Candidates 2021

Transparency and informed voters are the best ways to create accountability. Below you can find information about candidates running in the 2021 NJ primary elections. The table below lists statewide candidates (General Assembly and State Senate) for all legislative districts (LDs), organized by district, position, and party. For county-level candidates, see this page, and for state committee candidates see this page.

You can vote for up to TWO candidates in your LD and can vote for candidates in ANY COLUMN (or row) on your ballot. In the primary elections on June 8th, all candidates on your ballot are in the same party, regardless of whether they are on the “county line” or not.

Click on a candidate’s name to find more information they provided and see their endorsement page. Candidates who did not provide us information are not clickable. To download information and for more data see bluecompass.org.
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LD	Office	Name	Party	Contact information
1	Assembly	Antwan McClellan*	Rep
1	Assembly	Erik Simonsen*	Rep
1	Assembly	Christopher C. Wilson	Dem
1	Assembly	John P. Capizola Jr.	Dem
1	Senate	Mike Testa Jr.*	Rep
1	Senate	Yolanda E. Garcia Balicki	Dem
2	Assembly	Don Guardian	Rep
2	Assembly	John Armato*	Dem
2	Assembly	Caren Fitzpatrick	Dem
2	Assembly	Claire Swift	Rep
2	Senate	Vince Polistina	Rep
2	Senate	Seth Grossman	Rep
2	Senate	Vince Mazzeo	Dem
3	Assembly	Bethanne McCarthy Patrick	Rep
3	Senate	Edward Durr	Rep
3	Assembly	John Burzichelli*	Dem
3	Assembly	Adam Taliaferro*	Dem
3	Senate	Steve Sweeney*	Dem
4	Assembly	Denise Gonzalez	Rep
4	Senate	Stephen H. Pakradooni Jr	Rep
4	Assembly	Paul Moriarty*	Dem
4	Assembly	Gabriela Mosquera*	Dem
4	Senate	Fred H. Madden*	Dem
5	Assembly	Sean Sepsey	Rep
5	Assembly	Samuel Dimatteo	Rep
5	Assembly	William Moen Jr.*	Dem
5	Assembly	William Spearman*	Dem
5	Senate	Nilsa Cruz-Perez*	Dem
6	Assembly	Ed Farmer	Rep
6	Assembly	Richard Super	Rep
6	Senate	John Foley	Rep
6	Assembly	Louis Greenwald*	Dem
6	Assembly	Pamela Lampitt*	Dem
6	Senate	James Beach*	Dem
7	Assembly	Douglas Dillon	Rep
7	Assembly	Joseph Jesuele	Rep
7	Senate	Michelle Arnold	Rep
7	Assembly	Herbert Conaway Jr.*	Dem
7	Assembly	Carol Murphy*	Dem
7	Senate	Troy Singleton*	Dem
8	Assembly	Michael Torrissi Jr.	Rep
8	Assembly	Brandon Umba	Rep
8	Senate	Jean Stanfield	Rep
8	Assembly	Mark Natale	Dem
8	Assembly	Allison Eckel	Dem
8	Senate	Dawn Marie Addiego*	Dem
9	Assembly	Dianne Gove*	Rep
9	Assembly	Brian Rumpf*	Rep
9	Senate	Christopher Connors*	Rep
9	Assembly	Kristen Henninger-Holland	Dem
9	Assembly	Alexis Jackson	Dem
9	Senate	David T. Wright	Dem
10	Assembly	John Catalano*	Rep
10	Assembly	Gregory McGuckin*	Rep
10	Assembly	Geraldine Ambrosio	Rep
10	Assembly	Brian Quinn	Rep
10	Senate	James Holzapfel*	Rep
10	Senate	Emma Mammano	Dem
10	Assembly	Garrit "Tony" Kono	Dem
10	Assembly	Mary "Sharon" Quilter	Dem
11	Assembly	Kimberly Eulner	Rep
