Roy Freiman
2018 - Present
2026
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Roy Freiman (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 16. He assumed office in 2018. His current term ends on January 13, 2026.
Freiman (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 16. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. He advanced from the Democratic primary on June 10, 2025.
Biography
Freiman's professional experience includes working as an executive at Prudential Financial.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Freiman was assigned to the following committees:
- Agriculture Committee, Chair
- Commerce and Economic Development Committee
- Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
2020-2021
Freiman was assigned to the following committees:
- Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
- State and Local Government Committee, Vice-chair
- Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
2019-2020
Freiman was assigned to the following committees:
- Commerce and Economic Development Committee
- Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
- Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2025
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 (2 seats)
Incumbent Mitchelle Drulis, incumbent Roy Freiman, Catherine Payne, and Scott Sipos are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
 | Mitchelle Drulis (D) | |
 | Roy Freiman (D) | |
| Catherine Payne (R) | ||
| Scott Sipos (R) | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 (2 seats)
Incumbent Mitchelle Drulis and incumbent Roy Freiman defeated Mahmoud Desouky in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mitchelle Drulis | 44.7 | 16,899 |
| ✔ | | Roy Freiman | 44.3 | 16,745 |
| Mahmoud Desouky | 11.0 | 4,140 | ||
| Total votes: 37,784 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 (2 seats)
Scott Sipos and Catherine Payne advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Scott Sipos | 51.6 | 12,113 | |
| ✔ | Catherine Payne | 48.4 | 11,367 | |
| Total votes: 23,480 | |||
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Endorsements
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2023
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 (2 seats)
Incumbent Roy Freiman and Mitchelle Drulis defeated Grace Zhang and Ross Traphagen in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Roy Freiman (D) | 28.3 | 34,188 |
| ✔ | | Mitchelle Drulis (D) | 27.9 | 33,624 |
| Grace Zhang (R) | 22.0 | 26,558 | ||
| Ross Traphagen (R) | 21.8 | 26,293 | ||
| Total votes: 120,663 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 (2 seats)
Incumbent Roy Freiman and Mitchelle Drulis advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Roy Freiman | 50.1 | 9,803 |
| ✔ | | Mitchelle Drulis | 49.9 | 9,759 |
| Total votes: 19,562 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 (2 seats)
Ross Traphagen and Grace Zhang advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ross Traphagen | 50.3 | 5,946 | |
| ✔ | Grace Zhang | 49.7 | 5,873 | |
| Total votes: 11,819 | |||
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Endorsements
Freiman received the following endorsements.
2021
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 (2 seats)
Incumbent Roy Freiman and Sadaf Jaffer defeated Vincent Panico and Joseph A. Lukac, III in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Roy Freiman (D) | 26.7 | 40,992 |
| ✔ |  | Sadaf Jaffer (D) | 25.7 | 39,512 |
| Vincent Panico (R) | 24.0 | 36,924 | ||
 | Joseph A. Lukac, III (R) | 23.6 | 36,251 | |
| Total votes: 153,679 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 (2 seats)
Sadaf Jaffer and incumbent Roy Freiman defeated Faris Zwirahn in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sadaf Jaffer | 44.2 | 9,383 |
| ✔ | | Roy Freiman | 41.8 | 8,889 |
 | Faris Zwirahn | 14.0 | 2,979 | |
| Total votes: 21,251 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Chris Fistonich (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 (2 seats)
Vincent Panico and Joseph A. Lukac, III advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Vincent Panico | 50.9 | 10,113 | |
| ✔ | | Joseph A. Lukac, III | 49.1 | 9,763 |
| Total votes: 19,876 | |||
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2019
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 (2 seats)
Incumbent Andrew Zwicker and incumbent Roy Freiman defeated Mark Caliguire and Christine Madrid in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andrew Zwicker (D) | 28.1 | 27,732 |
| ✔ | | Roy Freiman (D) | 26.9 | 26,466 |
 | Mark Caliguire (R) | 22.6 | 22,276 | |
 | Christine Madrid (R) | 22.4 | 22,068 | |
| Total votes: 98,542 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 (2 seats)
Incumbent Andrew Zwicker and incumbent Roy Freiman advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andrew Zwicker | 51.4 | 8,671 |
| ✔ | | Roy Freiman | 48.6 | 8,207 |
| Total votes: 16,878 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 (2 seats)
Mark Caliguire and Christine Madrid defeated Roger Forest Locandro in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 16 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Caliguire | 39.3 | 4,782 |
| ✔ | | Christine Madrid | 35.0 | 4,266 |
| Roger Forest Locandro | 25.7 | 3,127 | ||
| Total votes: 12,175 | |||
