2009 New Jersey General Assembly election explained

Election Name:2009 New Jersey General Assembly election
Country:New Jersey
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2007 New Jersey General Assembly election
Previous Year:2007
Next Election:2011 New Jersey General Assembly election
Next Year:2011
Seats For Election:All 80 seats to the General Assembly
Leader1:Joseph J. Roberts
(retired)
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Leader Since1:January 10, 2006
Leaders Seat1:5th (Bellmawr)
Last Election1:48
Seats1:47
Seat Change1: 1
Popular Vote1:2,001,772
Percentage1:47.6%
Leader2:Alex DeCroce
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Leader Since2:January 12, 2004
Leaders Seat2:26th (Parsippany–Troy Hills)
Last Election2:32
Seats2:33
Seat Change2: 1
Popular Vote2:2,181,345
Percentage2:51.9%
Map Size:400px
Speaker
Before Election:Joseph J. Roberts
After Election:Sheila Y. Oliver
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The 2009 New Jersey General Assembly elections were held on November 3, 2009, for all 80 seats in the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. The election coincided with a gubernatorial election where Democratic incumbent Governor Jon Corzine was defeated by Republican challenger Chris Christie. Democrats held a 48-32 majority in the lower house prior to the election. The members of the New Jersey Legislature 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 State Senate and General Assembly.

The Democratic Party won a 47-33 majority while losing the popular vote. Republicans were able to flip one seat in the 4th district.

Incumbents not seeking re-election

Democratic

Republican

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Overall results

Summary of the November 3, 2009 New Jersey General Assembly election results:

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4733
DemocraticRepublican
PartiesCandidatesSeatsPopular Vote
align=center 2007align=center 2009align=center +/-align=center Strengthalign=center Votealign=center %align=center Change
Democraticalign=right 79align=right 48align=right 47align=right 1align=right 59%align=right 2,001,772align=right 47.6%align=right 0.0%
Republicanalign=right 78align=right 32align=right 33align=right 1align=right 41%align=right 2,181,345align=right 51.9%align=right 0.0%
Greenalign=right 1align=right 0align=right 0align=right align=right 0%align=right 1,635align=right 0.05%align=right 0.0%
Libertarianalign=right 2align=right 0align=right 0align=right align=right 0%align=right 1,823align=right 0.05%align=right 0.0%
Independentalign=right 11align=right 0align=right 0align=right align=right 0%align=right 13,912align=right 0.4%align=right 0.0%
align=center colspan="2" Totalalign=center 171align=center 80align=center 80align=center 0align=center 100.0%align=center 4,200,487align=center 100.0%align=center -

