Transparency and informed voters are the best ways to create accountability. Below you can find information about candidates running in the 2019 NJ general election. The table below lists General Assembly candidates for all legislative districts (LDs), organized by district and party, and then alphabetically by last name. You vote for TWO candidates in your LD.
Click on a candidate’s name to find additional information that they provided through this survey.
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Statewide candidates
(Senate and Assembly; * = incumbent)
| LD | Candidate | Party | Badges | Position | Public email |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Andrzejczak* | Democrat | Senate | Bob_a@live.com | |
| 1 | Mike Testa | Republican | Senate | mike@testafornj.com | |
| 1 | R. Bruce Land* | Democrat | Assembly | rbbronco@aol.com | |
| 1 | Matthew W. Milam* | Democrat | Assembly | mmilamfsc@gmail.com | |
| 1 | Antwan McClellan | Republican | Assembly | assembly@testafornj.com | |
| 1 | Erik Simosen | Republican | Assembly | assembly@testafornj.com | |
| 2 | John Armato* | Democrat | Assembly | jparmato@comcast.net | |
| 2 | Vincent Mazzeo* | Democrat | Assembly | vince@bfmazzeo.com | |
| 2 | Philip J. Guenther | Republican | Assembly | guentherforassembly@gmail.com | |
| 2 | John W. Risley Jr. | Republican | Assembly | risleyjw@aol.com | |
| 3 | John J. Burzichelli* | Democrat | Assembly | gloucodems@gmail.com | |
| 3 | Adam Taliaferro* | Democrat | Assembly | gloucodems@gmail.com | |
| 3 | Edward Durr Jr. | Republican | Assembly | edward_durr@yahoo.com | |
| 3 | Beth Sawyer | Republican | Assembly | bethsawyer1193@gmail.com | |
| 4 | Paul D. Mariarty* | Democrat | Assembly | njld4dems@gmail.com | |
| 4 | Gabriela M. Mosquera* | Democrat | Assembly | njld4dems@gmail.com | |
| 4 | Paul E. Dilks | Republican | Assembly | yoursouthjerseyvoice@gmail.com | |
| 4 | Stephen H. Pakradooni Jr. | Republican | Assembly | yoursouthjerseyvoice@gmail.com | |
| 5 | William F. Moen Jr. | Democrat | Assembly | 5thdistrictnj@gmail.com | |
| 5 | William W. Spearman* | Democrat | Assembly | 5thdistrictnj@gmail.com | |
| 5 | Kevin Ehret | Republican |  | Assembly | kevinehret@aim.com |
| 5 | Nicholas Kush | Republican | Assembly | lauriekush@gmail.com | |
| 6 | Louis D. Greenwald* | Democrat | Assembly | greenwaldandlampittforassembly@gmail.com | |
| 6 | Pamela R. Lampitt* | Democrat | Assembly | greenwaldandlampittforassembly@gmail.com | |
| 6 | John Papeika | Republican | Assembly | john.papeika@yahoo.com | |
| 6 | Cynthia Plucinski | Republican | Assembly | donaldplucinski@ymail.com | |
| 7 | Herb Conaway* | Democrat | Assembly | asmconaway@gmail.com | |
| 7 | Carol Murphy* | Democrat | Assembly | carolmurphy4assembly@gmail.com | |
| 7 | Peter H. Miller | Republican | Assembly | petemiller96@aol.com | |
| 7 | Kathleen Cooley | True Blue Unbossed | Assembly | kjd0128@gmail.com | |
| 8 | Gina LaPlaca | Democrat | Assembly | glaplaca@gmail.com | |
| 8 | Mark Natale | Democrat | Assembly | mark.natale88@gmail.com | |
| 8 | Ryan Peters* | Republican | Assembly | ryan@petersforassembly.com | |
| 8 | Jean Stanfield | Republican | Assembly | stanfieldforassembly@gmail.com | |
| 8 | Tom Giangiulio Jr. | MAGA Conservative | Assembly | glenex@aol.com | |
| 9 | Sarah Collins | Democrat | Assembly | collinsforassemblyld9@gmail.com | |
| 9 | Wayne Lewis | Democrat |  | Assembly | waynelewis4assembly@gmail.com |
| 9 | DiAnne C. Gove* | Republican | Assembly | rumpfandgoveforassembly@gmail.com | |
