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Robert Auth
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Candidate, New Jersey General Assembly District 39

New Jersey General Assembly District 39
Tenure

2014 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

11

Compensation

Base salary

$49,000/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2023

Next election

November 4, 2025

Personal
Profession
CEO/Owner of Plaza Travel and Insurance Services
Contact

Robert Auth (Republican Party) is a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 39. He assumed office in 2014. His current term ends on January 13, 2026.

Auth (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 39. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. He advanced from the Republican primary on June 10, 2025.

Biography

Auth's professional experience includes owning and serving as CEO of Plaza Travel and Insurance Services, as chairman of the Old Tappan Republican municipal committee, and as a legislative aide to state Sen. Gerald Cardinale (R).[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Auth was assigned to the following committees:

2020-2021

Auth was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Auth was assigned to the following committees:

2016 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2016 legislative session, Auth served on the following committees:

New Jersey committee assignments, 2016
Commerce and Economic Development
Education
Financial Institutions and Insurance

2015 legislative session

In the 2015 legislative session, Auth served on the following committees:

2014 legislative session

In the 2014 legislative session, Auth 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

2025

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025

General election

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General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)

Incumbent Robert Auth, incumbent John Azzariti, Donna Abene, and Andrew LaBruno are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on November 4, 2025.


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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)

Andrew LaBruno and Donna Abene defeated David Jiang and Damon Englese in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Andrew LaBruno
Andrew LaBruno
 
28.5
 
9,137
Image of Donna Abene
Donna Abene Candidate Connection
 
26.4
 
8,454
Image of David Jiang
David Jiang
 
26.0
 
8,317
Damon Englese
 
19.2
 
6,137

Total votes: 32,045
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)

Incumbent John Azzariti and incumbent Robert Auth defeated Frank Pallotta in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Azzariti
John Azzariti
 
40.2
 
10,069
Image of Robert Auth
Robert Auth
 
37.5
 
9,398
Image of Frank Pallotta
Frank Pallotta
 
22.3
 
5,588

Total votes: 25,055
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2023

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)

Incumbent Robert Auth and John Azzariti defeated John Vitale and Damon Englese in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Robert Auth
Robert Auth (R)
 
27.0
 
33,061
Image of John Azzariti
John Azzariti (R)
 
26.4
 
32,340
John Vitale (D)
 
23.7
 
29,046
Damon Englese (D)
 
23.0
 
28,183

Total votes: 122,630
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)

John Vitale and Damon Englese advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
John Vitale
 
50.4
 
6,439
Damon Englese
 
49.6
 
6,331

Total votes: 12,770
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)

Incumbent Robert Auth and John Azzariti advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Robert Auth
Robert Auth
 
50.4
 
5,642
Image of John Azzariti
John Azzariti
 
49.6
 
5,551

Total votes: 11,193
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Endorsements

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2021

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)

Incumbent Robert Auth and incumbent DeAnne DeFuccio defeated Melinda Iannuzzi and Karlito Almeda in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Robert Auth
Robert Auth (R)
 
28.3
 
44,343
Image of DeAnne DeFuccio
DeAnne DeFuccio (R)
 
27.9
 
43,791
Melinda Iannuzzi (D)
 
22.3
 
34,890
Image of Karlito Almeda
Karlito Almeda (D)
 
21.5
 
33,708

Total votes: 156,732
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)

Melinda Iannuzzi and Karlito Almeda advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Melinda Iannuzzi
 
51.0
 
6,372
Image of Karlito Almeda
Karlito Almeda
 
49.0
 
6,120

Total votes: 12,492
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)

Incumbent Robert Auth and incumbent DeAnne DeFuccio defeated John Azzariti and Jonathan Kurpis in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Robert Auth
Robert Auth
 
33.4
 
6,622
Image of DeAnne DeFuccio
DeAnne DeFuccio
 
32.0
 
6,362
Image of John Azzariti
John Azzariti
 
18.1
 
3,584
Jonathan Kurpis
 
16.6
 
3,287

Total votes: 19,855
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2020

See also: New Jersey's 5th Congressional District election, 2020

New Jersey's 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Republican primary)

New Jersey's 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 5

Incumbent Josh Gottheimer defeated Frank Pallotta and Louis Vellucci in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 5 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Josh Gottheimer
Josh Gottheimer (D)
 
53.2
 
225,175
Image of Frank Pallotta
Frank Pallotta (R)
 
45.6
 
193,333
Image of Louis Vellucci
Louis Vellucci (American Values Party) Candidate Connection
 
1.2
 
5,128

Total votes: 423,636
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 5

Incumbent Josh Gottheimer defeated Arati Kreibich in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 5 on July 7, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Josh Gottheimer
Josh Gottheimer
 
