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Annette Quijano
Annette Quijano
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 20th District
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; September 25, 2008 Serving with Reginald Atkins
Preceded by	Neil M. Cohen
Deputy Majority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 10, 2012
Leader	Louis Greenwald
Preceded by	Joan Voss
Chair of the New Jersey General Assembly Committee on the Judiciary
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 9, 2018
Preceded by	John F. McKeon
Personal details
Born	July 4, 1962 (age 62); New Jersey, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Residence(s)	Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	Rutgers University (BS); Rutgers School of Law–Newark (JD)
Occupation	Municipal prosecutor
Website	Legislative Website

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Annette M. Quijano (/kiˈhɑːnoʊ/, born July 4, 1962^[3]) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has represented the 20th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since September 25, 2008, having been selected by Union County Democrats to succeed Neil M. Cohen, who resigned on July 28, 2008, amid allegations of child pornography on an official computer.^[4]

Early life

Quijano is a native of New Jersey, the daughter of Puerto Rican parents. She is a resident of Elizabeth.

Quijano graduated from Rutgers University with a B.S. in Management and earned her Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law–Newark in 1991.^[5]^[6] She served clerkships at New Jersey Superior Court in Newark, and in Trenton at both the Office of the Governor's Counsel and the New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate in Trenton. She has bar admissions in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.^[7]^[8] She is currently a municipal prosecutor for the City of Elizabeth.^[9] She has worked as a Compliance Manager for Prudential/ Aetna U.S. Healthcare and as an attorney in civil practice. She served as Chief of Staff to State Senator Raymond Lesniak from 1992 to 1994, Assistant Counsel to Union County, Clerk to the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders and as the Assistant Counsel to Governors Jim McGreevey, Richard Codey and Jon Corzine.^[10] Quijano has served on the United Way Hispanic Advisory Council of Union County, the Governor's Working Group for Hispanic Affairs, a Legal Services committee in Elizabeth, and as a Commissioner for New Jersey's Congressional Redistricting efforts. She is the recipient of the Excellence in State Government Leadership and the Women of Excellence in Government awards and mentors young adults to consider law and graduate school in her free time.^[10]

New Jersey Assembly

Quijano is the first woman and first minority to represent the 20th District. Quijano was selected by a convention of Union County Democrats over Patricia Perkins-Auguste by a vote of 87–82 to replace the vacant seat of Neil Cohen who resigned. Cohen resigned after staffers for then Assemblyman Joseph Cryan and then Senator Raymond Lesniak found child pornography on Cohen's computer.^[11] She was sworn in on September 25, 2008. She has been serving as General Assembly Deputy Majority Leader and Chairwoman of the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee. This is in addition to serving as a member of the Labor Committee.^[5] In June 2017, Quijano introduced a bill to designate Streptomyces griseus as New Jersey's State Microbe, to be added to the state's other state symbols. S. griseus was chosen for this honor because it is a New Jersey native that made unique contributions to healthcare and scientific research worldwide. A strain of S. griseus that produced the antibiotic streptomycin was discovered in New Jersey in 1916 and developed into an antibiotic by a Rutgers University team by Albert Schatz and Selman Waksman in 1943.^[12] A companion bill was introduced in the Senate in May 2017 by Samuel D. Thompson. ^[13]

Committees

Committee assignments for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are:^[5]

Consumer Affairs (as vice-chair)
Housing
Labor

District 20

Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly.^[14] The representatives from the 20th District for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are:^[15]

Senator Joseph Cryan (D)
Assemblyman Reginald Atkins (D)
Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D)

Electoral history

New Jersey Assembly

20th Legislative District General Election, 2023^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annette Quijano (incumbent)	12,280	42.7
	Democratic	Reginald Atkins (incumbent)	12,104	42.1
	Republican	Ramon Hernandez	4,380	15.2
Total votes			28,764	100.0
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

20th legislative district general election, 2021^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annette Quijano (incumbent)	26,276	50.77%
	Democratic	Reginald Atkins	25,477	49.23%
Total votes			51,753	100.0
	Democratic hold

