November 2009 Election

 

In the November 2009 general election, New Jersey voters will elect a governor and lieutenant governor and two representatives for the General Assembly in each of the 40 Legislative Districts. Special elections will also be held for the State Senate in the 6th and 23rd Legislative Districts to fill unexpired terms. Various county and municipal offices also will be on the November ballot. The 2009 election is the first in which the office of lieutenant governor will be on the ballot. Voters also will be asked in a Public Question whether they wish to approve the State issuing $400 million in bonds to fund open space; recreation; farmland preservation; and historic preservation projects.

 
2009 Election General Assembly Candidates  
Assembly Districts    

General Assembly-District 1 Atlantic, Cape May & Cumberland    
*denotes incumbent
Nelson Albano* (Democrat)   NJ VoterInfo Profile
Matthew Milam* (Democrat)   NJ VoterInfo Profile
Michael Donohue (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
John A. McCann (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
 
General Assembly-District 2 Atlantic    
*denotes incumbent
John F. Amodeo* (Republican) NJ VoterInfo Profile
Vincent J. Polistina* (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Reginald Floyd (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Jimmy Martinez (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
     
General Assembly -District 3 Cumberland, Gloucester & Salem    
*denotes incumbent
John J. Burzichelli* (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Celeste M. Riley* (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Lee Lucas (Republican)    
Robert Villare (Republican) Campaign website  
     
General Assembly -District 4 Camden & Gloucester    
*denotes incumbent
Paul Moriarty* (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
William Collins (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Eugene E. T. Lawrence (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Domenick DiCicco (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
 
General Assembly-District 5 Camden & Gloucester    
*denotes incumbent
Donald Norcross (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Angel Fuentes* (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Brian Kluchnick (Republican)   NJ VoterInfo Profile
Stephanie Velez-Gentry (Republican) Campaign website  
     
General Assembly-District 6 Camden    
*denotes incumbent
Louis D. Greenwald* (Democrat) Campaign website  
Pamela Lampitt* (Democrat) Campaign website  
Brian Greenberg (Republican) Campaign website  
Scott DeCristofaro (Republican) Campaign website  
     
General Assembly-District 7
Burlington & Camden
   
*denotes incumbent
Herb Conaway* (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Jack Conners* (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Leah J. Arter (Republican)    
Harry Adams (Republican)    
     
General Assembly-District 8
Burlington
   
*denotes incumbent
Dawn Marie Addiego* (Republican) Campaign website  
Scott Rudder* (Republican) Campaign website  
Bill Brown (Democrat) Campaign website  
Debbie Sarcone (Democrat) Campaign website  
     
General Assembly-District 9
Atlantic, Burlington & Ocean
   
*denotes incumbent
Brian E. Rumpf* (Republican)   NJ VoterInfo Profile
DiAnne Gove* (Republican)   NJ VoterInfo Profile
Richard P. Visotcky (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Robert E. Rue (Democrat) Campaign website  
     
General Assembly-District 10
Monmouth & Ocean
   
*denotes incumbent
David W. Wolfe* (Republican)    
Jim Holzapfel* (Republican)    
Eli L. Eytan (Democrat)    
Charles P. Tivenan (Democrat)    
     
General Assembly-District 11 Monmouth    
*denotes incumbent
David P. Rible* (Republican) Campaign website  
Mary Pat Angelini* (Republican) Campaign website  
J. Randy Bishop (Democrat) Campaign website  
Richard J. Bolger (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
     
General Assembly-District 12 Mercer & Monmouth    
*denotes incumbent
Declan J. O'Scanlon, Jr.* (Republican) Campaign website
Caroline Casagrande* (Republican) Campaign website  
John Amberg (Democrat)    
Michelle Roth (Democrat)    
Steven Welzer (Green Party) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
 
General Assembly-District 13 Middlesex & Monmouth    
*denotes incumbent
Samuel D. Thompson* (Republican)    
Amy H. Handlin* (Republican)   NJ VoterInfo Profile
Robert Brown (Democrat) Campaign website  
James Grenafege (Democrat) Campaign website  
Sean Dunne (Fight Corruption)    
     
General Assembly-District 14 Mercer & Middlesex    
*denotes incumbent
Linda R. Greenstein* (Democrat)    
Wayne P. DeAngelo* (Democrat)   NJ VoterInfo Profile
Rob Calabro (Republican) Campaign website  
William T. Harvey, Jr. (Republican) Campaign website  
Gene L. Baldassari (Modern Whig Party) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
     
General Assembly-District 15 Mercer    
*denotes incumbent
Reed Gusciora* (Democrat) Campaign website  
Bonnie Watson Coleman* (Democrat)    
Kim Taylor (Republican) Campaign website  
Werner Graf (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo profile
Daryl Mikell Brooks (Libertarian Party)    
Charles Green (Libertarian Party)    
     
General Assembly -District 16 Morris & Somerset    
*denotes incumbent
Peter J. Biondi* (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo profile
Denise M. Coyle* (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo profile
Mark Petraske (Democrat)    
Roberta Karpinecz (Democrat)    
     
General Assembly -District 17 Middlesex & Somerset    
*denotes incumbent
Joseph V. Egan* (Democrat)    
Upendra J. Chivukula* (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo profile
Salim A. Nathoo (Republican)    
Anthony Mazzola (Republican)    
     
General Assembly -District 18 Middlesex    
*denotes incumbent
Patrick Diegnan, Jr.* (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Peter J. Barnes, III* (Democrat) Campaign website  
Joseph Sinagra (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Robert Jones (Republican) Campaign website  
Katherine Shkolar (Defending Forgotten Taxpayers)    
Andrew Tidd (Defending Forgotten Taxpayers)    
     