66.5
 
52,406
Image of Arati Kreibich
Arati Kreibich Candidate Connection
 
33.5
 
26,418

Total votes: 78,824
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 5

Frank Pallotta defeated John McCann, James Baldini, and Hector Castillo in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 5 on July 7, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Frank Pallotta
Frank Pallotta
 
51.7
 
25,834
Image of John McCann
John McCann
 
32.4
 
16,220
James Baldini Candidate Connection
 
10.3
 
5,126
Image of Hector Castillo
Hector Castillo
 
5.6
 
2,814

Total votes: 49,994
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2019

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)

Incumbent Holly Schepisi and incumbent Robert Auth defeated John Birkner and Gerald Falotico in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Holly Schepisi
Holly Schepisi (R)
 
28.2
 
30,705
Image of Robert Auth
Robert Auth (R)
 
26.5
 
28,786
John Birkner (D)
 
22.9
 
24,898
Gerald Falotico (D)
 
22.4
 
24,302

Total votes: 108,691
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)

John Birkner and Gerald Falotico advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
John Birkner
 
50.2
 
3,831
Gerald Falotico
 
49.8
 
3,795

Total votes: 7,626
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 (2 seats)

Incumbent Holly Schepisi and incumbent Robert Auth advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 39 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Holly Schepisi
Holly Schepisi
 
51.6
 
5,023
Image of Robert Auth
Robert Auth
 
48.4
 
4,710

Total votes: 9,733
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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.[2] 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.[3] Incumbent Holly Schepisi (R) and incumbent Robert Auth (R) defeated Jannie Chung (D) and Annie Hausmann (D) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 39 general election.[4][5]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 39 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Holly Schepisi Incumbent 27.35% 34,158
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Robert Auth Incumbent 26.22% 32,739
     Democratic Jannie Chung 23.32% 29,126
     Democratic Annie Hausmann 23.11% 28,862
Total Votes 124,885
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Jannie Chung and Annie Hausmann were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 39 Democratic primary election.[6][7]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 39 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jannie Chung 50.45% 6,591
Green check mark transparent.png Annie Hausmann 49.55% 6,474
Total Votes 13,065
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Incumbent Holly Schepisi and incumbent Robert Auth were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 39 Republican primary election.[8][7]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 39 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Holly Schepisi Incumbent 50.50% 6,254
Green check mark transparent.png Robert Auth Incumbent 49.50% 6,131
Total Votes 12,385
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.[9] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Jeffrey Goldsmith and John Derienzo were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Holly Schepisi and incumbent Robert Auth were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Schepisi and Auth defeated Goldsmith and Derienzo in the general election.[10][11][12][13][14]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 39 General Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngHolly Schepisi Incumbent 31.3% 22,016
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Auth Incumbent 28.8% 20,227
     Democratic John Derienzo 20.3% 14,258
     Democratic Jeffrey Goldsmith 19.7% 13,840
Total Votes 70,341

2013

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2013

Auth won election in the 2013 election for New Jersey General Assembly District 39. Auth was bracketed with Holly Schepisi. He was unopposed in the June 4 Republican primary. He and Holly Schepisi (R) defeated Anthony N. Iannarelli, Jr. (D) and Donna C. Abene (D) in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.[15][16][17][18]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 39 General Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngHolly Schepisi Incumbent 32.4% 36,873
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Auth 29.6% 33,680
     Democratic Donna C. Abene 19.7% 22,450
     Democratic Anthony N. Iannarelli, Jr. 18.3% 20,785
Total Votes 113,788

Campaign themes

2025

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2023

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2021

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2020

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2019

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Campaign finance summary


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Robert Auth campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023New Jersey General Assembly District 39Won general$223,549 $0
2021New Jersey General Assembly District 39Won general$177,469 $0
2013New Jersey General Assembly, District 39Won $74,377 N/A**
Grand total$475,395 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Personal

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Auth lives in Old Tappan, NJ.

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Footnotes

  1. NorthJersey.com, "Battle for Assembly District 39: Robert Auth," accessed September 16, 2013
  2. New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
  3. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
  4. New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
  5. New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
  6. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  7. 7.0 7.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
  8. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
  9. New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
  10. New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
  11. New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 3, 2015
  12. New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  13. New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
  14. New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
  15. New Jersey Department of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed July 26, 2013
  16. New Jersey Department of State, "Official 2013 General Assembly general election candidates," accessed April 10, 2014
  17. Associated Press, "New Jersey - Summary Vote Results," November 6, 2013
  18. New Jersey Department of State, "2013 Official General Election results," accessed December 9, 2013


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