New Jersey general election, 2019^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Annette Quijano (Incumbent)	13,173	40.75	4.65
	Democratic	Jamel Holley (Incumbent)	12,437	38.48	6.12
	Republican	Charles Donnelly	3,496	10.82	0.82
	Republican	Ashraf Hanna	3,218	9.96	9.96
Total votes			'*53,372'*	'*100.0'*

New Jersey general election, 2017^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Annette Quijano (Incumbent)	24,221	45.4	6.0
	Democratic	Jamel Holley (Incumbent)	23,790	44.6	6.8
	Republican	Joseph G. Aubourg	5,361	10.0	1.7
Total votes			'*53,372'*	'*100.0'*

New Jersey general election, 2015^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Annette Quijano (Incumbent)	12,061	39.4	3.9
	Democratic	Jamel Holley (Incumbent)	11,568	37.8	1.5
	Republican	Stephen E. Kozlovich	3,593	11.7	2.8
	Republican	Roger Stryeski	3,398	11.1	2.6
Total votes			30,620	100.0

New Jersey general election, 2013^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph Cryan (Incumbent)	19,268	36.3	6.1
	Democratic	Annette Quijano (Incumbent)	18,839	35.5	7.2
	Republican	Charles Donnelly	7,719	14.5	0.1
	Republican	Christopher Hackett	7,269	13.7	N/A
Total votes			'*53,095'*	'*100.0'*

New Jersey general election, 2011^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annette Quijano (Incumbent)	12,116	42.7
	Democratic	Joseph Cryan (Incumbent)	12,104	42.7
	Republican	John F. Donoso	4,128	14.6
Total votes			28,348	100.0

New Jersey general election, 2009^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph Cryan (Incumbent)	20,607	50.7	15.5
	Democratic	Annette Quijano (Incumbent)	20,054	49.3	12.6
Total votes			'*40,661'*	'*100.0'*

Special election, November 4, 2008^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annette Quijano (Incumbent)	35,746	71.2
	Republican	Linda Gaglione	14,458	28.8
Total votes			50,204	100.0

References

^ "Assembly Democratic Leadership". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
^ "New Jersey Legislature Committees and Membership". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on November 23, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
^ "Assembly Member Annette Quijano's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
^ "In Brief: Lawyer chosen to replace disgraced Union lawmaker" Archived 2013-01-21 at archive.today, Daily Record, August 21, 2008. Accessed August 21, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 23, 2024.
^ "Rutgers School of Law - Newark Newsletter" (PDF). September 2008. Retrieved September 12, 2015. Annette Quijano '91 was appointed to fill a vacant State Assembly seat in Union county (20th Legislative District). She had been an assistant counsel to Gov. Jon Corzine.
^ "Assemblywoman Annette Quijano". N.J. Community First. 20th Legislative District Committee. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
^ "Annette Quijano". Kean University Alumni. Kean University. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
^ "Assemblywoman Annette Quijano Bio Page". NJ Assembly Majority Office. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Assemblywoman-Select Annette Quijano, Community First. Accessed September 12, 2008. Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Livio, Susan K. "Corzine attorney to replace Cohen", The Star-Ledger, August 21, 2008. Accessed August 21, 2008. Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ Assembly, No. 4900 State of New Jersey 217th Legislature Introduced June 1, 2017, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Sponsored By: Assemblywoman Annette Quijano District 20 (Union) Synopsis: Designates Streptomyces Griseus As New Jersey State Microbe."
^ Senate, No. 3190 State of New Jersey 217th Legislature Introduced May 15, 2017, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Sponsored By: Senator Samuel D. Thompson District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth And Ocean) Synopsis: Designates Streptomyces Griseus As New Jersey State Microbe."
^ New Jersey State Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 28, 2022.
^ Legislative Roster for District 20, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 23, 2024.
^ "Candidates for General Assembly - For GENERAL ELECTION 11/07/2023 Election" (PDF). New Jersey Department of State. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
^ "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For GENERAL ELECTION 11/02/2021 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. November 30, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
^ "N.J. Election 2019: Results from state Assembly races and statewide ballot question". November 6, 2019.
^ "2017-official-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
^ "2015-official-ge-results-nj-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 30, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
^ "2013-official-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
^ "2011-official-gen-elect-gen-assembly-results-121411.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 14, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
^ "2009-official-gen-elect-gen-assembly-tallies-120109.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
^ "2008-official-gen-elect-tallies-gen-assem-120208.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved April 21, 2019.

