Become part of the movement for unbiased, accessible election information. Donate today.
Anjali Mehrotra
Anjali Mehrotra (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 21. She lost in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Mehrotra completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Anjali Mehrotra was born in Kolkata, India. She earned two degrees from the Stevens Institute of Technology, a bachelor's degree in 1991 and a graduate degree in 1994. Mehrotra has served as president of the National Organization for Women of New Jersey, on the board of directors of the National Organization for Women (NOW), and as a board member of the Union County Advisory Board on the Status of Minorities. She has also been affiliated with the Summit College Club/AAUW, the League of Women Voters of Berkeley Heights, New Providence and Summit, the New Jersey Women’s Political Caucus, and the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF).[1]
Elections
2021
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 (2 seats)
Incumbent Nancy Muñoz and Michele Matsikoudis defeated Elizabeth Graner and Anjali Mehrotra in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nancy Muñoz (R) | 27.0 | 43,708 |
| ✔ |  | Michele Matsikoudis (R) | 26.3 | 42,557 |
 | Elizabeth Graner (D)  | 23.6 | 38,207 | |
 | Anjali Mehrotra (D) | 23.1 | 37,449 | |
| Total votes: 161,921 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 (2 seats)
Elizabeth Graner and Anjali Mehrotra advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Elizabeth Graner | 50.7 | 9,763 |
| ✔ | | Anjali Mehrotra | 49.3 | 9,504 |
| Total votes: 19,267 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ileana Montes (D)
- William Harmer (D)
- Scott Salmon (D)
- Bibi Taylor (D)
- Harrison Clewell (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 (2 seats)
Michele Matsikoudis and incumbent Nancy Muñoz defeated Jennifer Makar in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 21 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michele Matsikoudis | 43.6 | 8,478 |
| ✔ | | Nancy Muñoz | 42.7 | 8,302 |
| Jennifer Makar | 13.6 | 2,652 | ||
| Total votes: 19,432 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Steven Spurr (R)
- Peter Kane (R)
Endorsements
To view Mehrotra's endorsements in the 2021 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Anjali Mehrotra completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mehrotra's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
Born and raised in India, Anjali moved to New Jersey to attend college. After receiving her Bachelors in Engineering and Master in Science, both in the Computer Science field, Anjali worked as a systems consultant. After earning her certification in digital design, Anjali started a new career as a freelance designer, allowing her the flexibility she needed to raise her young family.
Anjali has lived in Legislative District 21 since 1995. Here her twin daughters grew up, attending the public schools in Mountainside and Berkeley Heights before going to college at the University of Chicago. Anjali has been a relentless volunteer, a constant presence in the community.
Since January 2019, Anjali has been serving as President of National Organization for Women of New Jersey. Under her leadership NOW has regained a seat at the table of power and influence in New Jersey. She has built relationships with legislators, the Governor’s office and advocacy groups. She has testified before the State Legislature and with Senators Booker and Menendez.- The world has changed drastically in the last year. The disparities we knew existed—in healthcare, in wealth and income, in food security, have been exposed and exacerbated. The events of last summer and the last couple of weeks have forced a moment of reckoning on our nation—who are we and who do we want to be? As we come out of this pandemic, instead of going back to the same old tired ways of business as usual, we can choose to imagine and create a brave new world that is better equipped to meet the challenges that lie ahead.
- In New Jersey, we must prioritize the needs of our citizens. As we recover from COVID-19, we need relief for our small businesses and jobs to grow our economy. We need to build infrastructure that is reliable—our commuters deserve a better tunnel and transit system. We need to get guns and fear out of our schools and provide an education that will enable our next generation to meet the needs of the digital economy. And above all, we need tax fairness to ensure affordability; the status quo simply cannot continue. To accomplish this, we need to balance social change with fiscal responsibility: common sense to do the right thing, but pay our bills on time, and save for a rainy day.
- My opponents will want to paint me as a leftist Democrat, but it is their voting record that is out of touch with mainstream values in LD21. Cancer screenings and prenatal care for women are not controversial issues; removing the hurdles that make voting easier for New Jerseyans should not be partisan. Clean water and clean air for residents are not singularly progressive causes. Yet, under eight years of Governor Christie and since then, the incumbents have resisted all attempts to move New Jersey forward.
Women's rights - Pay Equity, Affordable Childcare, Reproductive Justice
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 28, 2021
