Barry Wilkes
Barry Wilkes (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 38. He lost in the general election on November 4, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 (2 seats)
Incumbent Lisa Swain and incumbent P. Christopher Tully defeated Robert Kaiser and Barry Wilkes in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lisa Swain (D) | 29.1 | 44,488 | |
| ✔ | P. Christopher Tully (D) | 28.5 | 43,594 | |
| Robert Kaiser (R) | 21.6 | 32,924 | ||
 | Barry Wilkes (R) | 20.8 | 31,771 | |
| Total votes: 152,777 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 (2 seats)
Incumbent Lisa Swain and incumbent P. Christopher Tully defeated Damali Robinson and Donald Bonomo in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lisa Swain | 39.0 | 12,541 | |
| ✔ | P. Christopher Tully | 33.4 | 10,732 | |
 | Damali Robinson | 17.1 | 5,512 | |
| Donald Bonomo | 10.5 | 3,380 | ||
| Total votes: 32,165 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 (2 seats)
Robert Kaiser and Barry Wilkes defeated Jerry Taylor in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Robert Kaiser | 43.8 | 6,006 | |
| ✔ | | Barry Wilkes | 40.6 | 5,564 |
| Jerry Taylor | 15.6 | 2,142 | ||
| Total votes: 13,712 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Wilkes in this election.
2023
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 (2 seats)
Incumbent Lisa Swain and incumbent P. Christopher Tully defeated Gail Horton and Barry Wilkes in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lisa Swain (D) | 28.3 | 27,717 | |
| ✔ | P. Christopher Tully (D) | 27.9 | 27,304 | |
| Gail Horton (R) | 21.9 | 21,517 | ||
| Barry Wilkes (R) | 21.9 | 21,490 | |
| Total votes: 98,028 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 (2 seats)
Incumbent Lisa Swain and incumbent P. Christopher Tully advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lisa Swain | 50.8 | 6,246 | |
| ✔ | P. Christopher Tully | 49.2 | 6,055 | |
| Total votes: 12,301 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 (2 seats)
Barry Wilkes and Gail Horton advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Barry Wilkes | 50.1 | 3,296 |
| ✔ | Gail Horton | 49.9 | 3,286 | |
| Total votes: 6,582 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Wilkes in this election.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Barry Wilkes did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2023
Barry Wilkes did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2025 Elections
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