External links

Assemblywoman Quijano's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature
New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms - 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

New Jersey General Assembly
Preceded by Neil M. Cohen	Member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 20th District September 25, 2008 – present With: Joseph Cryan, Jamel Holley, Reginald Atkins	Succeeded by Incumbent

[1] "Assembly Democratic Leadership". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2019.

[2] "New Jersey Legislature Committees and Membership". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on November 23, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2019.

[3] "Assembly Member Annette Quijano's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved May 14, 2013.

[4] "In Brief: Lawyer chosen to replace disgraced Union lawmaker" Archived 2013-01-21 at archive.today, Daily Record, August 21, 2008. Accessed August 21, 2008.

[NJLEG-5] Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 23, 2024.

[RutgersNeark-6] "Rutgers School of Law - Newark Newsletter" (PDF). September 2008. Retrieved September 12, 2015. Annette Quijano '91 was appointed to fill a vacant State Assembly seat in Union county (20th Legislative District). She had been an assistant counsel to Gov. Jon Corzine.

[7] "Assemblywoman Annette Quijano". N.J. Community First. 20th Legislative District Committee. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved July 30, 2017.

[8] "Annette Quijano". Kean University Alumni. Kean University. Retrieved July 30, 2017.

[AssemblyDemsBio-9] "Assemblywoman Annette Quijano Bio Page". NJ Assembly Majority Office. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.

[CommunityFirst-10] Assemblywoman-Select Annette Quijano, Community First. Accessed September 12, 2008. Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[11] Livio, Susan K. "Corzine attorney to replace Cohen", The Star-Ledger, August 21, 2008. Accessed August 21, 2008. Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[12] Assembly, No. 4900 State of New Jersey 217th Legislature Introduced June 1, 2017, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Sponsored By: Assemblywoman Annette Quijano District 20 (Union) Synopsis: Designates Streptomyces Griseus As New Jersey State Microbe."

[13] Senate, No. 3190 State of New Jersey 217th Legislature Introduced May 15, 2017, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Sponsored By: Senator Samuel D. Thompson District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth And Ocean) Synopsis: Designates Streptomyces Griseus As New Jersey State Microbe."

[14] New Jersey State Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 28, 2022.

[15] Legislative Roster for District 20, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 23, 2024.

[GeneralResults2023-16] "Candidates for General Assembly - For GENERAL ELECTION 11/07/2023 Election" (PDF). New Jersey Department of State. Retrieved December 6, 2023.

[GeneralResults-17] "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For GENERAL ELECTION 11/02/2021 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. November 30, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.

[18] "N.J. Election 2019: Results from state Assembly races and statewide ballot question". November 6, 2019.

[19] "2017-official-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.

[20] "2015-official-ge-results-nj-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 30, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2019.

[21] "2013-official-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2019.

[22] "2011-official-gen-elect-gen-assembly-results-121411.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 14, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2019.

[23] "2009-official-gen-elect-gen-assembly-tallies-120109.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2019.

[24] "2008-official-gen-elect-tallies-gen-assem-120208.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved April 21, 2019.

