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| senate = [[Shirley Turner]] ([[New Jersey Democratic State Committee|D]])
| senate = [[Shirley Turner]] ([[New Jersey Democratic State Committee|D]])
| assembly = [[Verlina Reynolds-Jackson]] (D)<br>[[Anthony Verrelli]] (D)
| assembly = [[Verlina Reynolds-Jackson]] (D)<br>[[Anthony Verrelli]] (D)
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'''[[New Jersey|New Jersey's]] 15th Legislative District''' is one of 40 in the [[New Jersey Legislature]], covering the [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Hunterdon County]] municipalities of [[East Amwell Township, New Jersey|East Amwell Township]], [[Lambertville, New Jersey|Lambertville City]] and [[West Amwell Township, New Jersey|West Amwell Township]]; and the [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]] municipalities of [[Ewing Township, New Jersey|Ewing Township]], [[Hopewell, New Jersey|Hopewell Borough]], [[Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hopewell Township]], [[Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Lawrence Township]], [[Pennington, New Jersey|Pennington Borough]], [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton City]] and [[West Windsor Township, New Jersey|West Windsor Township]].<ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#15 Districts by Number], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 29, 2014.</ref>
'''[[New Jersey|New Jersey's]] 15th legislative district''' is one of 40 in the [[New Jersey Legislature]], covering the [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Hunterdon County]] municipalities of [[Delaware Township, New Jersey|Delaware Township]], [[East Amwell Township, New Jersey|East Amwell Township]], [[Frenchtown, New Jersey|Frenchtown]], [[Kingwood, New Jersey|Kingwood]], [[Lambertville, New Jersey|Lambertville City]] [[Stockton, New Jersey|Stockton]], and [[West Amwell Township, New Jersey|West Amwell Township]]; and the [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]] municipalities of [[Ewing Township, New Jersey|Ewing Township]], [[Hopewell, New Jersey|Hopewell Borough]], [[Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hopewell Township]], [[Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Lawrence Township]], [[Pennington, New Jersey|Pennington Borough]], [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton City]] and [[West Windsor Township, New Jersey|West Windsor Township]].<ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#15 Districts by Number], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 29, 2014.</ref>


==Demographic characteristics==
==Demographic characteristics==
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==Political representation==
==Political representation==
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The district is represented for the 2020–2021 Legislative Session ([[New Jersey Senate, 2020–21 term|Senate]], [[New Jersey General Assembly, 2020–21 term|General Assembly]]) in the [[New Jersey Senate|State Senate]] by [[Shirley Turner]] (D, Lawrence Township) and in the [[New Jersey General Assembly|General Assembly]] by [[Verlina Reynolds-Jackson]] (D, Trenton) and [[Anthony Verrelli]] (D, Hopewell Township).<ref name=2021Roster>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/roster.asp Legislative Roster 2020-2021 Session], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed March 15, 2020.</ref><ref name=DistrictLeg>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/DistrictLegislators.asp?District=15 District 15 Legislators], New Jersey Legislature. Accessed March 15, 2020.</ref>


It overlaps with [[New Jersey's 7th congressional district|New Jersey's 7th]] and [[New Jersey's 12th congressional district|12th]] congressional districts.
It overlaps with [[New Jersey's 7th congressional district|New Jersey's 7th]] and [[New Jersey's 12th congressional district|12th]] congressional districts.


==1967–1973==
==1967–1973==
In the interim period after the 1964 [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] decision ''[[Reynolds v. Sims]]'' which required the creation of state legislature districts to be made as equal in population as possible and the 1973 creation of the 40-district map, the 15th District was based in the rural northwestern counties of the state. In the 1967 and 1969 elections, the district consisted of all of Hunterdon, [[Warren County, New Jersey|Warren]], and [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex]] counties which sent one senator and two Assembly members to the legislature, elected [[at-large]].<ref name=1967Districts/><ref name=1969Election/> For the 1971 election, the district was made up of only Warren and Sussex counties, again electing one senator and two Assembly members.<ref name=1971Districts/> Republican [[Wayne Dumont]] won both Senate elections for the 15th District in this period.<ref name=1967Election/><ref name=1971Election/> In the Assembly elections, Republican [[Robert Littell (politician)|Robert Littell]] won one seat in each of the three Assembly elections in the 15th District. Incumbent Republican assemblyman from Hunterdon County [[Douglas E. Gimson]] won re-election to the Assembly in 1967 from this district but died on May 15, 1969.<ref name=1967Election/><ref name=WKDLawsuit>{{cite web |url=http://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-published/1969/106-n-j-super-567-0.html |title=''In Re Keogh-Dwyer'' |year=1969 |access-date=July 19, 2015}}</ref> Republicans chose [[Walter E. Foran]] to be the other Republican candidate in 1969's general election resulting in a lawsuit from third-place finisher [[Walter C. Keogh-Dwyer]]. Foran was elected to the other seat in 1969 and served one term until his home county was moved to the [[6th Legislative District (New Jersey)|6th District]] in 1971.<ref name=1969Election/><ref name=1971Districts/> Keogh-Dwyer sought election to the Assembly again in 1971 but was successful in this election.<ref name=1971Election/>
In the interim period after the 1964 [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] decision ''[[Reynolds v. Sims]]'' which required the creation of state legislature districts to be made as equal in population as possible and the 1973 creation of the 40-district map, the 15th district was based in the rural northwestern counties of the state. In the 1967 and 1969 elections, the district consisted of all of Hunterdon, [[Warren County, New Jersey|Warren]], and [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex]] counties which sent one senator and two Assembly members to the legislature, elected [[at-large]].<ref name=1967Districts/><ref name=1969Election/> For the 1971 election, the district was made up of only Warren and Sussex counties, again electing one senator and two Assembly members.<ref name=1971Districts/> Republican [[Wayne Dumont]] won both Senate elections for the 15th district in this period.<ref name=1967Election/><ref name=1971Election/> In the Assembly elections, Republican [[Robert Littell (politician)|Robert Littell]] won one seat in each of the three Assembly elections in the 15th district. Incumbent Republican assemblyman from Hunterdon County [[Douglas E. Gimson]] won re-election to the assembly in 1967 from this district but died on May 15, 1969.<ref name=1967Election/><ref name=WKDLawsuit>{{cite web |url=http://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-published/1969/106-n-j-super-567-0.html |title=''In Re Keogh-Dwyer'' |year=1969 |access-date=July 19, 2015}}</ref> Republicans chose [[Walter E. Foran]] to be the other Republican candidate in 1969's general election resulting in a lawsuit from third-place finisher [[Walter C. Keogh-Dwyer]]. Foran was elected to the other seat in 1969 and served one term until his home county was moved to the [[6th Legislative District (New Jersey)|6th district]] in 1971.<ref name=1969Election/><ref name=1971Districts/> Keogh-Dwyer sought election to the Assembly again in 1971 but was successful in this election.<ref name=1971Election/>