| 9 | Brian E Rumpf* | Republican | Assembly | rumpfandgoveforassembly@gmail.com | |
| 10 | Eileen Della Volle | Democrat | Assembly | dellavolle4nj@gmail.com | |
| 10 | Erin Wheeler | Democrat | | Assembly | ewheeler8808@gmail.com |
| 10 | John Catalano | Republican | Assembly | friendsofmcguckin@yahoo.com | |
| 10 | Gregory P. McGuckin* | Republican | Assembly | friendsofmcguckin@yahoo.com | |
| 10 | Ian Holmes | Addressing Systemic Issues | | Assembly | householmes.20@gmail.com |
| 10 | Vincent R. Barrella | Integrity Experience Leadership | Assembly | vrbarrella@aol.com | |
| 11 | Joann Downey* | Democrat | Assembly | joannldowney@optonline.net | |
| 11 | Eric Houghtaling* | Democrat | Assembly | ehough9554@optonline.net | |
| 11 | Michael Amoroso | Republican | Assembly | michaelamorosoforassembly@gmail.com | |
| 11 | Matthew C. Woolley | Republican | Assembly | mattwoolleyforassembly@gmail.com | |
| 12 | Malina Guha | Democrat | Assembly | malini.guha@aya.yale.edu | |
| 12 | David H. Lande | Democrat | Assembly | landeforassembly@gmail.com | |
| 12 | Robert D. Clifton* | Republican | Assembly | rob.clifton@ymail.com | |
| 12 | Ronald S. Dancer* | Republican | Assembly | r.s.dancer@att.net | |
| 13 | Allison Friedman | Democrat | Assembly | allisonfriedman@ymail.com | |
| 13 | Barbara Singer | Democrat | Assembly | bacs.pal@gmail.com | |
| 13 | Serena DiMaso* | Republican | Assembly | serenadimaso@gmail.com | |
| 13 | Gerard Scharfenberger | Republican | Assembly | gscharfenberger1@gmail.com | |
| 14 | Daniel R. Benson* | Democrat | Assembly | daniel.benson@gmail.com | |
| 14 | Wayne P. DeAngelo* | Democrat | Assembly | seagar1nj@aol.com | |
| 14 | Thomas Calabrese | Republican | Assembly | tcalabreru@gmail.com | |
| 14 | Bina Shah | Republican | Assembly | binashah01@yahoo.com | |
| 14 | Michael Bollentin | Integrity and Accountability | | Assembly | Bollentinforassembly@gmail.com |
| 15 | Verlina Reynolds-Jackson* | Democrat | | Assembly | aswreyjackson@gmail.com |
| 15 | Anthony S. Verrelli* | Democrat | Assembly | verrelliforassembly@gmail.com | |
| 15 | Jennifer Willilams | Republican | Assembly | jenforld15@gmail.com | |
| 15 | Edward "NJ Weedman" Forchion | Legalize Marijuana Party | Assembly | edforchion@yahoo.com | |
| 15 | Dioh Williams | Legalize Marijuana Party | Assembly | diohemman@live.com | |
| 16 | Roy Freiman* | Democrat | | Assembly | roy.freiman@roy2019.com |
| 16 | Andrew Zwicker* | Democrat | | Assembly | azwicker16@gmail.com |
| 16 | Mark Caliguire | Republican | Assembly | mscaliguire@gmail.com | |
| 16 | Christine Madrid | Republican | Assembly | christinezurich@gmail.com | |
| 17 | Joe Danielsen* | Democrat | Assembly | jdnjassembly@gmail.com | |
| 17 | Joseph V. Egan* | Democrat | Assembly | Carmen.auciello@gmail.com | |
| 17 | Patricia Badovinac | Republican | Assembly | callmedoc1@yahoo.com | |
| 17 | Maria Conception Powell | Republican | | Assembly | uswga.corporation@gmail.com |
| 18 | Robert Karabinchak* | Democrat | Assembly | pinkinkarabinchak4nj18@gmail.com | |
| 18 | Nancy Pinkin* | Democrat | Assembly | pinkinkarabinchak4nj18@gmail.com | |
| 18 | Robert A. Bengivenga | Republican | Assembly | robert.bengivenga@gmail.com | |
| 18 | Jeffrey R. Brown | Republican | Assembly | jeffreybrownesq@gmail.com | |
| 19 | Craig J. Coughlin* | Democrat | Assembly | coughlinlopezforassembly@gmail.com | |
| 19 | Yvonne M. Lopez* | Democrat | Assembly | coughlinlopezforassembly@gmail.com | |
| 19 | Rocco Genova | Republican | Assembly | rgenova140@gmail.com | |
| 19 | Christian Onuoha | Republican | Assembly | wealthchristian27@gmail.com | |