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-'''Annette M. Quijano''' ({{IPAc-en|k|i|ˈ|h|ɑː|n|əʊ}}, born July 4, 1962<ref>{{cite web |url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/110881/annette-quijano |title=Assembly Member Annette Quijano's Biography |publisher=[[Project Vote Smart]] |accessdate=2013-05-14}}</ref>) is an American [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] politician, who was selected by [[Union County, New Jersey|Union County]] Democrats to fill a vacancy to represent the [[20th Legislative District (New Jersey)|20th Legislative District]] in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] and has since been re-elected three times to her Assembly seat. Quijano succeeded [[Neil M. Cohen]], who resigned on July 28, 2008 amid allegations of child pornography on an official computer.<ref>[http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080821/NEWS02/808210337/1123 "In Brief: Lawyer chosen to replace disgraced Union lawmaker"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130121091212/http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080821/NEWS02/808210337/1123 |date=2013-01-21 }}, ''[[Daily Record (Morristown)]]'', August 21, 2008. Accessed August 21, 2008.</ref>
+'''Annette M. Quijano''' ({{IPAc-en|k|i|ˈ|h|ɑː|n|əʊ}}, born July 4, 1962<ref>{{cite web |url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/110881/annette-quijano |title=Assembly Member Annette Quijano's Biography |publisher=[[Project Vote Smart]] |accessdate=2013-05-14}}</ref>) is an American [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] politician, who has represented the [[New Jersey's 20th legislative district|20th Legislative District]] in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] since September 25, 2008, having been selected by [[Union County, New Jersey|Union County]] Democrats to succeed [[Neil M. Cohen]], who resigned on July 28, 2008, amid allegations of child pornography on an official computer.<ref>[http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080821/NEWS02/808210337/1123 "In Brief: Lawyer chosen to replace disgraced Union lawmaker"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130121091212/http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080821/NEWS02/808210337/1123 |date=2013-01-21 }}, ''[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Record]]'', August 21, 2008. Accessed August 21, 2008.</ref>
 == Early life ==
 Quijano is a native of New Jersey, the daughter of [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] parents. She is a resident of [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]].
-Quijano graduated from [[Rutgers University]] with a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in Management and earned her [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Rutgers School of Law–Newark]] in 1991.<ref name=NJLEG/><ref name=RutgersNeark>{{cite web |url=https://law.newark.rutgers.edu/files/u/Sept08News&Events.pdf |quote=Annette Quijano '91 was appointed to fill a vacant State Assembly seat in Union county (20th Legislative District). She had been an assistant counsel to Gov. Jon Corzine. |date=September 2008 |title=Rutgers School of Law - Newark Newsletter |accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref> She served clerkships at [[New Jersey Superior Court]] in Newark, and in Trenton at both the Office of the Governor's Counsel and the [[New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate]] in Trenton. She has bar admissions in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web|title=Assemblywoman Annette Quijano|url=http://www.njcommunityfirst.com/quijano.html|website=N.J. Community First|publisher=20th Legislative District Committee|accessdate=30 July 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120020627/http://www.njcommunityfirst.com/quijano.html|archivedate=2008-11-20|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annette Quijano|url=https://www.keanalumni.org/pages/events--activities/women-that-lead-annette-quijano|website=Kean University Alumni|publisher=Kean University|accessdate=30 July 2017}}</ref> She is currently a municipal prosecutor for the City of Elizabeth.