==Election history since 1973==
==Election history since 1973==
In the 40-district legislative map created in 1973, the 15th District consisted of all of Warren and Sussex counties and [[West Milford, New Jersey|West Milford]] and [[Ringwood, New Jersey|Ringwood]] in [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]].<ref name=1973Districts/> With the exception of the district electing one Democrat to the Assembly in the 1973 general election, the district had been solidly Republican until 1982. When redistricting following the [[1980 United States Census]] shifted the district to the Trenton area, the 15th District became a strongly Democratic district. The new 15th District consisted of Trenton, Ewing, Lawrence Township, West Windsor, [[Princeton Township, New Jersey|Princeton Township]] and [[Borough of Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton Borough]].<ref name=1981Districts/> The 1981 elections brought in Democrats [[Gerald R. Stockman]] in the Senate, along with [[Gerard S. Naples]] and [[John S. Watson (New Jersey politician)|John S. Watson]] in the Assembly. The trio remained together in office for a decade.
In the 40-district legislative map created in 1973, the 15th district consisted of all of Warren and Sussex counties and [[West Milford, New Jersey|West Milford]] and [[Ringwood, New Jersey|Ringwood]] in [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]].<ref name=1973Districts/> With the exception of the district electing one Democrat to the assembly in the 1973 general election, the district had been solidly Republican until 1982. When redistricting following the [[1980 United States census]] shifted the district to the Trenton area, the 15th district became a strongly Democratic district. The new 15th district consisted of Trenton, Ewing, Lawrence Township, West Windsor, [[Princeton Township, New Jersey|Princeton Township]] and [[Borough of Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton Borough]].<ref name=1981Districts/> The 1981 elections brought in Democrats [[Gerald R. Stockman]] in the Senate, along with [[Gerard S. Naples]] and [[John S. Watson (New Jersey politician)|John S. Watson]] in the Assembly. The trio remained together in office for a decade.


No changes were made to the district boundaries following the [[United States Census, 1990|1990 Census]] and 1991 redistricting.<ref name=1991Districts/> [[New Jersey Lottery]] television host [[Dick LaRossa]] ran as a Republican in 1991, having registered with the party only five days before that year's filing deadline. He defeated incumbent Gerald R. Stockman by a narrow 50.9%-49.1% margin.<ref name=NYT1992>Gray, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/04/nyregion/television-s-lottery-guy-strives-to-stay-in-senate.html "Television's 'Lottery Guy' Strives to Stay in Senate"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 4, 1992. Accessed June 24, 2010.</ref> His Republican running mate [[John W. Hartmann]] knocked off Naples, while Democrat Watson was narrowly re-elected to a sixth term in office. Hartmann, a 24-year-old student at the [[Seton Hall University School of Law]], became the youngest Republican ever elected to the Assembly.<ref>Gray, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/14/nyregion/a-legislature-with-a-less-urban-tone.html "A Legislature With a Less Urban Tone"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 14, 1991. Accessed June 24, 2010.</ref>
No changes were made to the district boundaries following the [[1990 United States census|1990 census]] and 1991 redistricting.<ref name=1991Districts/> [[New Jersey Lottery]] television host [[Dick LaRossa]] ran as a Republican in 1991, having registered with the party only five days before that year's filing deadline. He defeated incumbent Gerald R. Stockman by a narrow 50.9%-49.1% margin.<ref name=NYT1992>Gray, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/04/nyregion/television-s-lottery-guy-strives-to-stay-in-senate.html "Television's 'Lottery Guy' Strives to Stay in Senate"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 4, 1992. Accessed June 24, 2010.</ref> His Republican running mate [[John W. Hartmann]] knocked off Naples, while Democrat Watson was narrowly re-elected to a sixth term in office. Hartmann, a 24-year-old student at the [[Seton Hall University School of Law]], became the youngest Republican ever elected to the assembly.<ref>Gray, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/14/nyregion/a-legislature-with-a-less-urban-tone.html "A Legislature With a Less Urban Tone"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 14, 1991. Accessed June 24, 2010.</ref>


In the 1993 elections, Democrats sought to recoup their losses suffered in the 1991 Republican landslide. In the Assembly, [[Shirley Turner]] and [[Joseph Yuhas]] ran for office, winning back Hartmann's seat from the Republicans. LaRossa faced Stockman for a second time in 1993, with the incumbent receiving endorsements from the [[AFL-CIO]], locals of the [[Communication Workers of America]] and the New Jersey State Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.<ref>Sullivan, Joseph F. [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/18/nyregion/90-tax-rise-overshadows-trenton-races.html "'90 Tax Rise Overshadows Trenton Races"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 18, 1993. Accessed June 24, 2010.</ref> LaRossa won re-election despite the challenge.<ref name=NYT1993/> Yuhas stepped down after a single term in office and was replaced on the ballot in 1995 by [[Reed Gusciora]].<ref>[[David Wildstein|Edge, Wally]]. [http://vip.politickernj.com/tags/arizona-cardinals "Where are they now?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102714/http://vip.politickernj.com/tags/arizona-cardinals |date=2011-07-15 }}, [[Politicker Network|PolitickerNJ.com]], November 10, 2006. Accessed June 24, 2010.</ref> In the next election, Turner defeated LaRossa in the Senate election while [[Bonnie Watson Coleman]] replaced her in the Assembly.
In the 1993 elections, Democrats sought to recoup their losses suffered in the 1991 Republican landslide. In the Assembly, [[Shirley Turner]] and [[Joseph Yuhas]] ran for office, winning back Hartmann's seat from the Republicans. LaRossa faced Stockman for a second time in 1993, with the incumbent receiving endorsements from the [[AFL-CIO]], locals of the [[Communication Workers of America]] and the New Jersey State Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.<ref>Sullivan, Joseph F. [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/18/nyregion/90-tax-rise-overshadows-trenton-races.html "'90 Tax Rise Overshadows Trenton Races"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 18, 1993. Accessed June 24, 2010.</ref> LaRossa won re-election despite the challenge.<ref name=NYT1993/> Yuhas stepped down after a single term in office and was replaced on the ballot in 1995 by [[Reed Gusciora]].<ref>[[David Wildstein|Edge, Wally]]. [http://vip.politickernj.com/tags/arizona-cardinals "Where are they now?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715102714/http://vip.politickernj.com/tags/arizona-cardinals |date=2011-07-15 }}, [[Politicker Network|PolitickerNJ.com]], November 10, 2006. Accessed June 24, 2010.</ref> In the next election, Turner defeated LaRossa in the Senate election while [[Bonnie Watson Coleman]] replaced her in the Assembly.