General Assembly -District 19 Middlesex    
*denotes incumbent
John S. Wisniewski* (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Craig Coughlin (Democrat)    
Peter J. Kothari (Republican)    
Richard W. Piatkowski (Republican)    
Barry Adler (Change and Commitment)    
James C. Poesl (Independent Conservative)    
     
General Assembly -District 20 Union    
*denotes incumbent
Joseph Cryan* (Democrat)    
Annette Quijano* (Democrat)    
     
General Assembly -District 21 Essex, Morris, Somerset & Union    
*denotes incumbent
Jon M. Bramnick* (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Nancy F. Munoz* (Republican)    
Bruce Bergen (Democrat)    
Norman Albert (Democrat)    
     
General Assembly -District 22 Middlesex, Somerset & Union    
*denotes incumbent
Gerald Green* (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Linda Stender* (Democrat)    
William Vastine (Republican) Campaign website  
Martin Marks (Republican) Campaign website  
     
General Assembly -District 23 Hunterdon & Warren    
*denotes incumbent
John DiMaio* (Republican)    
Erik Peterson (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
William J. Courtney (Democrat)    
Tammeisha Smith (Democrat)    
     
General Assembly -District 24 Hunterdon, Morris & Sussex    
*denotes incumbent
Alison Littell McHose* (Republican) Campaign website  
Gary R. Chiusano* (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Frederick J. Katz, Jr. (Democrat)    
     
General Assembly -District 25 Morris    
*denotes incumbent
Michael Patrick Carroll (Republican)    
Anthony Bucco (Republican)    
Wendy Wright (Democrat) Campaign website  
Rebekah Conroy (Democrat)    
     
General Assembly -District 26 Morris & Passaic    
*denotes incumbent
Alex DeCroce* (Republican)    
Jay Webber* (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo profile
Douglas Herbert (Democrat)    
Wayne B. Marek (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo profile
     
General Assembly -District 27 Essex    
*denotes incumbent
John F. McKeon* (Democrat)    
Mila M. Jasey* (Democrat)   NJ VoterInfo Profile
Mark Meyerowitz (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Barry Funt (Republican) Campaign website  
     
General Assembly -District 28 Essex    
*denotes incumbent
Cleopatra G. Tucker* (Democrat)    
Ralph R. Caputo* (Democrat)    
Herbert Glenn (Republican)    
Andrew Bloschak (Republican) Campaign website  
     
General Assembly -District 29 Essex & Union    
*denotes incumbent
L. Grace Spencer* (Democrat)    
Alberto Coutinho* (Democrat)    
Aracelis Sanabria-Tejada (Republican)    
Fernando E. Linhares (Republican)    
Joanne Miller (Hillside and Newark)    
     
General Assembly -District 30 Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, & Ocean    
*denotes incumbent
Joseph R. Malone, III* (Republican)    
Ronald S. Dancer* (Republican)    
John Kocubinski (Democrat) Campaign website  
William Spedding (Democrat) Campaign website  
     
General Assembly -District 31 Hudson    
*denotes incumbent
Anthony Chiappone* (Democrat)    
Charles Mainor (Democrat)    
Irene Kim Asbury (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Marie Day (Republican)    
Omar Dyer (Next Generations Leader)    
Neil D. Scott (Our Future Now)    
     
General Assembly -District 32 Bergen & Hudson    
*denotes incumbent
Joan Quigley* (Democrat)    
Vincent Prieto* (Democrat)    
Herbert H. Shaw (Politicians are Crooks)    
     
General Assembly -District 33 Hudson    
*denotes incumbent
Ruben J. Ramos, Jr.* (Democrat)    
Caridad Rodriguez* (Democrat)    
Beth S. Hamburger (Republican)    
John Barbadillo (Republican)    
     
General Assembly -District 34 Essex & Passaic    
*denotes incumbent
Thomas P. Giblin* (Democrat)    
Sheila Oliver* (Democrat)    
Michael J. Mecca, III (Republican)    
Matthew Tyhala (Republican)    
Clenard H. Childress, Jr. (A Better Tomorrow) Campaign website  
David L. Taylor, Jr. (A Better Tomorrow) Campaign website  
     
General Assembly -District 35 Bergen & Passaic    
*denotes incumbent
Nellie Pou* (Democrat) Campaign website  
Elease Evans* (Democrat)    
Lynn Anne Shortway (Republican)    
George Sawey (Republican)    
     
General Assembly -District 36 Bergen, Essex & Passaic    
*denotes incumbent
Frederick Scalera* (Democrat)    
Gary S. Schaer* (Democrat)    
Carmen Pio Costa (Republican) Campaign website  
Donald Diorio (Republican) Campaign website  
     
General Assembly -District 37 Bergen, Essex & Passaic    
*denotes incumbent
Gordon M. Johnson* (Democrat)    
Valerie Vainieri Huttle* (Democrat)    
Barry Bellin (Republican)    
Wojciech Siemaszkiewicz (Republican)    
     
General Assembly -District 38 Bergen    
*denotes incumbent
Joan M. Voss* (Democrat)    
Concetta Wagner* (Democrat)    
Nicholas Lonzisero (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
Judith Fisher (Republican) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
     
General Assembly -District 39 Bergen    
*denotes incumbent
Charlotte Vandervalk* (Republican) Campaign website  
Robert Schroeder (Republican) Campaign website  
Michael J. McCarthy (Democrat)    
John L. Shahdanian, II (Democrat)    
     
General Assembly -District 40 Bergen, Essex & Passaic    
*denotes incumbent
David C. Russo* (Republican)   NJ VoterInfo Profile
Scott T. Rumana* (Republican)   NJ VoterInfo Profile
Mark Bombace (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
John Agostinelli (Democrat) Campaign website NJ VoterInfo Profile
 

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