Yvonne Lopez

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Yvonne Lopez
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Candidate, New Jersey General Assembly District 19

New Jersey General Assembly District 19
Tenure

2018 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

7

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

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Yvonne Lopez (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 19. She assumed office in 2018. Her current term ends on January 13, 2026.

Lopez (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 19. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. She advanced from the Democratic primary on June 10, 2025.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Lopez was assigned to the following committees:

2020-2021

Lopez was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Lopez was assigned to the following committees:


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Elections

2025

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 (2 seats)

Incumbent Craig J. Coughlin, incumbent Yvonne Lopez, Marilyn Colon, and Maria Garcia are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 on November 4, 2025.


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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 (2 seats)

Incumbent Yvonne Lopez and incumbent Craig J. Coughlin defeated Michelle Burwell in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Yvonne Lopez
Yvonne Lopez
 
44.4
 
11,707
Image of Craig J. Coughlin
Craig J. Coughlin
 
41.8
 
11,016
Image of Michelle Burwell
Michelle Burwell
 
13.8
 
3,652

Total votes: 26,375
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 (2 seats)

Marilyn Colon and Maria Garcia advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 on June 10, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Marilyn Colon
 
54.3
 
4,786
Maria Garcia
 
45.7
 
4,036

Total votes: 8,822
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Endorsements

2023

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 (2 seats)

Incumbent Craig J. Coughlin and incumbent Yvonne Lopez defeated Marilyn Colon, Sam Raval, and David Diez in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Craig J. Coughlin
Craig J. Coughlin (D)
 
31.4
 
18,808
Image of Yvonne Lopez
Yvonne Lopez (D)
 
30.5
 
18,254
Marilyn Colon (R)
 
19.2
 
11,496
Sam Raval (R)
 
17.9
 
10,740
David Diez (L)
 
1.0
 
619

Total votes: 59,917
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 (2 seats)

Incumbent Craig J. Coughlin and incumbent Yvonne Lopez advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Craig J. Coughlin
Craig J. Coughlin
 
50.2
 
8,492
Image of Yvonne Lopez
Yvonne Lopez
 
49.8
 
8,426

Total votes: 16,918
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 (2 seats)

Marilyn Colon and Sam Raval advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Marilyn Colon
 
50.9
 
2,342
Sam Raval
 
49.1
 
2,261

Total votes: 4,603
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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 19 (2 seats)

Incumbent Craig J. Coughlin and incumbent Yvonne Lopez defeated Anthony Gallo and Bruce Banko in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Craig J. Coughlin
Craig J. Coughlin (D)
 
29.1
 
26,529
Image of Yvonne Lopez
Yvonne Lopez (D)
 
28.6
 
26,057
Anthony Gallo (R)
 
21.2
 
19,337
Bruce Banko (R)
 
21.0
 
19,098

Total votes: 91,021
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 (2 seats)

Incumbent Craig J. Coughlin and incumbent Yvonne Lopez advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Craig J. Coughlin
Craig J. Coughlin
 
50.2
 
7,672
Image of Yvonne Lopez
Yvonne Lopez
 
49.8
 
7,605

Total votes: 15,277
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 (2 seats)

Anthony Gallo and Bruce Banko advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Anthony Gallo
 
51.8
 
3,325
Bruce Banko
 
48.2
 
3,089

Total votes: 6,414
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2019

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 (2 seats)

Incumbent Craig J. Coughlin and incumbent Yvonne Lopez defeated Rocco Genova, Christian Onuoha, and William Cruz in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Craig J. Coughlin
Craig J. Coughlin (D)
 
33.6
 
18,412
Image of Yvonne Lopez
Yvonne Lopez (D)
 
32.1
 
17,577
Rocco Genova (R)
 
16.8
 
9,215
Image of Christian Onuoha
Christian Onuoha (R)
 
16.2
 
8,870
William Cruz (Independent)
 
1.3
 
688

Total votes: 54,762
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 (2 seats)

Incumbent Craig J. Coughlin and incumbent Yvonne Lopez advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Craig J. Coughlin
Craig J. Coughlin
 
51.0
 
5,644
Image of Yvonne Lopez
Yvonne Lopez
 
49.0
 
5,420

Total votes: 11,064
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 (2 seats)

Rocco Genova and Christian Onuoha advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 19 on June 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Rocco Genova
 
51.5
 
1,388
Image of Christian Onuoha
Christian Onuoha
 
48.5
 
1,309

Total votes: 2,697
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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.[1] 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.[2] Incumbent Craig Coughlin (D) and Yvonne Lopez (D) defeated Deepak Malhotra (R), Amarjit Riar (R), and William Cruz (Quality of Life) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 19 general election.[3][4]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 19 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Craig Coughlin Incumbent 35.62% 25,708
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Yvonne Lopez 34.40% 24,830
     Republican Deepak Malhotra 14.84% 10,709
     Republican Amarjit Riar 13.07% 9,436
     Quality of Life William Cruz 2.06% 1,488
Total Votes 72,171
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Incumbent Craig Coughlin and Yvonne Lopez were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 19 Democratic primary election.[5][6]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 19 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Craig Coughlin Incumbent 51.20% 8,529
Green check mark transparent.png Yvonne Lopez 48.80% 8,129
Total Votes 16,658
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Deepak Malhotra and Amarjit Riar were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 19 Republican primary election.[7][6]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 19 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Deepak Malhotra 52.52% 1,596
Green check mark transparent.png Amarjit Riar 47.48% 1,443
Total Votes 3,039
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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Campaign finance summary


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Yvonne Lopez campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023New Jersey General Assembly District 19Won general$297,824 $0
2021New Jersey General Assembly District 19Won general$278,805 $0
Grand total$576,629 $0
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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