2015 New Jersey elections
Elections in New Jersey |
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A general election was held in the
State Legislature
The entire Senate is up in years ending in 1, 3, and 7; as there is no gubernatorial election coinciding with the years ending in 5 or 9 in this decade, the General Assembly races are the highest races listed on ballots for the first time since 1999. A very low turnout was expected due to the lack of Presidential, Congressional, or gubernatorial elections on the ballot this year.[1] The predictions turned out to be true as the 22% turnout was the lowest percentage recorded in recent state history.[2]
Senate
One special election was held in the 5th Legislative District to fill the remaining term of Donald Norcross, who resigned in November 2014 following his election to Congress. In December 2014, 5th District Democrats appointed former Assemblywoman Nilsa Cruz-Perez to the seat.[3] Cruz-Perez was unopposed in the Democratic primary and faced no challengers in the special election.[4] The Democratic Party holds a majority of seats in the Senate with 24 seats; the Republican Party holds 16 seats. The results of this election did not affect the standings of either party in the upper house.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nilsa Cruz-Perez (incumbent) | 19,150 | 98.5 | |
Write-ins
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Personal choice | 282 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 19,432 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
General Assembly
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All 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results: Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All 80 seats in the General Assembly were up for election this year. In each
Ultimately four Democrats defeated four incumbent Republicans leading to the Democrats controlling 52 of 80 seats in the
Overall results
Summary of the November 3, 2015 New Jersey General Assembly election results:[9]
52 | 28 |
Democratic | Republican |
Parties | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||
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2013 | 2015 | +/- | Strength | Vote | % | Change | |||
Democratic | 78 | 48 | 52 | 4 | 65% | 1,111,320 | 53.3% | 0.0% | |
Republican
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79 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 35% | 958,085 | 45.9% | 0.0% | |
Green | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 8,643 | 0.4% | 0.0% | ||
Libertarian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1,180 | 0.1% | 0.0% | ||
Independent | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 6,891 | 0.3% | 0.0% | ||
Total | 175 | 80 | 80 | 0 | 100.0% | 2,086,119 | 100.0% | - |
References
- Politicker NJ. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- NorthJersey.com. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ^ Staff (December 11, 2014). "N.J. senators remark on Donald Norcross's career without mentioning the obvious: The Auditor". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ "Official List Candidates for State Senate For General Election 11/03/2015 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. August 11, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ "Camden County 2015 General Election November 3, 2015". Camden County Clerk. November 10, 2015. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ^ "General Election 11/03/15". Gloucester County Clerk. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ^ "Official List Candidates for State Senate For General Election 11/03/2015 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ^ Johnson, Brent (November 3, 2015). "Democrats win their largest N.J. Assembly majority in 37 years". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ^ "Official List Page Candidates for General Assembly For General Election 11/03/2015 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.