2021 New Jersey General Assembly election

2021 New Jersey General Assembly election

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All 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Craig Coughlin Jon Bramnick
(retired)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 9, 2018 January 17, 2012
Leader's seat 19th (Woodbridge) 21st (Westfield)
(ran for Senate)
Last election 52 seats 28 seats
Seats before 52 28
Seats won 46 34
Seat change Decrease 6 Increase 6
Popular vote 2,521,259 2,351,564
Percentage 51.6% 48.2%
Swing Decrease 9.33 pp Increase 9.13 pp

Results:
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold      Republican gain

Speaker before election

Craig Coughlin
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Craig Coughlin[1]
Democratic

The 2021 New Jersey General Assembly election was held on November 2, 2021. New Jersey voters elected two assembly members in all of the state's legislative districts for a two-year term to the New Jersey General Assembly.[3]

All 80 seats of the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Democrats held a 52-28 majority in the lower house prior to the election. The members of the New Jersey Legislature are chosen from 40 electoral districts. Each district elects one state senator and two state assembly members. New Jersey uses coterminous legislative districts for both its State Senate and General Assembly.

Ultimately, Republicans gained six seats in the chamber, reducing Democrats' majority to 46–34. They flipped both seats in the 2nd, 3rd, and 11th districts.

  1. ^ "Coughlin Backed as Speaker- and its Impact on Senate Prez". Insider NJ. November 4, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "New Jersey Election Results". The New York Times. November 2, 2021. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "New Jersey Secretary of State". state.nj.us.