| 19 | William Cruz | Independent | Assembly | MCMRACWC@gmail.com | |
| 20 | Jamel C. Holley* | Democrat | | Assembly | jamelholley@hotmail.com |
| 20 | Annette Quijano* | Democrat | Assembly | aquijano10@aol.com | |
| 20 | Charles Donnelly | Republican | | Assembly | chazbo1949@aol.com |
| 20 | Ashraf Hanna | Republican | Assembly | ashraf.hanna@dxc.com | |
| 21 | Stacey Gunderman | Democrat | Assembly | stacey4assembly@gmail.com | |
| 21 | Lisa Mandelblatt | Democrat | Assembly | lisa4assembly@gmail.com | |
| 21 | Jon Bramnick* | Republican | Assembly | jonbramnick@jonbramnick.com | |
| 21 | Nancy Munoz* | Republican | Assembly | aswmunoz@gmail.com | |
| 21 | Martin Marks | Independent Conservative | Assembly | MartinMarks62@msn.com | |
| 21 | Harris P. Pappas | Independent Conservative | Assembly | harry-p.pappas@gmail.com | |
| 22 | Linda Carter* | Democrat | Assembly | aswlcarter@gmail.com | |
| 22 | James Kennedy* | Democrat | Assembly | jimkennedyforassembly@gmail.com | |
| 22 | Patricia Quattrocchi | Republican | | Assembly | sajobsq@aol.com |
| 23 | Denise T. King | Democrat | Assembly | deniselistens@gmail.com | |
| 23 | Marisa Trofimov | Democrat | | Assembly | mtrofimovesq@gmail.com |
| 23 | John DiMaio* | Republican | Assembly | asmdimaio@yahoo.com | |
| 23 | Erik Peterson* | Republican | Assembly | asmpeterson23@gmail.com | |
| 24 | Deana Lykins | Democrat | | Assembly | dllykins@yahoo.com |
| 24 | Dan Soloman Smith | Democrat | Assembly | dssmithlaw@yahoo.com | |
| 24 | F. Parker Space* | Republican | Assembly | nj24legislators@gmail.com | |
| 24 | Harold J. Wirths* | Republican | Assembly | nj24legislators@gmail.com | |
| 25 | Lisa Bhimani | Democrat | Assembly | bhimani4assembly@gmail.com | |
| 25 | Darcy Draeger | Democrat | Assembly | draeger4assembly@gmail.com | |
| 25 | Brian Bergen | Republican | Assembly | brian@votebergen.com | |
| 25 | Anthony M. Bucco* | Republican | Assembly | info@anthonybucco.com | |
| 25 | Aura Kenny Dunn | Republican | Assembly | aura.dunn@verizon.net | |
| 26 | Christine Clarke | Democrat | Assembly | info@clarkeforassembly.com | |
| 26 | Laura Fortgang | Democrat | Assembly | laura@fortgangforassembly.com | |
| 26 | BettyLou DeCroce* | Republican | Assembly | Abldecroce@optonline.net | |
| 26 | Jay Webber* | Republican | Assembly | asmjaywebber@gmail.com | |
| 27 | Mila M. Jasey* | Democrat | Assembly | jaseyforassembly@gmail.com | |
| 27 | John F. McKeon* | Democrat | Assembly | johnfmckeonnj@gmail.cm | |
| 27 | Michael Dailey | Republican | Assembly | thedaileys@optonline.net | |
| 27 | Mauro G. Tucci Jr. | Republican | Assembly | essexcntygop@gmail.com | |
| 28 | Ralph R. Caputo* | Democrat | Assembly | Caputo252@aol.com | |
| 28 | Cleopatra Tucker* | Democrat | Assembly | cleopatratucker1@aol.com | |
| 28 | Joy Bembry-Freeman | Republican | Assembly | essexcntygop@gmail.com | |
| 28 | Antonio Pires | Republican | Assembly | essexcntygop@gmail.com | |
| 28 | Derrick Ross | Strength in Numbers | Assembly | derrickross34@gmail.com | |
| 29 | Eliana Pintor Marin* | Democrat | Assembly | pintormarinnj@gmail.com | |
| 29 | Shanique Davis-Speight* | Democrat | Assembly | sspeight1978@gmail.com | |
| 29 | John Anello | Republican | Assembly | essexcntygop@gmail.com | |
| 29 | Jeanette Veras | Republican | Assembly | essexcntygop@gmail.com | |
| 29 | Yolanda Johnson | Jobs, Equal Rights | Assembly | Ms.Yolandajohnson@outlook.com | |
| 29 | Nichelle Velazquez | Jobs, Equal Rights | Assembly | Nichellevelazquez@gmail.com | |
| 30 | Yasin "Jason" Celik | Democrat | Assembly | jasoncelik@gmail.com | |