11	Assembly	Marilyn Piperno	Rep
11	Senate	Lori L. Annetta	Rep
11	Assembly	Joann Downey*	Dem
11	Assembly	Eric Houghtaling*	Dem
11	Senate	Vin Gopal*	Dem
12	Assembly	Ronald Dancer*	Rep
12	Assembly	Robert Clifton*	Rep
12	Assembly	Ahmed Basuoni	Rep
12	Senate	Samuel Thompson*	Rep
12	Assembly	Michael Palazzolla	Dem
12	Assembly	Raya Arbiol	Dem
12	Senate	Joseph Altomonte	Dem
13	Assembly	Serena Dimaso*	Rep
13	Assembly	Gerard Scharfenberger*	Rep
13	Assembly	Victoria Flynn	Rep
13	Senate	Declan O'Scanlon Jr.*	Rep
13	Assembly	Allison Friedman	Dem
13	Assembly	Erin Howard	Dem
13	Senate	Vincent Solomeno III	Dem
14	Assembly	Andrew Pachuta	Rep
14	Assembly	Bina Shah	Rep
14	Senate	Adam J. Elias	Rep
14	Assembly	Daniel Benson*	Dem
14	Assembly	Wayne Deangelo*	Dem
14	Senate	Linda Greenstein*	Dem
15	Assembly	Patricia "Pat" A. Johnson	Rep
15	Senate	Susan Gaul	Rep
15	Assembly	Verlina Reynolds-Jackson*	Dem
15	Assembly	Anthony Verrelli*	Dem
15	Senate	Shirley Turner*	Dem
16	Assembly	Joseph A. Lukac, III	Rep
16	Assembly	Vincent Panico	Rep
16	Senate	Michael Pappas	Rep
16	Senate	Jeffrey Grant	Rep
16	Assembly	Roy Freiman*	Dem
16	Assembly	Sadaf Jaffer	Dem
16	Assembly	Faris Zwirahn	Dem
16	Senate	Andrew Zwicker	Dem
17	Assembly	Catherine Barrier	Rep
17	Assembly	Peter W. Gabra	Rep
17	Senate	James A. Abate	Rep
17	Assembly	Joseph Danielsen*	Dem
17	Assembly	Joseph Egan*	Dem
17	Senate	Bob Smith*	Dem
18	Assembly	Melanie McCann Mott	Rep
18	Assembly	Angela Fam	Rep
18	Senate	Vihal R. Patel	Rep
18	Assembly	Robert Karabinchak*	Dem
18	Assembly	Sterley Stanley*	Dem
18	Assembly	Maurice Alfaro Sr.	Dem
18	Assembly	Lisa Salem	Dem
18	Senate	Patrick Diegnan Jr.*	Dem
18	Senate	Mohin Patel	Dem
19	Assembly	Bruce Banko	Rep
19	Assembly	Anthony "Tony" Gallo	Rep
19	Senate	Christian Onuoha	Rep
19	Assembly	Craig Coughlin*	Dem
19	Assembly	Yvonne Lopez*	Dem
19	Senate	Joseph Vitale*	Dem
20	Assembly	Annette Quijano*	Dem
20	Assembly	Reginald Atkins	Dem
20	Assembly	Diane Murray-Clements	Dem
20	Assembly	Christian Veliz	Dem
20	Senate	Joseph Cryan*	Dem
20	Senate	Jamel Holley	Dem
21	Assembly	Nancy Munoz*	Rep
21	Assembly	Michele Matsikoudis	Rep
21	Assembly	Jennifer Makar	Rep
21	Senate	Jon Bramnick	Rep
21	Assembly	Elizabeth A. Graner	Dem
21	Assembly	Anjali Mehrotra	Dem
21	Senate	Joseph Signorello III	Dem
22	Assembly	Hans Herberg	Rep
22	Assembly	David Sypher	Rep
22	Senate	William H. Michelson	Rep
22	Assembly	Linda Carter*	Dem
22	Assembly	James Kennedy*	Dem
22	Senate	Nicholas Scutari*	Dem
23	Assembly	John Dimaio*	Rep
23	Assembly	Erik Peterson*	Rep
23	Senate	Michael J. Doherty*	Rep
23	Assembly	Nicholas Labelle	Dem
23	Assembly	Hope Kaufman	Dem
23	Senate	Denise T. King	Dem
24	Assembly	Parker Space*	Rep
24	Assembly	Harold Wirths*	Rep
24	Senate	Steven Oroho*	Rep
24	Assembly	Scott P. Fadden	Dem
24	Senate	Daniel Cruz	Rep
25	Assembly	Brian Bergen*	Rep
25	Assembly	Aura Kenny Dunn*	Rep
25	Senate	Anthony M. Bucco*	Rep
25	Assembly	Patricia L. Veres	Dem