<ref name=AssemblyDemsBio>{{cite web|url=http://www.assemblydems.com/memberbio.asp?RosterKey=309 |title=Assemblywoman Annette Quijano Bio Page |publisher=NJ Assembly Majority Office |accessdate=September 12, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118181537/http://www.assemblydems.com/memberbio.asp?RosterKey=309 |archivedate=November 18, 2015 }}</ref> She has worked as a Compliance Manager for Prudential/ [[Aetna]] [[U.S. Healthcare]] and as an attorney in civil practice. She served as Chief of Staff to [[New Jersey Senate|State Senator]] [[Raymond Lesniak]] from 1992–1994, Assistant Counsel to Union County, Clerk to the Union County [[Board of Chosen Freeholders]] and as the Assistant Counsel to Governors [[Jim McGreevey]], [[Richard Codey]] and [[Jon Corzine]].<ref name=CommunityFirst>[http://www.njcommunityfirst.com/quijano.html Assemblywoman-Select Annette Quijano], Community First. Accessed September 12, 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120020627/http://www.njcommunityfirst.com/quijano.html |date=November 20, 2008 }}</ref> Quijano has served on the United Way Hispanic Advisory Council of Union County, the Governor's Working Group for Hispanic Affairs, a Legal Services committee in Elizabeth, and as a Commissioner for New Jersey's Congressional Redistricting efforts. She is the recipient of the Excellence in State Government Leadership and the Women of Excellence in Government awards and mentors young adults to consider law and graduate school in her free time.<ref name=CommunityFirst/>
+Quijano graduated from [[Rutgers University]] with a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in Management and earned her [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Rutgers School of Law–Newark]] in 1991.<ref name=NJLEG/><ref name=RutgersNeark>{{cite web |url=https://law.newark.rutgers.edu/files/u/Sept08News&Events.pdf |quote=Annette Quijano '91 was appointed to fill a vacant State Assembly seat in Union county (20th Legislative District). She had been an assistant counsel to Gov. Jon Corzine. |date=September 2008 |title=Rutgers School of Law - Newark Newsletter |accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref> She served clerkships at [[New Jersey Superior Court]] in Newark, and in Trenton at both the Office of the Governor's Counsel and the [[New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate]] in Trenton. She has bar admissions in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web|title=Assemblywoman Annette Quijano|url=http://www.njcommunityfirst.com/quijano.html|website=N.J. Community First|publisher=20th Legislative District Committee|accessdate=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120020627/http://www.njcommunityfirst.com/quijano.html|archive-date=2008-11-20|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annette Quijano|url=https://www.keanalumni.org/pages/events--activities/women-that-lead-annette-quijano|website=Kean University Alumni|publisher=Kean University|accessdate=30 July 2017}}</ref> She is currently a municipal prosecutor for the City of Elizabeth.<ref name=AssemblyDemsBio>{{cite web|url=http://www.assemblydems.com/memberbio.asp?RosterKey=309 |title=Assemblywoman Annette Quijano Bio Page |publisher=NJ Assembly Majority Office |accessdate=September 12, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118181537/http://www.assemblydems.com/memberbio.asp?RosterKey=309 |archive-date=November 18, 2015 }}</ref> She has worked as a Compliance Manager for Prudential/ [[Aetna]] [[U.S. Healthcare]] and as an attorney in civil practice. She served as Chief of Staff to [[New Jersey Senate|State Senator]] [[Raymond Lesniak]] from 1992 to 1994, Assistant Counsel to Union County, Clerk to the Union County [[Board of County Commissioners (New Jersey)|Board of Chosen Freeholders]] and as the Assistant Counsel to Governors [[Jim McGreevey]], [[Richard Codey]] and [[Jon Corzine]].<ref name=CommunityFirst>[http://www.njcommunityfirst.com/quijano.html Assemblywoman-Select Annette Quijano], Community First. Accessed September 12, 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120020627/http://www.njcommunityfirst.com/quijano.html |date=November 20, 2008 }}</ref> Quijano has served on the United Way Hispanic Advisory Council of Union County, the Governor's Working Group for Hispanic Affairs, a Legal Services committee in Elizabeth, and as a Commissioner for New Jersey's Congressional Redistricting efforts. She is the recipient of the Excellence in State Government Leadership and the Women of Excellence in Government awards and mentors young adults to consider law and graduate school in her free time.<ref name=CommunityFirst/>
 == New Jersey Assembly ==
