The 2021 New Jersey General Assembly election was held on November 2, 2021.

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

voters elected two Assembly members in all of the state's legislative districts for a two-year term to the

New Jersey General Assembly The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. Since the election of 1967 (1968 Session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for ...

. All 80 seats of the

were up for election. Democrats held a 52-28 majority in the lower house prior to the election. The members of the

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are chosen from 40 electoral districts. Each district elects one State Senator and two State Assembly members. New Jersey uses coterminous legislative districts for both its

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and

General Assembly A general assembly or general meeting is a meeting of all the members of an organization or shareholders of a company. Specific examples of general assembly include: Churches * General Assembly (presbyterian church), the highest court of presby ...

. Ultimately, Republicans gained six seats in the chamber, reducing Democrats majority to 46-34.

Incumbents not running for re-election

Democratic

* Nicholas Chiaravalloti,

District 31 A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

(lost party endorsement; withdrew from primary) *

Jamel Holley Jamel Curtis Holley (born September 13, 1979) is an American Democratic Party politician from the state of New Jersey, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 20th Legislative District from 2015 to 2022. He is the first Af ...

District 20 A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

(ran for

) *

Valerie Huttle Valerie Vainieri Huttle (born September 15, 1956) is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly where she represented the 37th Legislative District, from 2006 to 2022. Huttle served on the Bergen Count ...

, District 37 (ran for

) * Gordon M. Johnson, District 37 (ran for

) * Vince Mazzeo,

District 2 District 2 may refer to: Places by country *II District, Turku, in Finland * District 2, Düsseldorf, Germany *District 2, Grand Bassa County, a district in Liberia *District 2, an electoral district of Malta *District 2, a police district of Mal ...

(ran for

) *

Andrew Zwicker Andrew P. Zwicker (born May 17, 1964) is an American physicist and politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate from the 16th Legislative District since 2022. He previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 16th ...

District 16 16th district may refer to: France * 16th arrondissement of Marseille *16th arrondissement of Paris United States Congressional districts *California's 16th congressional district *Florida's 16th congressional district *Illinois's 16th co ...

(ran for

)

Republican

Jon Bramnick Jon M. Bramnick (born February 24, 1953) is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2022, representing the 21st legislative district. He previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly, repre ...

District 21 A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

(ran for

) *

BettyLou DeCroce BettyLou DeCroce (born November 17, 1952) is an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2012 to 2022, where she represented the 26th Legislative District. Biography and early career Born and r ...

District 26 A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

(defeated in primary) *

Serena DiMaso Serena DiMaso (born May 17, 1963) is an American Republican Party politician who represented the 13th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2018 to 2022.District 13 ''District 13'' ( French title ''Banlieue 13'' or ''B13''), is a 2004 French action film directed by Pierre Morel and written and produced by Luc Besson. It depicts parkour in several stunt sequences completed without wires or computer-generated ...

(lost party endorsement; defeated in primary) * Ryan Peters,

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(retired from politics) *

Jean Stanfield Jean Stanfield is an American politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate from the 8th Legislative District since 2022. She previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly, representing the 8th Legislative District from 2020 to 2022. ...

(ran for

) In addition, two members who were elected in the last election in 2019 have since resigned:

Nancy Pinkin Nancy J. Pinkin is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been the County Clerk of Middlesex County, New Jersey since 2021, before which she served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2014 to 2020 where she represented the 18th ...

(D-

18th 18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19. In mathematics * Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. ...

), who was elected

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...

County Clerk A clerk is a white-collar worker who conducts general office tasks, or a worker who performs similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment. The responsibilities of clerical workers commonly include record keeping, filing, staffing service ...

and

Holly Schepisi Holly T. Schepisi (born December 20, 1971) is an American lawyer, businesswoman, and Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician who is the New Jersey Senate, New Jersey State Senator, representing the New Jersey's 39th legisl ...

(R- 39th, after previously announcing a run for

Results

Overview

Summary of results by district

Close races

Districts where the difference of total votes between the top-two parties was under 10%: # gain # # gain # # # # # gain

List of races

District 1

Endorsements

;Results

District 12

Republican primary

Endorsements

Democratic primary

General election

;Predictions ;Results

Endorsements

District 13

Republican primary

Democratic primary

General election

Endorsements

District 19

Democratic primary

Republican primary

General election

;Predictions ;Results

District 20

Democratic primary

Endorsements

Republican primary

No Republicans filed.

General election

;Predictions ;Results

Endorsements

District 29

District 33

Democratic primary

Endorsements

Republican primary

General election

;Predictions ;Results

Endorsements

District 34

Democratic primary

Endorsements

Republican primary

General election

;Predictions ;Results

Endorsements

District 35

Democratic primary

Endorsements

Republican primary

General election

;Predictions ;Results

Endorsements

District 36

Democratic primary

Endorsements

Republican primary

No Republicans filed. However, Craig Auriemma and Joseph Viso Jr. received enough write-in votes to qualify for the general election.

General election

;Predictions ;Results

Endorsements

District 37

Democratic primary

Endorsements

Republican primary

General election

;Predictions ;Results

Endorsements

District 38

Democratic primary

Republican primary

General election

;Predictions ;Results

District 39

Republican primary

Democratic primary

General election

;Predictions ;Results

District 40

Republican primary

Democratic primary

General election

;Predictions ;Results

Notes

References

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