Following the [[2000 United States Census|2000 Census]] and the [[New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2001 apportionment|2001 legislative redistricting]], West Windsor was shifted to the [[14th Legislative District (New Jersey)|14th District]] but added were Hopewell Township and its two [[enclave]] boroughs, Pennington and Hopewell.<ref name=2001Districts/> This addition led to longtime Republican legislator and Pennington resident [[William E. Schluter]] to retire from the state senate and run as an [[independent politician|independent]] in the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2001|gubernatorial election]] that year.<ref name=Schluter>{{cite news |url=http://archive.fairvote.org/redistricting/reports/remanual/njnews2.htm#njdems |title=Score one for New Jersey Democrats |date=April 21, 2001 |author=Jackson, Herb |publisher=[[North Jersey Media Group]] |access-date=July 19, 2015 |quote=The new map puts maverick state Sen. Bill Schluter, R-Mercer, in a district that includes Trenton. Schluter has said he would consider running for governor if his once-safe district was altered.}}</ref> For the entire decade, Turner, Gusciora, and Watson Coleman were all reelected to their seats. In the [[New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2011 apportionment|2011 redistricting]], the 15th regained West Windsor and picked up East Amwell, West Amwell, and Lambertville in Hunterdon County, but lost the Princetons to the Republican-leaning [[16th Legislative District (New Jersey)|16th District]]. Gusciora, then a Princeton Township resident, moved to a house in Trenton to continue representing the district.<ref name=GuscioraMove>{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2011/04/princeton_redistricting_change.html |title=N.J. legislative redistricting forces Mercer area shakeup, Assemblyman Gusciora to move to Trenton |newspaper=[[The Times (Trenton)|The Trenton Times]] |date=April 5, 2011 |author=Cusido, Carmen |access-date=July 19, 2015}}</ref> The trio were elected twice more but Watson Coleman was elected to [[United States House of Representatives|Congress]] in [[United States House of Representatives elections, 2014|2014]]. To replace Watson Coleman, Mercer and Hunterdon County Democrats chose Mercer County Democratic Party Chair and former [[Board of chosen freeholders|Freeholder]] [[Elizabeth Maher Muoio]].<ref name=Muoio>{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/02/muoio_sworn_in_as_new_assemblywoman_in_15th_distri.html |title=Elizabeth Maher Muoio sworn in as new assemblywoman in 15th District |author=Davis, Mike |newspaper=The Times |date=February 5, 2015 |access-date=July 19, 2015}}</ref>
Following the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]] and the [[New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2001 apportionment|2001 legislative redistricting]], West Windsor was shifted to the [[14th Legislative District (New Jersey)|14th district]] but added were Hopewell Township and its two [[enclave]] boroughs, Pennington and Hopewell.<ref name=2001Districts/> This addition led to longtime Republican legislator and Pennington resident [[William E. Schluter]] to retire from the state senate and run as an [[independent politician|independent]] in the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2001|gubernatorial election]] that year.<ref name=Schluter>{{cite news |url=http://archive.fairvote.org/redistricting/reports/remanual/njnews2.htm#njdems |title=Score one for New Jersey Democrats |date=April 21, 2001 |author=Jackson, Herb |publisher=[[North Jersey Media Group]] |access-date=July 19, 2015 |quote=The new map puts maverick state Sen. Bill Schluter, R-Mercer, in a district that includes Trenton. Schluter has said he would consider running for governor if his once-safe district was altered.}}</ref> For the entire decade, Turner, Gusciora, and Watson Coleman were all reelected to their seats. In the [[New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2011 apportionment|2011 redistricting]], the 15th regained West Windsor and picked up East Amwell, West Amwell, and Lambertville in Hunterdon County, but lost the Princetons to the Republican-leaning [[16th Legislative District (New Jersey)|16th district]]. Gusciora, then a Princeton Township resident, moved to a house in Trenton to continue representing the district.<ref name=GuscioraMove>{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2011/04/princeton_redistricting_change.html |title=N.J. legislative redistricting forces Mercer area shakeup, Assemblyman Gusciora to move to Trenton |newspaper=[[The Times (Trenton)|The Trenton Times]] |date=April 5, 2011 |author=Cusido, Carmen |access-date=July 19, 2015}}</ref> The trio were elected twice more but Watson Coleman was elected to [[United States House of Representatives|Congress]] in [[United States House of Representatives elections, 2014|2014]]. To replace Watson Coleman, Mercer and Hunterdon County Democrats chose Mercer County Democratic Party Chair and former [[Board of chosen freeholders|Freeholder]] [[Elizabeth Maher Muoio]].<ref name=Muoio>{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/02/muoio_sworn_in_as_new_assemblywoman_in_15th_distri.html |title=Elizabeth Maher Muoio sworn in as new assemblywoman in 15th District |author=Davis, Mike |newspaper=The Times |date=February 5, 2015 |access-date=July 19, 2015}}</ref>