| 30 | Steven Farkas | Democrat | | Assembly | farkasforassembly@gmail.com |
| 30 | Sean T. Kean* | Republican | Assembly | skean@cgajlaw.com | |
| 30 | Edward H. Thomson* | Republican | Assembly | eht@ehthomson.com | |
| 30 | Hank Schroeder | The Other Candidate | Assembly | voteHankNJ@yahoo.com | |
| 31 | Nicholas A. Chiaravalloti* | Democrat | Assembly | ncfornj@gmail.com | |
| 31 | Angela V. McKnight* | Democrat | Assembly | aswamcknight@gmail.com | |
| 31 | Jason Todd Mushnick | Republican | Assembly | jason.mushnick@gmail.com | |
| 31 | Mary Kay Palagne | Republican | Assembly | sebastiangallic@gmail.com | |
| 32 | Angelica M. Jimenez* | Democrat | Assembly | angiemj319@gmail.com | |
| 32 | Pedro Mejia* | Democrat | Assembly | 32pedromejia@gmail.com | |
| 32 | Ann Carletta | Republican | Assembly | anncarletta@yahoo.com | |
| 32 | Francesa Curreli | Republican | Assembly | fcurreli2019@gmail.com | |
| 33 | Annette Chaparro* | Democrat | Assembly | chaparrofornj33@gmail.com | |
| 33 | Raj Mukherji* | Democrat | Assembly | info@electraj.com | |
| 33 | Holly Lucyk | Republican | Assembly | designerholly@yahoo.com | |
| 33 | Fabian Rohena | Republican | Assembly | frohena59@gmail.com | |
| 34 | Thomas P. Giblin* | Democrat | Assembly | asmgiblin@njleg.org | |
| 34 | Britney Timberlake* | Democrat | Assembly | electtimberlake@gmail.com | |
| 34 | Irene DeVita | Republican | | Assembly | devita34ld@gmail.com |
| 34 | Bharat T. Rana | Republican | Assembly | bharatrana31@aol.com | |
| 34 | Clenard Howard Childress Jr. | Stop the Insanity! | Assembly | revchildressjr@aol.com | |
| 35 | Shavonda E. Sumter* | Democrat | Assembly | shavondasumter@msn.com | |
| 35 | Benjie E. Wimberly* | Democrat | Assembly | b4wimberly@gmail.com | |
| 35 | Robert Cartalemi | Republican | | Assembly | bobcnj72@yahoo.com |
| 35 | Tamer Mamkej | Republican | Assembly | tamer311@gmail.com | |
| 35 | Elizabeth Pla | Republican | | Assembly | bethpla66@gmail.com |
| 36 | Clinton Calabrese* | Democrat | Assembly | ccalabresecp@gmail.com | |
| 36 | Gary S. Schaer* | Democrat | Assembly | gary@schaerforassembly.org | |
| 36 | Khaldoun Androwis | Republican | Assembly | khaldoun.androwis@gmail.com | |
| 36 | Foster Lowe | Republican | Assembly | nycrealty4@gmail.com | |
| 37 | Valerie Vainer Huttle* | Democrat | Assembly | Val@hutthome.com | |
| 37 | Gordon M. Johnson* | Democrat | Assembly | Gordonmjoh@gmail.com | |
| 37 | Angela T. Hendricks | Republican | Assembly | jingo44@hotmail.com | |
| 37 | Gino Tessaro | Republican | Assembly | tessarog@yahoo.com | |
| 37 | Claudio Belusic | Libertarian Party | Assembly | cbelusic@gmail.com | |
| 38 | Lisa Swain* | Democrat | Assembly | swainforassembly@gmail.com | |
| 38 | Christopher Tully* | Democrat | Assembly | tullyforassembly@gmail.com | |
| 38 | Christopher DiPiazza | Republican | Assembly | cdipiazza23@gmail.com | |
| 38 | Michael A. Kazimir | Republican | Assembly | michael.kazimir@gmail.com | |
| 39 | John Birkner Jr. | Democrat | Assembly | jbirkner@optonline.net | |
| 39 | Gerald Falotico | Democrat | Assembly | gvf1099@gmail.com | |
| 39 | Robert J. Auth* | Republican | Assembly | plazatravel@att.net | |
| 39 | Holly T. Schepisi* | Republican | Assembly | hschepisi@yahoo.com | |
| 40 | Maria Martini Cordonnier | Democrat | Assembly | mc521950@aol.com | |
| 40 | Christopher P. DePhillips* | Republican | Assembly | cdephillipsld40@gmail.com | |
| 40 | Kevin J. Rooney* | Republican | Assembly | krooneyld40@gmail.com |
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