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Tyler Powell
Tyler Powell (Democratic Party) is running for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 23. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. He advanced from the Democratic primary on June 10, 2025.
Powell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Tyler Powell was born in Texas. Powell earned an associate degree from the Raritan Valley Community College and a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University. His career experience includes working as a technology professional. As of 2025, Powell worked in cybersecurity.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)
Incumbent John DiMaio, incumbent Erik Peterson, Guy Citron, and Tyler Powell are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
 | John DiMaio (R) | |
 | Erik Peterson (R) | |
 | Guy Citron (D)  | |
 | Tyler Powell (D) | |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)
Tyler Powell and Guy Citron advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tyler Powell | 51.6 | 13,257 |
| ✔ | | Guy Citron | 48.4 | 12,447 |
| Total votes: 25,704 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)
Incumbent John DiMaio and incumbent Erik Peterson advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John DiMaio | 53.5 | 17,794 |
| ✔ | | Erik Peterson | 46.5 | 15,438 |
| Total votes: 33,232 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matt Moench (R)
Endorsements
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2023
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)
Incumbent John DiMaio and incumbent Erik Peterson defeated Tyler Powell and Guy Citron in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John DiMaio (R) | 29.5 | 31,122 |
| ✔ | | Erik Peterson (R) | 28.8 | 30,366 |
| Tyler Powell (D) | 20.9 | 22,118 | |
| Guy Citron (D) | 20.8 | 21,981 | |
| Total votes: 105,587 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)
Margaret Weinberger and Guy Citron advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Margaret Weinberger | 51.0 | 6,891 | |
| ✔ | | Guy Citron | 49.0 | 6,619 |
| Total votes: 13,510 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 (2 seats)
Incumbent John DiMaio and incumbent Erik Peterson advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 23 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John DiMaio | 50.4 | 8,545 |
| ✔ | | Erik Peterson | 49.6 | 8,404 |
| Total votes: 16,949 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Powell in this election.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tyler Powell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Powell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I grew up in Texas, spending mornings tending horses and evenings sweeping the floors of my family’s grocery store.
As a young adult, life knocked me down, I lost my home and lived out of my truck. But I didn’t stay there. I moved to New Jersey and started over. Working from the bottom up, I put myself through Raritan Valley Community College, an experience that made me an advocate for funding community colleges and trade programs that give people a real path forward. I earned my bachelor’s degree from Rutgers in Management and Labor Relations, balancing school while working in the trades and retail.
I knows what it means to sweat through long hours and build something from nothing. Today, I help protect our nation’s critical infrastructure as a leader in cybersecurity, ensuring our electrical grid and water systems are safe from cyberattacks.
This race isn’t about politics for me. It’s a calling to restore common-sense leadership to a state I proudly call home. I believes good policy isn’t partisan, and that representation should serve every person in the district. Not just party insiders or out-of-touch politicians, but the people who work hard, raise families, and deserve leaders who understand where they’re coming from.- Affordability We need to invest heavily into new clean energy production to create good jobs and stabilize the cost of electricity for residents. Build more housing (in the right places) and ban corporate ownership to help ease the pressure from the extreme demand we’re seeing across the country. Property taxes are some of the highest in the nation, and to reduce costs without cutting services, we must turn to economies of scale. Not necessarily consolidation, but move services to county or state operation.
- Preserve Rural and Small-Town Character Fight against warehouse sprawl and overdevelopment that threatens the charm and identity of our communities.
- Invest in Skills & Trade-Based Education Expand vocational training and apprenticeship programs to prepare students for good-paying jobs and strengthen our local workforce.
League of Conservation Voters
HPAE
AFTNJ
Planned Parenthood
Former Governor Christine Todd Whitman
Mayor of Newark Ras Baraka
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2023
Tyler Powell did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 19, 2025
