A general election was held in the U.S. state of New Jersey on November 3, 2015. Primary elections were held on June 2. The only state positions up in this election cycle were all 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly and one Senate special election in the 5th Legislative District. In addition to the State Legislative elections, numerous county offices and Freeholders in addition to municipal offices were up for election. There were no statewide ballot questions this year 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 throughout the year.
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 ever 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. Norcross 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.
General Assembly
New Jersey General Assembly Elections, 2015

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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. In the 2013 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.[8]
List of races
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
Incumbent Angel Fuentes originally ran in the Democratic primary but withdrew his candidacy in June 2015 when he became a deputy county clerk in Camden County.[15] Fuentes and Marianne Holly Cass were replaced on the Democratic ballot by Arthur Barclay and Pat Jones[16] and Ralph Williams was replaced by Keith Walker on the Republican ticket.[17][18]
District 6
Robert Esposito originally won a spot on the Republican ticket in the general election but was replaced on the ballot by Claire Gustafson.[17][18]
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
Anthony Washington originally won a spot on the Democratic ticket in the general election but was replaced on the ballot by Robert P. Kurzydlowski.[17][18]
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
On election night, the returns initially showed incumbent Republican Donna Simon ahead of Democrat Andrew Zwicker. That night, Zwicker delivered a concession speech though later returns that night put him ahead of Simon.[25] After all provisional ballots were counted in the four counties comprising the district, Simon conceded on November 16.[26] Zwicker becomes the first Democrat to ever represent the 16th legislative district.
District 17
District 18
District 19
Reyes Ortega originally won a spot on the Republican ticket in the general election but was replaced on the ballot by Jesus Varela.[17][18]
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
Jimmy Esposito originally won a spot on the Democratic ticket in the general election but was replaced on the ballot by Lorna Phillipson.[17][18]
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
Louis Rodriguez originally won a spot on the Republican ticket in the general election but withdrew his candidacy from the general election due to a federal job.[17][18][36]
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
Anthony Cappola initially dropped out of the race on October 1 following the discovery of a controversial satirical book entitled Outrageous! written by Cappola.[37] Bergen County Republicans picked attorney Fernando Alonso to replace Cappola on the ballot pending the allowance of the replacement candidate on the ballot.[38] The Republicans unexpectedly dropped the effort to have the candidate replaced on October 13 and Cappola later announced his intention to continue in the race.[39][40]
District 39
District 40
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Write in votes not counted by Middlesex or Somerset counties
References
- ↑ Aregood, JT (July 30, 2015). "Experts Predict Record-Low Turnout for Assembly Races". Politicker NJ. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ↑ Associated Press (December 1, 2015). "A new low: Only 22 percent of New Jersey voters cast ballot". 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Camden County 2015 General Election November 3, 2015". Camden County Clerk. November 10, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "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.
- 1 2 3 4 "General Election Results - November 3, 2015" (PDF). Prepared by the Office of Edward P. McGettigan, Atlantic County Clerk. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Cape May County Votes - Election Results". Cape May County Clerk. November 10, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- 1 2 "Cumberland County GENERAL - November 3rd, 2015 ***OFFICIAL RESULTS***". Cumberland County Clerk. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Atlantic County 2015 General Election - Unofficial Election Results". Atlantic County Superintendent of Elections. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 "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.
- ↑ "November 3, 2015 Summary Report Salem County Official" (PDF) (PDF). Salem County Clerk. November 4, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ↑ Friedman, Matt (June 23, 2015). "South Jersey assemblyman resigns to take Camden County job". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ↑ Aregood, JT (July 29, 2015). "Camden Dems Pick Jones and Barclay for LD5". Politicker NJ. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Official List Candidates for General Assembly For PRIMARY ELECTION 06/02/2015 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. August 10, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Official List Candidates for General Assembly For GENERAL ELECTION 11/03/2015 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. September 15, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "November 3, 2015 Summary Report Burlington County - OFFICIAL RESULTS" (PDF). Burlington County Clerk. November 25, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "2015 General Election - November 3, 2015". Ocean County Clerk. November 10, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Monmouth Election Results - OFFICIAL RESULTS". Monmouth County Clerk. December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "LIVE Election Results (Unofficial) NOV 3, 2015 General Election". Middlesex County Clerk. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Election Results Mercer County". Mercer County Clerk. November 18, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Hunterdon County November 3, 2015". Hunterdon County Clerk. November 5, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ↑ Johnson, Brent (November 4, 2015). "Elections 2015: Assembly race in 16th District too close to call". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- ↑ Pizarro, Max (November 16, 2015). "LD16 Update: Simon's (FULL!) Concession Statement". Politicker NJ. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "ELECTION DIVISION 2015 ELECTION RESULTS". Somerset County Clerk. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- 1 2 3 "General Election - November 3, 2015". Union County Clerk. November 9, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "General Election 11/03/15". Office of the Morris County Clerk. November 12, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- 1 2 "GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 3, 2015, WARREN COUNTY Official Tally for WARREN COUNTY of NJ" (PDF) (PDF). November 6, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ↑ "SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY Official Results GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 3, 2015". Sussex County Clerk's Office. November 6, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Essex County 2015 General Election - Unofficial Results November 3, 2015". Essex County Clerk. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "PASSAIC COUNTY Statement of Vote" (PDF). Passaic County Clerk. November 12, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Hudson County General Election November 3, 2015 Offical Results". Office of the Hudson County Clerk. November 10, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "BERGEN COUNTY Statement of Vote" (PDF). Bergen County Clerk. December 2, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ↑ "The Record: GOP battle in the 38th". The Record. October 8, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
Louis Rodriguez was running with John Traier, who also is the Passaic County Republican Organization chairman. Rodriguez is an engineer working at the Picatinny Arsenal. As a federal employee, he could not run for the Assembly, so he withdrew.
- ↑ Friedman, Matt (October 1, 2015). "Top Republican Assembly candidate drops out over bigoted writings". Politico New Jersey. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ↑ Ensslin, John C. (October 8, 2015). "North Jersey GOP chooses Oradell lawyer as potential replacement Assembly candidate". The Record. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ↑ Johnson, Brent (October 13, 2015). "Republicans drop lawsuit to replace N.J. Assembly candidate". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ↑ Alfaro, Alyana (October 27, 2015). "Cappola Issues Letter to Secretary of State, 'Confirms Intention' to Run for Office". Politicker NJ. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
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