Muoio was nominated by Governor [[Phil Murphy]] to serve as the [[New Jersey Department of the Treasury|Treasurer of New Jersey]]. She resigned from office effective January 15, 2018, as well as from her position as director of economic development for Mercer County in order to begin work in the executive branch, in advance of her April 12 confirmation by the [[New Jersey Senate]]; her resignation came less than a week after being sworn into office for her second full term in the Assembly.<ref name=MuioResign>Curran, Phillip Sean. [http://www.centraljersey.com/news/hopewell_valley_news/stories/assemblywoman-muoio-resigns-creating-vacancy-in-legislature/article_80641277-6fde-5027-8af4-28532505bc32.html "Assemblywoman Muoio resigns, creating vacancy in legislature"], CentralJersey.com, January 17, 2018. "State Assemblywoman Liz Muoio, a Democrat who represented parts of Mercer and Hunterdon counties since 2015, resigned her seat to join the Murphy administration, thus creating a vacancy that many Democrats want to fill.... But she submitted her resignation to the Assembly clerk on Friday to become acting state Treasurer until she gets confirmed by the Democrat-controlled state Senate. Her resignation took effect at the end of business Monday, according to an aide. She also left her job as the Mercer County director of economic development."</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Reitmeyer|first1=John|title=SENATE APPROVES MUOIO FOR STATE TREASURER, ONLY SECOND WOMAN TO GET THE NOD|url=http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/18/04/12/senate-approves-muoio-for-state-treasurer-only-second-woman-to-get-the-nod/|website=NJ Spotlight|access-date=August 12, 2018|date=April 13, 2018}}</ref> Trenton Councilwoman and Mercer County Democratic Committee chair [[Verlina Reynolds-Jackson]] was chosen at a February 10 convention on the second ballot from a field of three candidates to succeed Muoio until a November 2018 special election, and was sworn in on February 15.<ref name=VRJ_Chosen>{{cite news |url=http://www.trentonian.com/article/TT/20180210/NEWS/180219997 |title=Trenton Councilwoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson wins Assembly seat, succeeds Liz Muoio |date=February 10, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |first=Sulaiman |last=Abdur-Rahman |newspaper=[[The Trentonian]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Brent|title=Meet N.J.'s newest Assembly member|url=http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/02/meet_the_local_official_who_is_now_njs_newest_lawm.html|website=NJ.com|access-date=February 15, 2018|date=February 15, 2018}}</ref>
Muoio was nominated by Governor [[Phil Murphy]] to serve as the [[New Jersey Department of the Treasury|Treasurer of New Jersey]]. She resigned from office effective January 15, 2018, as well as from her position as director of economic development for Mercer County in order to begin work in the executive branch, in advance of her April 12 confirmation by the [[New Jersey Senate]]; her resignation came less than a week after being sworn into office for her second full term in the Assembly.<ref name=MuioResign>Curran, Phillip Sean. [http://www.centraljersey.com/news/hopewell_valley_news/stories/assemblywoman-muoio-resigns-creating-vacancy-in-legislature/article_80641277-6fde-5027-8af4-28532505bc32.html "Assemblywoman Muoio resigns, creating vacancy in legislature"], CentralJersey.com, January 17, 2018. "State Assemblywoman Liz Muoio, a Democrat who represented parts of Mercer and Hunterdon counties since 2015, resigned her seat to join the Murphy administration, thus creating a vacancy that many Democrats want to fill.... But she submitted her resignation to the Assembly clerk on Friday to become acting state Treasurer until she gets confirmed by the Democrat-controlled state Senate. Her resignation took effect at the end of business Monday, according to an aide. She also left her job as the Mercer County director of economic development."</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Reitmeyer|first1=John|title=SENATE APPROVES MUOIO FOR STATE TREASURER, ONLY SECOND WOMAN TO GET THE NOD|url=http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/18/04/12/senate-approves-muoio-for-state-treasurer-only-second-woman-to-get-the-nod/|website=NJ Spotlight|access-date=August 12, 2018|date=April 13, 2018}}</ref> Trenton Councilwoman and Mercer County Democratic Committee chair [[Verlina Reynolds-Jackson]] was chosen at a February 10 convention on the second ballot from a field of three candidates to succeed Muoio until a November 2018 special election, and was sworn in on February 15.<ref name=VRJ_Chosen>{{cite news |url=http://www.trentonian.com/article/TT/20180210/NEWS/180219997 |title=Trenton Councilwoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson wins Assembly seat, succeeds Liz Muoio |date=February 10, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |first=Sulaiman |last=Abdur-Rahman |newspaper=[[The Trentonian]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Brent|title=Meet N.J.'s newest Assembly member|url=http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/02/meet_the_local_official_who_is_now_njs_newest_lawm.html|website=NJ.com|access-date=February 15, 2018|date=February 15, 2018}}</ref>


Gusciora was elected [[Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey|Mayor of Trenton]] on June 12, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Foster |first1=David |title=Assemblyman Reed Gusciora becomes Trenton's first openly gay mayor in historic win |url=http://www.trentonian.com/general-news/20180612/assemblyman-reed-gusciora-becomes-trentons-first-openly-gay-mayor-in-historic-win |website=[[The Trentonian]] |access-date=July 1, 2018 |date=June 12, 2018}}</ref> Prior to being sworn in, he resigned from the Assembly on June 30. Mercer County Freeholder [[Anthony Verrelli]], who finished runner-up to Reynolds-Jackson at the previous convention, was chosen at a special convention held on July 26 on the second ballot from a field of four candidates to fill Gusciora's seat; he was sworn in on August 6. Both Reynolds-Jackson and Verrelli will compete in a November 2018 special election to complete the unexpired terms.<ref name=VerrelliChosen>{{cite news |url=http://www.trentonian.com/government-and-politics/20180726/mercer-freeholder-verrelli-wins-appointment-to-guscioras-vacant-assembly-seat |title=Mercer Freeholder Verrelli wins appointment to Gusciora's vacant Assembly seat |date=July 26, 2018 |first=Sulaiman |last=Abdur-Rahman |newspaper=The Trentonian |access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref><ref name=VerrelliSworn>{{cite news |url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/legislature/verrelli-sworn-in/ |title=Verrelli sworn in |first=Nikita |last=Biryukov |newspaper=New Jersey Globe |date=August 6, 2018 |access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref>
Gusciora was elected [[Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey|Mayor of Trenton]] on June 12, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Foster |first1=David |title=Assemblyman Reed Gusciora becomes Trenton's first openly gay mayor in historic win |url=http://www.trentonian.com/general-news/20180612/assemblyman-reed-gusciora-becomes-trentons-first-openly-gay-mayor-in-historic-win |website=[[The Trentonian]] |access-date=July 1, 2018 |date=June 12, 2018}}</ref> Prior to being sworn in, he resigned from the Assembly on June 30. Mercer County Freeholder [[Anthony Verrelli]], who finished runner-up to Reynolds-Jackson at the previous convention, was chosen at a special convention held on July 26 on the second ballot from a field of four candidates to fill Gusciora's seat; he was sworn in on August 6. Both Reynolds-Jackson and Verrelli will compete in a November 2018 special election to complete the unexpired terms.<ref name=VerrelliChosen>{{cite news |url=http://www.trentonian.com/government-and-politics/20180726/mercer-freeholder-verrelli-wins-appointment-to-guscioras-vacant-assembly-seat |title=Mercer Freeholder Verrelli wins appointment to Gusciora's vacant Assembly seat |date=July 26, 2018 |first=Sulaiman |last=Abdur-Rahman |newspaper=The Trentonian |access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref><ref name=VerrelliSworn>{{cite news |url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/legislature/verrelli-sworn-in/ |title=Verrelli sworn in |first=Nikita |last=Biryukov |newspaper=New Jersey Globe |date=August 6, 2018 |access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref>