25	Assembly	Lauren Barnett	Dem
25	Senate	Jeff Grayzel	Dem
26	Assembly	Jay Webber*	Rep
26	Assembly	Bettylou Decroce*	Rep
26	Assembly	Christian Barranco	Rep
26	Assembly	Thomas Mastrangelo	Rep
26	Senate	Joseph Pennacchio*	Rep
26	Assembly	Pamela Fadden	Dem
26	Assembly	Melissa Brown Blaeuer	Dem
26	Senate	Christine Clarke	Dem
27	Assembly	Kevin Ryan	Rep
27	Assembly	Jonathan Sym	Rep
27	Senate	Adam Kraemer	Rep
27	Assembly	Mila Jasey*	Dem
27	Assembly	John McKeon*	Dem
27	Senate	Richard Codey*	Dem
28	Assembly	Monique Headen	Rep
28	Assembly	Anthony D'Angelo	Rep
28	Senate	Frank Contella	Rep
28	Assembly	Ralph Caputo*	Dem
28	Assembly	Cleopatra Tucker*	Dem
28	Senate	Ronald Rice*	Dem
28	Senate	Quadir Selby	Dem
29	Assembly	Eliana Pintor Marin*	Dem
29	Assembly	Shanique Speight*	Dem
29	Senate	Teresa Ruiz*	Dem
30	Assembly	Sean Kean*	Rep
30	Assembly	Edward Thomson*	Rep
30	Assembly	Alter Eliezer Richter	Rep
30	Senate	Robert Singer*	Rep
30	Assembly	Stephen Dobbins	Dem
30	Assembly	Matthew Filosa	Dem
30	Senate	Dan Stinger	Dem
31	Assembly	Brandon Vila	Rep
31	Assembly	Rose Javier	Rep
31	Senate	Neil A. Schulman	Rep
31	Assembly	William Sampson IV	Dem
31	Assembly	Angela McKnight*	Dem
31	Senate	Sandra Cunningham*	Dem
32	Assembly	Marisela Rodriguez	Rep
32	Assembly	Tamara Claudio	Rep
32	Senate	Juan Barbadillo	Rep
32	Assembly	Pedro Mejia*	Dem
32	Assembly	Angelica M. Jimenez*	Dem
32	Senate	Nicholas Sacco*	Dem
33	Assembly	Jacob Curtis	Rep
33	Assembly	Marcos Marte	Rep
33	Senate	Agha Khan	Rep
33	Assembly	Annette Chaparro*	Dem
33	Assembly	Raj Mukherji*	Dem
33	Senate	Brian Stack*	Dem
34	Assembly	Irene Devita	Rep
34	Assembly	Tafari K. Anderson	Rep
34	Senate	Scott Pollack	Rep
34	Assembly	Thomas Giblin*	Dem
34	Assembly	Britnee Timberlake*	Dem
34	Senate	Nia Gill*	Dem
35	Assembly	Ramzi Yamisha	Rep
35	Assembly	Iman Majagah	Rep
35	Senate	Kenneth Pengitore	Rep
35	Assembly	Shavonda Sumter*	Dem
35	Assembly	Benjie Wimberly*	Dem
35	Senate	Nellie Pou*	Dem
36	Assembly	Clinton Calabrese*	Dem
36	Assembly	Gary Schaer*	Dem
36	Senate	Paul Sarlo*	Dem
37	Assembly	Edward Durfee	Rep
37	Senate	Michael W. Koontz	Rep
37	Assembly	Lauren Dayton	Dem
37	Assembly	Gervonn Romney-Rice	Dem
37	Assembly	Ellen Park	Dem
37	Assembly	Shama Haider	Dem
37	Senate	Gordon Johnson	Dem
37	Senate	Valerie Vainieri Huttle	Dem
38	Assembly	Alfonso Mastrofilipo	Rep
38	Assembly	Gerard Taylor	Rep
38	Senate	Richard Garcia	Rep
38	Assembly	Lisa Swain*	Dem
38	Assembly	P. Christopher Tully*	Dem
38	Senate	Joseph Lagana*	Dem
39	Assembly	Robert Auth*	Rep
39	Assembly	John Azzariti	Rep
39	Assembly	Jonathan Kurpis	Rep
39	Assembly	Deanne Defuccio*	Rep
39	Senate	Holly Schepisi*	Rep
39	Assembly	Melinda J. Iannuzzi	Dem
39	Assembly	Karlito A. Almeda	Dem
39	Senate	Ruth Dugan	Dem
40	Assembly	Christopher Dephillips*	Rep
40	Assembly	Kevin Rooney*	Rep
40	Senate	Kristin Corrado*	Rep
40	Assembly	Nicole McNamara	Dem
40	Assembly	Genevieve Allard	Dem
40	Senate	Michael A. Sedon	Dem

* = incumbent