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Wayne Marek
Wayne Marek (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 26. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 10, 2025.
Marek was a Democratic candidate for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 in both 2007 and 2009. Marek also served on the Morris Plains Board of Education.
Elections
2025
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 (2 seats)
Incumbent Brian Bergen, incumbent Jay Webber, Michael Mancuso, and Walter Mielarczyk are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
 | Brian Bergen (R) | |
 | Jay Webber (R) | |
 | Michael Mancuso (D)  | |
| Walter Mielarczyk (D) | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 (2 seats)
Michael Mancuso and Walter Mielarczyk advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael Mancuso | 51.4 | 15,550 |
| ✔ | Walter Mielarczyk | 48.6 | 14,702 | |
| Total votes: 30,252 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Wayne Marek (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 (2 seats)
Incumbent Jay Webber and incumbent Brian Bergen advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jay Webber | 52.5 | 17,376 |
| ✔ | | Brian Bergen | 47.5 | 15,731 |
| Total votes: 33,107 | |||
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2021
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 (2 seats)
Incumbent Jay Webber and Christian Barranco defeated Pamela Fadden and Melissa Brown Blaeuer in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jay Webber (R) | 30.0 | 46,239 |
| ✔ |  | Christian Barranco (R) | 29.3 | 45,224 |
| Pamela Fadden (D) | 20.4 | 31,434 | ||
 | Melissa Brown Blaeuer (D) | 20.3 | 31,355 | |
| Total votes: 154,252 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 (2 seats)
Melissa Brown Blaeuer and Pamela Fadden advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Melissa Brown Blaeuer | 50.2 | 6,960 |
| ✔ | Pamela Fadden | 49.8 | 6,904 | |
| Total votes: 13,864 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Wayne Marek (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 (2 seats)
Incumbent Jay Webber and Christian Barranco defeated incumbent BettyLou DeCroce and Thomas Mastrangelo in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jay Webber | 34.5 | 10,460 |
| ✔ | | Christian Barranco | 23.8 | 7,220 |
 | BettyLou DeCroce | 22.0 | 6,669 | |
| Thomas Mastrangelo | 19.7 | 5,982 | ||
| Total votes: 30,331 | |||
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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.[1] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Wayne Marek and Avery Ann Hart were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Jay Webber and incumbent BettyLou DeCroce were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Webber and DeCroce defeated Marek, Hart, and Jimmy Brash (Green) in the general election.[2][3][4][5][6]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 26 General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Jay Webber Incumbent |
30.3% | 13,739 | |
| Republican | BettyLou DeCroce Incumbent |
30.1% | 13,666 | |
| Democratic | Avery Ann Hart | 19.4% | 8,805 | |
| Democratic | Wayne Marek | 18.8% | 8,525 | |
| Green | Jimmy Brash | 1.5% | 666 | |
| Total Votes | 45,401 | |||
2009
Marek was bracketed with Douglas Herbert (D) and was defeated by Alex DeCroce (R) and Jay Webber (R).
Marek received 20,107 votes (16%).[7]
2007
Marek was bracketed with David Modrak (D) and was defeated by incumbent Alex DeCroce (R) and Jay Webber (R).
Marek received 13,308 votes.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2021
Wayne Marek did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2025 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 3, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Associated Press, "General Election Results, November 4, 2009," accessed April 10, 2014