==Election history==


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| 2020–2021 || {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Anthony Verrelli]] (D)|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Verlina Reynolds-Jackson]] (D)
| 2020–2021 || {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Anthony Verrelli]] (D)|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Verlina Reynolds-Jackson]] (D)
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| 2022–2023 || {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Shirley Turner]] (D)|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Anthony Verrelli]] (D)|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Verlina Reynolds-Jackson]] (D)
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| 2024–2025 || {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Shirley Turner]] (D)|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Anthony Verrelli]] (D)|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Verlina Reynolds-Jackson]] (D)
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Latest revision as of 01:34, 28 July 2024

New Jersey's 15th legislative district
SenatorShirley Turner (D)
Assembly membersVerlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)
Anthony Verrelli (D)
Registration
Demographics
Population224,002
Voting-age population174,477
Registered voters149,156

New Jersey's 15th legislative district is one of 40 in the New Jersey Legislature, covering the Hunterdon County municipalities of Delaware Township, East Amwell Township, Frenchtown, Kingwood, Lambertville City Stockton, and West Amwell Township; and the Mercer County municipalities of Ewing Township, Hopewell Borough, Hopewell Township, Lawrence Township, Pennington Borough, Trenton City and West Windsor Township.[1]

Demographic characteristics

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As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 224,002, of whom 174,477 (77.9%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 86,762 (38.7%) White, 57,461 (25.7%) African American, 1,700 (0.8%) Native American, 26,345 (11.8%) Asian, 139 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 32,929 (14.7%) from some other race, and 18,666 (8.3%) from two or more races.[2][3] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 53,100 (23.7%) of the population.[4]

The district had 149,156 registered voters as of December 1, 2021, of whom 53,472 (35.8%) were registered as unaffiliated, 73,283 (49.1%) were registered as Democrats, 20,031 (13.4%) were registered as Republicans, and 2,370 (1.6%) were registered to other parties.[5]

The district includes New Jersey's capital, Trenton and a number of its comparatively wealthier suburbs to the north. The district has the smallest population of any district in the state, and has a comparatively higher percentage of African-American residents and a notable percentage of children in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by an almost 3 to 1 margin.[6][7]

Political representation

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For the 2024-2025 session, the 15th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Shirley Turner (D, Lawrence Township) and in the General Assembly by Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D, Trenton) and Anthony Verrelli (D, Hopewell Township).[8]

It overlaps with New Jersey's 7th and 12th congressional districts.

1967–1973

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In the interim period after the 1964 Supreme Court decision Reynolds v. Sims which required the creation of state legislature districts to be made as equal in population as possible and the 1973 creation of the 40-district map, the 15th district was based in the rural northwestern counties of the state. In the 1967 and 1969 elections, the district consisted of all of Hunterdon, Warren, and Sussex counties which sent one senator and two Assembly members to the legislature, elected at-large.[9][10] For the 1971 election, the district was made up of only Warren and Sussex counties, again electing one senator and two Assembly members.[11] Republican Wayne Dumont won both Senate elections for the 15th district in this period.[12][13] In the Assembly elections, Republican Robert Littell won one seat in each of the three Assembly elections in the 15th district. Incumbent Republican assemblyman from Hunterdon County Douglas E. Gimson won re-election to the assembly in 1967 from this district but died on May 15, 1969.[12][14] Republicans chose Walter E. Foran to be the other Republican candidate in 1969's general election resulting in a lawsuit from third-place finisher Walter C. Keogh-Dwyer. Foran was elected to the other seat in 1969 and served one term until his home county was moved to the 6th district in 1971.[10][11] Keogh-Dwyer sought election to the Assembly again in 1971 but was successful in this election.[13]

Election history since 1973

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In the 40-district legislative map created in 1973, the 15th district consisted of all of Warren and Sussex counties and West Milford and Ringwood in Passaic County.[15] With the exception of the district electing one Democrat to the assembly in the 1973 general election, the district had been solidly Republican until 1982. When redistricting following the 1980 United States census shifted the district to the Trenton area, the 15th district became a strongly Democratic district. The new 15th district consisted of Trenton, Ewing, Lawrence Township, West Windsor, Princeton Township and Princeton Borough.[16] The 1981 elections brought in Democrats Gerald R. Stockman in the Senate, along with Gerard S. Naples and John S. Watson in the Assembly. The trio remained together in office for a decade.

No changes were made to the district boundaries following the 1990 census and 1991 redistricting.[17] New Jersey Lottery television host Dick LaRossa ran as a Republican in 1991, having registered with the party only five days before that year's filing deadline. He defeated incumbent Gerald R. Stockman by a narrow 50.9%-49.1% margin.[18] His Republican running mate John W. Hartmann knocked off Naples, while Democrat Watson was narrowly re-elected to a sixth term in office. Hartmann, a 24-year-old student at the Seton Hall University School of Law, became the youngest Republican ever elected to the assembly.[19]

In the 1993 elections, Democrats sought to recoup their losses suffered in the 1991 Republican landslide. In the Assembly, Shirley Turner and Joseph Yuhas ran for office, winning back Hartmann's seat from the Republicans. LaRossa faced Stockman for a second time in 1993, with the incumbent receiving endorsements from the AFL-CIO, locals of the Communication Workers of America and the New Jersey State Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.[20] LaRossa won re-election despite the challenge.[21] Yuhas stepped down after a single term in office and was replaced on the ballot in 1995 by Reed Gusciora.[22] In the next election, Turner defeated LaRossa in the Senate election while Bonnie Watson Coleman replaced her in the Assembly.

