Ravinder Bhalla
Ravinder Bhalla (Democratic Party) (also known as Ravi) is a member-elect of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 32. He assumes office on January 13, 2026.
Bhalla (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 32. He won in the general election on November 4, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 32 (2 seats)
Katie Brennan and Ravinder Bhalla defeated Stephen Bishop and Kaushal Patel in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 32 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Katie Brennan (D)  | 39.1 | 27,687 |
| ✔ |  | Ravinder Bhalla (D) | 37.2 | 26,398 |
| Stephen Bishop (R) | 11.9 | 8,454 | ||
| Kaushal Patel (R) | 11.8 | 8,353 | ||
| Total votes: 70,892 | |||
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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 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bhalla in this election.
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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2024
Ravinder Bhalla did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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