-Quijano is the first woman and first minority to represent the 20th District. Quijano was selected by a convention of Union County Democrats over Patricia Perkins-Auguste by a vote of 87-82 to replace the vacant seat of Neil Cohen who resigned. Cohen resigned after staffers for then Assemblyman [[Joseph Cryan]] and then Senator [[Raymond Lesniak]] found [[child pornography]] on Cohen's computer.<ref>Livio, Susan K. [http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1219293324118720.xml&coll=1 "Corzine attorney to replace Cohen"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', August 21, 2008. Accessed August 21, 2008. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072934/http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-11%2F1219293324118720.xml&coll=1 |date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> She was sworn in on September 25, 2008. She has been serving as General Assembly Deputy Majority Leader and Chairwoman of the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee. This is in addition to serving as a member of the Labor Committee.<ref name=NJLEG>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=309 Assemblywoman Quijano's legislative web page], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed May 14, 2013.</ref> In June 2017, Quijano introduced a bill to designate ''[[Streptomyces griseus]]'' as [[State Microbes|New Jersey's State Microbe]], to be added to [[List of New Jersey state symbols|the state's other state symbols]]. ''S. griseus'' was chosen for this honor because it is a New Jersey native that made unique contributions to healthcare and scientific research worldwide. A strain of ''S. griseus'' that produced the antibiotic [[streptomycin]] was discovered in New Jersey in 1916 and developed into an antibiotic by a [[Rutgers University]] team by [[Albert Schatz (scientist)|Albert Schatz]] and [[Selman Waksman]] in 1943.<ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A5000/4900_I1.HTM Assembly, No. 4900 State of New Jersey 217th Legislature Introduced June 1, 2017], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Sponsored By: Assemblywoman Annette Quijano District 20 (Union) Synopsis: Designates Streptomyces Griseus As New Jersey State Microbe."</ref> A companion bill was introduced in the Senate in May 2017 by [[Samuel D. Thompson]].
+Quijano is the first woman and first minority to represent the 20th District. Quijano was selected by a convention of Union County Democrats over Patricia Perkins-Auguste by a vote of 87–82 to replace the vacant seat of Neil Cohen who resigned. Cohen resigned after staffers for then Assemblyman [[Joseph Cryan]] and then Senator [[Raymond Lesniak]] found [[child pornography]] on Cohen's computer.<ref>Livio, Susan K. [http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1219293324118720.xml&coll=1 "Corzine attorney to replace Cohen"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', August 21, 2008. Accessed August 21, 2008. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072934/http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-11%2F1219293324118720.xml&coll=1 |date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> She was sworn in on September 25, 2008. She has been serving as General Assembly Deputy Majority Leader and Chairwoman of the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee. This is in addition to serving as a member of the Labor Committee.<ref name=NJLEG/> In June 2017, Quijano introduced a bill to designate ''[[Streptomyces griseus]]'' as [[State Microbes|New Jersey's State Microbe]], to be added to [[List of New Jersey state symbols|the state's other state symbols]]. ''S. griseus'' was chosen for this honor because it is a New Jersey native that made unique contributions to healthcare and scientific research worldwide. A strain of ''S. griseus'' that produced the antibiotic [[streptomycin]] was discovered in New Jersey in 1916 and developed into an antibiotic by a [[Rutgers University]] team by [[Albert Schatz (scientist)|Albert Schatz]] and [[Selman Waksman]] in 1943.<ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A5000/4900_I1.HTM Assembly, No. 4900 State of New Jersey 217th Legislature Introduced June 1, 2017], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Sponsored By: Assemblywoman Annette Quijano District 20 (Union) Synopsis: Designates Streptomyces Griseus As New Jersey State Microbe."</ref> A companion bill was introduced in the Senate in May 2017 by [[Samuel D. Thompson]].
