2015 New Jersey General Assembly election

2015 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 Vincent Prieto Jon Bramnick Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 14, 2014 January 17, 2012 Leader's seat 32nd (Secaucus) 21st (Westfield) Last election 48 32 Seats won 52 28 Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 1,111,320 958,085 Percentage 53.3% 45.9% Swing 4.6% 4.8%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold
Speaker before election Vincent Prieto Democratic Elected Speaker Vincent Prieto Democratic

All 80 seats in the General Assembly were up for election this year. In each Legislative district, there are two people elected; the top two winners in the general election are the ones sent to the Assembly. Typically, the two members of each party run as a team in each election. After the previous election, Democrats captured 48 seats while the Republicans won 32 seats. At the time of the general election, there were two vacancies: One in the 5th District resulting from Democrat Angel Fuentes's resignation on June 30, 2015, and one in the 24th District resulting from Republican Alison Littell McHose's resignation on October 17, 2015.

Ultimately four Democrats defeated four incumbent Republicans leading to the Democrats controlling 52 of 80 seats in the 2016–17 Assembly session, the highest percentage they held since 1979.^[1] Democrats flipped both seats in the 11th district, and one each in the 16th and the 1st.