A general election was held in the U.S. state of

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on November 5, 2019.

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s were held on June 4. The only state positions that were up in this election cycle were all 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly and one

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special election in the 1st Legislative District. In addition to the State Legislative elections, numerous

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offices and freeholders in addition to

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offices were up for election. There were no statewide questions on the ballot in 2019, though some counties and municipalities may have had a local question asked. Non-partisan local elections, some school board elections, and some fire district elections also happened in 2019.

State Senate

One special election was held in the 1st Legislative District to complete the unexpired term of

Jeff Van Drew Jefferson H. Van Drew (born February 23, 1953) is an American politician and dentist serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district since 2019. Formerly a Democrat, he has been a member of the Republican Party sin ...

. Van Drew resigned on January 2, 2019, following his election to Congress. On January 7, Democratic committee members in

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, Cape May, and

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counties selected Assemblyman

Bob Andrzejczak Robert John "Bob" Andrzejczak (born May 1, 1986) is an American Democratic Party politician who represented the 1st Legislative District in the New Jersey State Senate from January 15, 2019, when he was appointed to fill the vacancy created by ...

as the appointed replacement, and he was sworn in on January 15. Andrzejczak was later defeated in the special election in November by Republican Mike Testa. An additional vacancy in the State Senate was created by the September 2019 death of

Anthony Bucco Anthony R. Bucco (February 24, 1938 – September 16, 2019) was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1998, where he represented the 25th Legislative District until his death. Bucco served as Co-Major ...

. The deadline for a 2019 special election having passed, a special election will be held in 2020 pending which his son

Tony Bucco Anthony Mark Bucco (born April 12, 1962) is an American Republican Party politician currently serving as the State Senator for New Jersey's 25th Legislative District. Bucco is an attorney who currently serves on the Morris County Republican Co ...

was appointed by a party convention to hold the seat on an interim basis.

Democratic primary

;Declared *

, appointed incumbent Senator

Republican primary

;Declared *

Mike Testa Michael L. Testa Jr. (born May 1, 1976) is an American Republican Party politician who represents the 1st Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate. Testa was elected to the state senate on November 5, 2019 in the special election to ...

, Chairman of the

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Republican Party ;Withdrew *

Sam Fiocchi Samuel L. Fiocchi (born October 1, 1952) is an American Republican politician who has represented the 1st Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from January 14, 2014 to January 12, 2016. He took office after he defeated Nelson ...

, former State Assemblyman and candidate for NJ-2 in 2018

General election

;Results

General Assembly

All 80 seats of the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Democrats held a 54–26 supermajority in the lower house prior to the election. In the elections, the Republicans gained 2 seats, failing to gain control of the chamber.

Summary of Results

References

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