 <ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3500/3190_I1.HTM Senate, No. 3190 State of New Jersey 217th Legislature Introduced May 15, 2017], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Sponsored By: Senator Samuel D. Thompson District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth And Ocean) Synopsis: Designates Streptomyces Griseus As New Jersey State Microbe."</ref>
 === Committees ===
+Committee assignments for the [[221st New Jersey Legislature|2024—2025 Legislative Session]] are:<ref name=NJLEG>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/309/assemblywoman-quijano Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D)], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 23, 2024.</ref>
-*Judiciary
+*Consumer Affairs (as vice-chair)
-*Financial Institutions and Insurance
+*Housing
-*Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations
+*Labor
-== District 20 ==
+=== District 20 ===
-Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the [[New Jersey Senate]] and two members in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]]. The other representatives from the 20th District for the 2018–2019 Legislative Session are:<ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/roster.asp Legislative Roster 2018-2019 Session], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed .</ref>
+Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the [[New Jersey Senate]] and two members in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]].<ref>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/constitution New Jersey State Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 28, 2022.</ref> The representatives from the 20th District for the [[221st New Jersey Legislature|2024—2025 Legislative Session]] are:<ref>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster?district=20 Legislative Roster for District 20], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 23, 2024.</ref>
-*Senator [[Joseph Cryan]] (D),
+* Senator [[Joseph Cryan]] <span {{Party shading/Democratic}}>(D)</span>
+* Assemblyman [[Reginald Atkins]] <span {{Party shading/Democratic}}>(D)</span>
-*Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D), and
+* Assemblywoman Annette Quijano <span {{Party shading/Democratic}}>(D)</span>
-*Assemblyman [[Jamel Holley]] (D)
-== Electoral History ==
+== Electoral history ==
 === New Jersey Assembly ===
+{{Election box begin no change
+|title = 20th Legislative District General Election, 2023<ref name="GeneralResults2023">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2023/2023-official-general-results-general-assembly.pdf |title=Candidates for General Assembly - For GENERAL ELECTION 11/07/2023 Election |publisher=[[New Jersey Department of State]] |access-date=December 6, 2023}}</ref>
+}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
+| party = Democratic Party (United States)
+| candidate = Annette Quijano (incumbent)
+| votes = 12,280
+| percentage = 42.7
+}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
+| party = Democratic Party (United States)
+| candidate = [[Reginald Atkins]] (incumbent)
+| votes = 12,104
+| percentage = 42.1
+}}
+{{Election box candidate with party link no change
+| party = Republican Party (United States)
+| candidate = Ramon Hernandez
+| votes = 4,380
+| percentage = 15.2
+}}
+{{Election box total no change
+| votes = 28,764
+| percentage = 100.0
+}}
+{{Election box hold with party link no change
+| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
+}}
+{{Election box hold with party link no change
+| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
+}}
+{{Election box end}}
+{{Election box begin no change
+|title = 20th legislative district general election, 2021<ref name="GeneralResults">{{cite web |title=Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For GENERAL ELECTION 11/02/2021 Election |url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2021/2021-official-general-results-general-assembly.pdf |publisher=[[Secretary of State of New Jersey]] |date=November 30, 2021 |access-date=December 12, 2021}}</ref>
+}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
+| party = Democratic Party (United States)
+| candidate = Annette Quijano (incumbent)
+| votes = 26,276
+| percentage = 50.77%
+}}
+{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
+| party = Democratic Party (United States)
+| candidate = [[Reginald Atkins]]
+| votes = 25,477
+| percentage = 49.23%
+}}
+{{Election box total no change
+| votes = 51,753
+| percentage = 100.0
+}}
+{{Election box hold with party link no change
+| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