Following the 2000 census and the 2001 legislative redistricting, West Windsor was shifted to the 14th district but added were Hopewell Township and its two enclave boroughs, Pennington and Hopewell.[23] This addition led to longtime Republican legislator and Pennington resident William E. Schluter to retire from the state senate and run as an independent in the gubernatorial election that year.[24] For the entire decade, Turner, Gusciora, and Watson Coleman were all reelected to their seats. In the 2011 redistricting, the 15th regained West Windsor and picked up East Amwell, West Amwell, and Lambertville in Hunterdon County, but lost the Princetons to the Republican-leaning 16th district. Gusciora, then a Princeton Township resident, moved to a house in Trenton to continue representing the district.[25] The trio were elected twice more but Watson Coleman was elected to Congress in 2014. To replace Watson Coleman, Mercer and Hunterdon County Democrats chose Mercer County Democratic Party Chair and former Freeholder Elizabeth Maher Muoio.[26]

Muoio was nominated by Governor Phil Murphy to serve as the Treasurer of New Jersey. She resigned from office effective January 15, 2018, as well as from her position as director of economic development for Mercer County in order to begin work in the executive branch, in advance of her April 12 confirmation by the New Jersey Senate; her resignation came less than a week after being sworn into office for her second full term in the Assembly.[27][28] Trenton Councilwoman and Mercer County Democratic Committee chair Verlina Reynolds-Jackson was chosen at a February 10 convention on the second ballot from a field of three candidates to succeed Muoio until a November 2018 special election, and was sworn in on February 15.[29][30]

Gusciora was elected Mayor of Trenton on June 12, 2018.[31] Prior to being sworn in, he resigned from the Assembly on June 30. Mercer County Freeholder Anthony Verrelli, who finished runner-up to Reynolds-Jackson at the previous convention, was chosen at a special convention held on July 26 on the second ballot from a field of four candidates to fill Gusciora's seat; he was sworn in on August 6. Both Reynolds-Jackson and Verrelli will compete in a November 2018 special election to complete the unexpired terms.[32][33]

Election history

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Session Senate General Assembly
1974–1975 Wayne Dumont (R) Robert C. Shelton Jr. (D) Robert Littell (R)
1976–1977 Donald J. Albanese (R) Robert Littell (R)
1978–1979 Wayne Dumont (R) Donald J. Albanese (R) Robert Littell (R)
1980–1981 Donald J. Albanese (R) Robert Littell (R)
1982–1983 Gerald R. Stockman (D) Gerard S. Naples (D) John S. Watson (D)
1984–1985 Gerald R. Stockman (D) Gerard S. Naples (D) John S. Watson (D)
1986–1987 Gerard S. Naples (D) John S. Watson (D)
1988–1989 Gerald R. Stockman (D) Gerard S. Naples (D) John S. Watson (D)
1990–1991[34] Gerard S. Naples (D) John S. Watson (D)
1992–1993 Dick LaRossa (R) John W. Hartmann (R) John S. Watson (D)
1994–1995[21] Dick LaRossa (R) Joseph Yuhas (D) Shirley Turner (D)
1996–1997 Reed Gusciora (D) Shirley Turner (D)
1998–1999[35] Shirley Turner (D) Reed Gusciora (D) Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
2000–2001[36] Reed Gusciora (D) Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
2002–2003[37] Shirley Turner (D) Reed Gusciora (D) Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
2004–2005[38] Shirley Turner (D) Reed Gusciora (D) Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
2006–2007 Reed Gusciora (D) Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
2008–2009 Shirley Turner (D) Reed Gusciora (D) Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
2010–2011 Reed Gusciora (D) Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
2012–2013 Shirley Turner (D) Reed Gusciora (D) Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
2014–2015 Shirley Turner (D) Reed Gusciora (D) Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)[n 1]
Elizabeth Maher Muoio (D)[n 2]
2016–2017 Reed Gusciora (D) Elizabeth Maher Muoio (D)
2018–2019 Shirley Turner (D) Reed Gusciora (D)[n 3] Elizabeth Maher Muoio (D)[n 4]
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)[n 5] 
Anthony Verrelli (D)[n 6]
2020–2021 Anthony Verrelli (D) Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)
2022–2023 Shirley Turner (D) Anthony Verrelli (D) Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)
2024–2025 Shirley Turner (D) Anthony Verrelli (D) Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)
  1. ^ Resigned on January 3, 2015, to take seat in U.S. House of Representatives
  2. ^ Appointed to the Assembly on February 5, 2015
  3. ^ Resigned on June 30, 2018 to become Mayor of Trenton
  4. ^ Resigned on January 15, 2018 to become State Treasurer
  5. ^ Appointed to the Assembly on February 15, 2018
  6. ^ Appointed to the Assembly on August 6, 2018