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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 Andrew Zwicker (D) and Roy Freiman (D) defeated Donna Simon (R) and Mark Caliguire (R) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 16 general election.[4][5]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 16 General Election, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Andrew Zwicker Incumbent |
27.24% | 34,233 | |
| Democratic | Roy Freiman |
26.03% | 32,714 | |
| Republican | Donna Simon | 23.61% | 29,674 | |
| Republican | Mark Caliguire | 23.11% | 29,041 | |
| Total Votes | 125,662 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||||
Races we watched
Ballotpedia identified eight races to watch in the New Jersey General Assembly 2017 elections: three seats with two Democratic members, three seats with two Republican members, and two seats split between the parties. Based on analysis of these districts' electoral histories, these races had the potential to be more competitive than other races and could possibly have led to shifts in a chamber's partisan balance.
This district was a Race to Watch because the district was split between the parties following the 2015 elections, both incumbents had margins of victory that were less than five percent, and an incumbent from the opposite party of the 2016 presidential winner did not file for re-election In the 2015 elections, all four candidates for District 16 were within five points of each other. Incumbents Jack Ciattarelli (R) and Andrew Zwicker (D) received 25.4 percent of the vote and 25.5 percent, respectively. Republican incumbent Donna Simon (R) and Maureen Vella (D) received 24.9 percent and 24.6 percent, respectively. Ciattarelli was first appointed to the chamber in 2011 and Zwicker was first elected in 2015 when he defeated Simon. District 16 was one of 28 New Jersey state legislative districts that Democrat Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election. Clinton carried District 16 by 14.3 points. In 2012, Democrat Barack Obama won District 16 by 7.7 points. As of 2017, District 16 overlapped with the following counties: Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset.
Democratic primary election
Incumbent Andrew Zwicker and Roy Freiman were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 16 Democratic primary election.[6][7]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 16 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Andrew Zwicker Incumbent |
51.32% | 10,918 |
| Roy Freiman |
48.68% | 10,358 |
| Total Votes | 21,276 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Republican primary election
Donna Simon and Mark Caliguire were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 16 Republican primary election.[8][7]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 16 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Donna Simon |
50.43% | 8,048 |
| Mark Caliguire |
49.57% | 7,912 |
| Total Votes | 15,960 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Campaign themes
2025
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2023
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2021
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2019
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2017
Freiman's Facebook page highlighted the following issues:
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In the Assembly, Roy will use his business and analytics skills to make sure the best decisions are being made for our families. He will push for relief from the tax burden we face, he’ll create new jobs by attracting new business through policies that support economic development and equal pay legislation that fits our needs, and he’ll restore the funding for women’s health care that offers critical services to our neighbors. Roy understands the challenges that our families face and what needs to be done to solve them. In the Assembly, Roy will put our interests first.[9] |
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| —Roy Freiman[1] | ||
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2024
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2023
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In 2023, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 10 to January 8.
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2022
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In 2022, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 11 to December 31. |
2021
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In 2021, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 4 to January 11.
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2020
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In 2020, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 14 to December 17.
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2019
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In 2019, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 9, 2018, through January 14, 2020.
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2018
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In 2018, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 9 through January 8, 2019.
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See also
2025 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roy Freiman 2017 Facebook page, "About," accessed August 21, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