Summary of results by district

Legislative DistrictPositionIncumbentPartyElected Assembly MemberParty
1st1Nelson AlbanoDemocraticNelson AlbanoDemocrat
2Matthew MilamDemocratMatthew MilamDemocratic
2nd1John AmodeoRepublicanJohn AmodeoRepublican
2Vincent PolistinaRepublicanVincent PolistinaRepublican
3rd1John J. BurzichelliDemocratJohn J. BurzichelliDemocrat
2Celeste RileyDemocratCeleste RileyDemocrat
4th1Paul D. MoriartyDemocratPaul D. MoriartyDemocrat
2Sandra LoveDemocratDomenick DiCiccoRepublican
5th1Nilsa Cruz-PerezDemocratAngel FuentesDemocrat
2Joseph J. RobertsDemocratDonald NorcrossDemocrat
6th1Louis GreenwaldDemocratLouis GreenwaldDemocrat
2Pamela Rosen LampittDemocratPamela Rosen LampittDemocrat
7th1Herb ConawayDemocratHerb ConawayDemocrat
2Jack ConnersDemocratJack ConnersDemocrat
8th1Dawn AddiegoRepublicanDawn AddiegoRepublican
2Scott RudderRepublicanScott RudderRepublican
9th1Brian E. RumpfRepublicanBrian E. RumpfRepublican
2Daniel Van PeltRepublicanDiAnne GoveRepublican
10th1James W. HolzapfelRepublicanJames W. HolzapfelRepublican
2David W. WolfeRepublicanDavid W. WolfeRepublican
11th1Mary Pat AngeliniRepublicanMary Pat AngeliniRepublican
2David RibleRepublicanDavid RibleRepublican
12th1Declan O'ScanlonRepublicanDeclan O'ScanlonRepublican
2Caroline CasagrandeRepublicanCaroline CasagrandeRepublican
13th1Samuel D. ThompsonRepublicanSamuel D. ThompsonRepublican
2Amy HandlinRepublicanAmy HandlinRepublican
14th1Wayne DeAngeloDemocratWayne DeAngeloDemocrat
2Linda GreensteinDemocratLinda GreenfieldDemocrat
15th1Bonnie Watson ColemanDemocratBonnie Watson ColemanDemocrat
2Reed GuscioraDemocratReed GuscioraDemocrat
16th1Peter BiondiRepublicanPeter BiondiRepublican
2Denise CoyleRepublicanDenise CoyleRepublican
17th1Upendra ChivukulaDemocratUpendra ChivukulaDemocrat
2Joseph V. EganDemocratJoseph V. EganDemocrat
18th1Peter BarnesDemocratPeter BarnesDemocrat
2Patrick J. DiegnanDemocratPatrick J. DiegnanDemocrat
19th1John O'LearyDemocratCraig CoughlinDemocrat
2John WisniewskiDemocratJohn WisniewskiDemocrat
20th1Annette QuijanoDemocratAnnette QuijanoDemocrat
2Joseph CryanDemocratJoseph CryanDemocrat
21st1Jon BramnickRepublicanJon BramnickRepublican
2Nancy MunozRepublicanNancy MunozRepublican
22nd1Linda StenderDemocratLinda StenderDemocrat
2Jerry GreenDemocratJerry GreenDemocrat
23rd1Michael J. DohertyRepublicanErik PetersonRepublican
2John DiMaioRepublicanJohn DiMaioRepublican
24th1Gary ChiusanoRepublicanGary ChiusanoRepublican
2Alison Littell McHoseRepublicanAlison Littell McHoseRepublican
25th1Rick MerktRepublicanTony BuccoRepublican
2Michael Patrick CarrollRepublicanMichael Patrick CarrollRepublican
26th1Alex DeCroceRepublicanAlex DeCroceRepublican
2Jay WebberRepublicanJay WebberRepublican
27th1John F. McKeonDemocratJohn F. McKeonDemocrat
2Mila JaseyDemocratMila JaseyDemocrat
28th1Cleopatra TuckerDemocratCleopatra TuckerDemocrat
2Ralph R. CaputoDemocratRalph R. CaputoDemocrat
29th1Albert CoutinhoDemocratAlbert CoutinhoDemocrat
2L. Grace SpencerDemocratL. Grace SpencerDemocrat
30th1Joseph MaloneRepublicanJoseph MaloneRepublican
2Ronald S. DancerRepublicanRonald S. DancerRepublican
31st1L. Harvey SmithDemocratCharles MainorDemocrat
2Anthony ChiapponeDemocratAnthony ChiapponeDemocrat
32nd1Joan M. QuigleyDemocratJoan QuigleyDemocrat
2Vincent PrietoDemocratVincent PrietoDemocrat
33rd1Ruben RamosDemocratRuben RamosDemocrat
2Caridad RodriguezDemocratCaridad RodriguezDemocrat
34th1Thomas P. GiblinDemocratThomas P. GiblinDemocrat
2Sheila OliverDemocratSheila OliverDemocrat
35th1Nellie PouDemocratNellie PouDemocrat
2Elease EvansDemocratElease EvansDemocrat
36th1Gary SchaerDemocratGary SchaerDemocrat
2Fredrick ScaleraDemocratFredrick ScaleraDemocrat
37th1Gordon M. JohnsonDemocratGordon M. JohnsonDemocrat
2Valerie HuttleDemocratValerie HuttleDemocrat
38th1Joan VossDemocratJoan VossDemocrat
2Concetta WagnerDemocratConcetta WagnerDemocrat
39th1Charlotte VandervalkRepublicanCharlotte VandervalkRepublican
2John E. RooneyRepublicanRobert SchroederRepublican
40th1Scott RumanaRepublicanScott RumanaRepublican
2David C. RussoRepublicanDavid RussoRepublican

Close races

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

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List of races

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District 40

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2009. Ballotpedia. 15 October 2023.

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