Election results, 1973–present

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Senate

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2021 New Jersey general election[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shirley K. Turner 38,627 72.2 Decrease 1.8
Republican Susan Gaul 14,886 27.8 Increase 1.8
Total votes 53,513 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2017[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shirley K. Turner 36,624 74.0 Increase 10.7
Republican Lee Eric Newton 12,839 26.0 Decrease 10.7
Total votes 49,463 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2013[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shirley K. Turner 30,250 63.3 Decrease 3.1
Republican Don Cox 17,507 36.7 Increase 3.1
Total votes 47,757 100.0
2011 New Jersey general election[42]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Shirley K. Turner 21,512 66.4
Republican Donald J. Cox 10,900 33.6
Total votes 32,412 100.0
2007 New Jersey general election[43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shirley K. Turner 20,100 62.8 Decrease 4.6
Republican Bob Martin 11,924 37.2 Increase 4.6
Total votes 32,024 100.0
2003 New Jersey general election[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shirley K. Turner 24,053 67.4 Decrease 1.7
Republican Calvin O. Iszard 11,638 32.6 Increase 2.9
Total votes 35,691 100.0
2001 New Jersey general election[45]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Shirley K. Turner 32,289 69.1
Republican Norbert E. Donelly 13,871 29.7
Libertarian Thomas D. Abrams 563 1.2
Total votes 46,723 100.0
1997 New Jersey general election[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shirley K. Turner 29,995 53.9 Increase 6.2
Republican Dick LaRossa 25,630 46.1 Decrease 6.2
Total votes 55,625 100.0
1993 New Jersey general election[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dick LaRossa 28,311 52.3 Increase 1.4
Democratic Gerald R. Stockman 25,814 47.7 Decrease 1.4
Total votes 54,125 100.0
1991 New Jersey general election[48]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dick LaRossa 22,465 50.9
Democratic Gerald R. Stockman 21,672 49.1
Total votes 44,137 100.0
1987 New Jersey general election[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gerald R. Stockman 29,747 71.0 Increase 3.7
Republican Norbert E. Donelly 12,132 29.0 Decrease 3.7
Total votes 41,879 100.0
1983 New Jersey general election[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gerald R. Stockman 29,967 67.3 Increase 10.9
Republican Robert A. Gladstone 14,543 32.7 Decrease 10.9
Total votes 44,510 100.0
1981 New Jersey general election[51]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gerald R. Stockman 30,243 56.4
Republican Carmen J. Armenti 23,410 43.6
Total votes 53,653 100.0
1977 New Jersey general election[52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Wayne Dumont, Jr. 35,268 60.7 Increase 5.7
Democratic Joseph J. Keslo 22,815 39.3 Decrease 5.7
Total votes 58,083 100.0
1973 New Jersey general election[53]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wayne Dumont, Jr. 29,861 55.0
Democratic Martin F. Murphy 24,445 45.0
Total votes 54,306 100.0

