 32. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. He advanced from the Democratic primary on June 10, 2025.
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 32 (2 seats)
Ravinder Bhalla, Katie Brennan, Stephen Bishop, and Kaushal Patel are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 32 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
 | Ravinder Bhalla (D) | |
 | Katie Brennan (D)  | |
| Stephen Bishop (R) | ||
| Kaushal Patel (R) | ||
| ||||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 32 (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 32 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Katie Brennan | 19.6 | 7,545 |
| ✔ | | Ravinder Bhalla | 18.8 | 7,243 |
 | Jessica Ramirez | 18.2 | 7,010 | |
 | Jennie Pu | 14.7 | 5,653 | |
 | Yousef Saleh | 14.6 | 5,612 | |
 | Crystal Fonseca | 14.1 | 5,410 | |
| Total votes: 38,473 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Allen (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 32 (2 seats)
Stephen Bishop and Kaushal Patel advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 32 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Stephen Bishop | 58.5 | 1,882 | |
| ✔ | Kaushal Patel | 41.5 | 1,334 | |
| Total votes: 3,216 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Endorsements
Ballotpedia is gathering information about candidate endorsements. To send us an endorsement, click here.
2024
See also: New Jersey's 8th Congressional District election, 2024
New Jersey's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)
New Jersey's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 8
Incumbent Robert Menendez Jr. defeated Anthony Valdes, Christian Robbins, Pablo Olivera, and Lea Sherman in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Menendez Jr. (D) | 59.2 | 116,434 |
 | Anthony Valdes (R) | 34.6 | 68,152 | |
| Christian Robbins (G) | 2.8 | 5,465 | ||
 | Pablo Olivera (Labour Party) | 2.2 | 4,295 | |
| Lea Sherman (Socialist Workers Party) | 1.2 | 2,419 | ||
| Total votes: 196,765 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8
Incumbent Robert Menendez Jr. defeated Ravinder Bhalla and Kyle Jasey in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Menendez Jr. | 52.0 | 22,465 |
| Ravinder Bhalla | 37.5 | 16,218 | |
 | Kyle Jasey | 10.5 | 4,528 | |
| Total votes: 43,211 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8
Anthony Valdes advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 8 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anthony Valdes | 100.0 | 4,905 |
| Total votes: 4,905 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dario Duffe (R)
Endorsements
Bhalla received the following endorsements.
2013
Bhalla filed to run in the 2013 election for New Jersey General Assembly District 33, but withdrew prior to the primary election.[1] Bhalla was opposed by John Hilt IV, Anthony Mills, Raj Mukherji, and Peter Basso in the June 4 Democratic primary. The general election took place on November 5, 2013.
2011
Bhalla was a candidate for the 2011 Democratic Party nomination for District 33 of the New Jersey General Assembly. Bhalla was defeated by incumbent Ruben Ramos, Jr. and Sean Connors in the June 7 primary. Ramos and Connors were running bracketed together.[2][3]
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ravinder Bhalla has not yet completed Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey. Send a message to Ravinder Bhalla asking him to fill out the survey. If you are Ravinder Bhalla, click here to fill out Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
Who fills out Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey?
Any candidate running for elected office, at any level, can complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Survey. Completing the survey will update the candidate's Ballotpedia profile, letting voters know who they are and what they stand for. More than 22,000 candidates have taken Ballotpedia's candidate survey since we launched it in 2015. Learn more about the survey here.
You can ask Ravinder Bhalla to fill out this survey by using the buttons below or emailing ravi@ravinderbhalla.com.
2024
Ravinder Bhalla did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
|
Candidate New Jersey General Assembly District 32 |
Personal |
Footnotes