+| loser = Republican Party (United States)
+}}
+{{Election box end}}
 {{Election box begin
-| title = [[New Jersey elections, 2017|New Jersey general election, 2019]]<ref>https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/11/live-election-results-nj-state-assembly-races-2019-and-statewide-ballot-question.html</ref>
+| title = [[New Jersey elections, 2019|New Jersey general election, 2019]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/11/live-election-results-nj-state-assembly-races-2019-and-statewide-ballot-question.html|title = N.J. Election 2019: Results from state Assembly races and statewide ballot question|date = November 6, 2019}}</ref>
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 | votes = 3,496
 | percentage = 10.82
-| change = {{decrease}} 1.7
+| change = {{increase}} 0.82
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 | votes = 3,218
 | percentage = 9.96
-| change = {{decrease}} 1.7
+| change = {{increase}} 9.96
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=309 Assemblywoman Quijano's legislative web page], [[New Jersey Legislature]]
+*[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/309/assemblywoman-quijano Assemblywoman Quijano's legislative web page], [[New Jersey Legislature]]
 *''New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms'' - [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2016.pdf 2016]  [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2015.pdf 2015]  [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2014.pdf 2014]  [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2013.pdf 2013]  [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2012.pdf 2012]  [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2011.pdf 2011] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2010.pdf 2010] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2009.pdf 2009] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2008.pdf 2008]
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-{{succession box |before=[[Neil M. Cohen]] |title=Member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] for the [[20th Legislative District (New Jersey)|20th District]] |with=[[Joseph Cryan]], [[Jamel Holley]] |years=September 25, 2008 – present |after=Incumbent}}
+{{succession box |before=[[Neil M. Cohen]] |title=Member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] for the [[New Jersey's 20th legislative district|20th District]] |with=[[Joseph Cryan]], [[Jamel Holley]], [[Reginald Atkins]] |years=September 25, 2008 – present |after=Incumbent}}
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v t e Members of the New Jersey General Assembly
221st Legislature (2024–2025) Speaker of the General Assembly Craig Coughlin (D) Speaker pro tempore Benjie Wimberly (D) Majority Leader Louis Greenwald (D) Minority Leader John DiMaio (R)
▌Antwan McClellan (R) ▌Erik K. Simonsen (R) ▌Don Guardian (R) ▌Claire Swift (R) ▌David Bailey (D) ▌Heather Simmons (D) ▌Dan Hutchison (D) ▌Cody Miller (D) ▌Bill Moen (D) ▌William Spearman (D) ▌Louis Greenwald (D) ▌Vacant ▌Vacant ▌Carol A. Murphy (D) ▌Andrea Katz (D) ▌Michael Torrissi (R) ▌Greg Myhre (R) ▌Brian E. Rumpf (R) ▌Paul Kanitra (R) ▌Gregory P. McGuckin (R) ▌Margie Donlon (D) ▌Luanne Peterpaul (D) ▌Robert D. Clifton (R) ▌Alex Sauickie (R) ▌Vicky Flynn (R) ▌Gerard Scharfenberger (R) ▌Wayne DeAngelo (D) ▌Tennille McCoy (D) ▌Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D) ▌Anthony Verrelli (D) ▌Mitchelle Drulis (D) ▌Roy Freiman (D) ▌Joseph Danielsen (D) ▌Kevin Egan (D) ▌Robert Karabinchak (D) ▌Sterley Stanley (D) ▌Craig Coughlin (D) ▌Yvonne Lopez (D) ▌Reginald Atkins (D) ▌Annette Quijano (D) ▌Michele Matsikoudis (R) ▌Nancy Munoz (R) ▌Linda S. Carter (D) ▌James J. Kennedy (D) ▌John DiMaio (R) ▌Erik Peterson (R) ▌Dawn Fantasia (R) ▌Mike Inganamort (R) ▌Christian Barranco (R) ▌Aura K. Dunn (R) ▌Brian Bergen (R) ▌Jay Webber (R) ▌Rosy Bagolie (D) ▌Alixon Collazos-Gill (D) ▌Garnet Hall (D) ▌Cleopatra Tucker (D) ▌Eliana Pintor Marin (D) ▌Shanique Speight (D) ▌Avi Schnall (D) ▌Sean T. Kean (R) ▌Barbara McCann Stamato (D) ▌William Sampson (D) ▌John Allen (D) ▌Jessica Ramirez (D) ▌Julio Marenco (D) ▌Gabe Rodriguez (D) ▌Carmen Morales (D) ▌Michael Venezia (D) ▌Shavonda E. Sumter (D) ▌Benjie Wimberly (D) ▌Clinton Calabrese (D) ▌Gary Schaer (D) ▌Shama Haider (D) ▌Ellen Park (D) ▌Lisa Swain (D) ▌Chris Tully (D) ▌Robert Auth (R) ▌John V. Azzariti (R) ▌Al Barlas (R) ▌Christopher DePhillips (R)
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