General Assembly

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2021 New Jersey general election[54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Anthony S. Verrelli 37,507 40.7 Increase 2.7
Democratic Verlina Reynolds-Jackson 37,214 40.3 Increase 1.1
Republican Patricia "Pat" A. Johnson 15,492 16.8 Increase 0.8
Vote For Pedro Pedro M. Reyes 2,042 2.2 N/A
Total votes 92,255 100.0
2019 New Jersey general election[55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Verlina Reynolds-Jackson 23,715 39.2 Increase 2.2
Democratic Anthony S. Verrelli 23,029 38.0 Increase 1.6
Republican Jennifer Williams 9,698 16.0 Increase 2.4
Legalize Marijuana Edward “NJ Weedman” Forchion 2,537 4.2 N/A
Legalize Marijuana Dioh Williams 1,593 2.6 N/A
Total votes 60,572 100.0
Special election, November 6, 2018[56]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anthony Verrelli 48,404 71.5
Republican Justin Tibbetts 17,230 25.5
Integrity Transparency Accountability Alex Bethea 2,044 3.0
Total votes 67,678 100.0
Special election, November 6, 2018[56]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Verlina Reynolds-Jackson 49,294 72.0
Republican Tracy R. Sinatra 18,061 26.4
Repeal Bail Reform Edward Forchion 1,107 1.6
Total votes 68,462 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2017[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Reed Gusciora 35,481 37.0 Increase 1.2
Democratic Elizabeth Maher Muoio 34,937 36.4 Increase 2.3
Republican Emily Rich 13,077 13.6 Decrease 1.6
Republican Rimma Yakobovich 12,428 13.0 Decrease 1.9
Total votes 95,923 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2015[58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Reed Gusciora 17,657 35.8 Increase 4.7
Democratic Elizabeth Maher Muoio 16,845 34.1 Increase 2.7
Republican Anthony L. Giordano 7,502 15.2 Decrease 3.6
Republican Peter Mendonez Jr. 7,345 14.9 Decrease 3.8
Total votes 49,349 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2013[59]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bonnie Watson Coleman 29,109 31.4 Decrease 1.4
Democratic Reed Gusciora 28,848 31.1 Decrease 1.4
Republican Anthony Giordano 17,429 18.8 Increase 1.4
Republican Kim Taylor 17,310 18.7 Increase 1.4
Total votes 92,696 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2011[60]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bonnie Watson Coleman 20,505 32.8
Democratic Reed Gusciora 20,350 32.5
Republican Kathy Kilcommons 10,914 17.4
Republican Peter M. Yull 10,817 17.3
Total votes 62,586 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2009[61]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bonnie Watson Coleman 29,713 32.7 Increase 0.7
Democratic Reed Gusciora 29,215 32.1 Increase 0.9
Republican Kim Taylor 15,418 17.0 Decrease 0.1
Republican Werner Graf 14,781 16.3 Decrease 0.6
Libertarian Daryl Mikell Brooks 939 1.0 N/A
Libertarian Charles Green 884 1.0 N/A
Total votes 90,950 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2007[62]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bonnie Watson Coleman 19,619 32.0 Decrease 2.7
Democratic Reed Gusciora 19,096 31.2 Decrease 2.3
Republican Norbert E. Donelly 10,489 17.1 Increase 0.9
Republican Sylvester Bobby Bryant 10,331 16.9 Increase 1.4
Green Nicholas Mellis 1,686 2.8 N/A
Total votes 61,221 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2005[63]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bonnie Watson Coleman 31,929 34.7 Increase 3.6
Democratic Reed Gusciora 30,773 33.5 Increase 3.7
Republican Robert McCready 14,932 16.2 Decrease 1.5
Republican Tom Mavis 14,280 15.5 Decrease 1.7
Total votes 91,914 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2003[64]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bonnie Watson Coleman 21,550 31.1 Decrease 2.9
Democratic Reed Gusciora 20,639 29.8 Decrease 3.8
Republican Brian McKeon 12,239 17.7 Increase 1.5
Republican Donald Addison 11,914 17.2 Increase 1.7
Green Jill Penn 1,504 2.2 N/A
Green Russell Cullen 1,358 2.0 N/A
Total votes 69,204 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2001[65]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bonnie Watson Coleman 30,816 34.0
Democratic Reed Gusciora 30,505 33.6
Republican Thomas Dallessio 14,657 16.2
Republican Rosanna Dovgala 14,076 15.5
Libertarian Christopher C. Toto 616 0.7
Total votes 90,670 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1999[66]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bonnie Watson Coleman 21,465 32.7 Increase 0.5
Democratic Reed Gusciora 21,309 32.5 Increase 2.0
Republican Sidney Goldfarb, M.D. 11,505 17.5 Decrease 2.3
Republican Sheldon Leitner 10,422 15.9 Decrease 1.6
Conservative Len Grzywacz 948 1.4 N/A
Total votes 65,649 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1997[67]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bonnie Watson Coleman 31,976 32.2 Increase 4.0
Democratic Reed Gusciora 30,235 30.5 Increase 4.2
Republican Wanda Webster Stansbury 19,639 19.8 Decrease 1.1
Republican Channell Wilkins 17,342 17.5 Decrease 2.5
Total votes 99,192 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1995[68][69]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shirley K. Turner 20,681 28.2 Increase 2.5
Democratic Reed Gusciora 19,294 26.3 Increase 2.6
Republican Joe Constance 15,319 20.9 Decrease 2.6
Republican Gloria S. Teti 14,675 20.0 Increase 1.0
Conservative George E. Borchers 1,131 1.5 N/A
Libertarian Robert D. Figueroa 1,105 1.5 N/A
Conservative Beverly Kidder 1,029 1.4 N/A
Total votes 73,234 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1993[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Shirley K. Turner 25,759 25.7 Increase 4.4
Democratic Joseph Yuhas 23,714 23.7 Increase 4.2
Republican John Hartmann 23,495 23.5 Decrease 1.7
Republican Donald C. Addison, Jr. 19,062 19.0 Decrease 2.2
Independent Carl J. Mayer 6,531 6.5 N/A
For the People Tony Belardo 1,361 1.4 N/A
Constitutional Enforcer Clinton C. Barlow 235 0.2 N/A
Total votes 100,157 100.0
1991 New Jersey general election[48]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Hartmann 22,091 25.2
Democratic John S. Watson 18,713 21.33
Republican Channell Wilkins 18,578 21.18
Democratic Gerard S. Naples 17,081 19.5
Making Government Work Steven Schlossstein 5,148 5.9
Making Government Work W. Oliver “Bucky” Leggett 4,655 5.3
Coalition of One Robert Gunderman 1,448 1.7
Total votes 87,714 100.0
1989 New Jersey general election[70]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gerard S. Naples 32,966 33.9 Increase 0.7
Democratic John S. Watson 32,398 33.3 Increase 0.7
Republican Sharon H. Rousseau 16,005 16.5 Decrease 1.0
Republican June C. Morreale 15,802 16.3 Decrease 0.4
Total votes 97,171 100.0
1987 New Jersey general election[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gerard S. Naples 26,923 33.2 Increase 5.3
Democratic John S. Watson 26,484 32.6 Increase 4.4
Republican Arthur E. Frank 14,193 17.5 Decrease 4.7
Republican John S. Furlong 13,596 16.7 Decrease 5.0
Total votes 81,196 100.0
1985 New Jersey general election[71]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John S. Watson 25,173 28.2 Decrease 3.0
Democratic Gerald S. Naples 24,893 27.9 Decrease 3.0
Republican Barbara Marrow 19,818 22.2 Increase 3.0
Republican Mary Ann McKee 19,413 21.7 Increase 3.0
Total votes 89,297 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1983[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John S. Watson 27,413 31.2 Increase 3.7
Democratic Gerard S. Naples 27,210 30.9 Increase 3.8
Republican Joseph P. Teti 16,931 19.2 Decrease 4.4
Republican Herman W. Hanssler 16,449 18.7 Decrease 3.1
Total votes 88,003 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1981[51]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John S. Watson 27,608 27.5
Democratic Gerard S. Naples 27,270 27.1
Republican Clifford W. Snedeker 23,720 23.6
Republican Richard C. Woodbridge 21,916 21.8
Total votes 100,514 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1979[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Donald J. Albanese 27,803 33.9 Increase 2.5
Republican Robert E. Littell 26,879 32.7 Increase 4.0
Democratic David Bogert 12,782 15.6 Decrease 4.8
Democratic Joseph T. Srholez III 11,022 13.4 Decrease 6.1
Independent Mary D. Blohm 3,589 4.4 N/A
Total votes 82,075 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1977[52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Donald J. Albanese 32,423 31.4 Increase 6.5
Republican Robert E. Littell 29,548 28.7 Decrease 0.2
Democratic George R. Zoffinger 21,051 20.4 Decrease 3.6
Democratic Paul E. Nagel 20,095 19.5 Decrease 2.7
Total votes 103,117 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1975[73]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Robert E. Littell 29,126 28.9 Increase 1.6
Republican Donald J. Albanese 25,106 24.9 Increase 1.4
Democratic Martin F. Murphy 24,141 24.0 Decrease 3.2
Democratic Peter J. Barry 22,333 22.2 Increase 0.2
Total votes 100,706 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1973[53]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert E. Littell 28,397 27.3
Democratic Robert C. Shelton, Jr. 28,254 27.2
Republican Walter C. Keogh-Dwyer 24,457 23.5
Democratic Peter Karis 22,882 22.0
Total votes 103,990 100.0

Election results, 1967–1973

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Senate

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1967 New Jersey general election[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wayne Dumont, Jr. 42,292 69.6
Democratic William R. Stem 18,450 30.4
Total votes 60,742 100.0
1971 New Jersey general election[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wayne Dumont, Jr. 28,041 66.6
Democratic Richard V. Laddey 14,072 33.4
Total votes 42,113 100.0

General Assembly

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New Jersey general election, 1967[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Douglas E. Gimson 37,121 31.8
Republican Robert E. Littell 36,590 31.4
Democratic Harold J. Curry 22,710 19.5
Democratic Raymond C. McPeek 20,209 17.3
Total votes 116,630 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1969[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Walter E. Foran 41,445 30.7
Republican Robert E. Littell 41,177 30.5
Democratic Barry L. Gardner 26,923 20.0
Democratic Richard V. Laddey 25,301 18.8
Total votes 134,846 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1971[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert E. Littell 23,683 29.7
Republican Walter C. Keogh-Dwyer 20,721 26.0
Democratic Michael P. Martin 18,480 23.2
Democratic David H. Clauss 16,816 21.1
Total votes 79,700 100.0

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