2019 New Jersey General Assembly election

The 2019 Elections for New Jersey's General Assembly was held on November 5, 2019. All 80 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The candidates that won in November will be part of the 219th New Jersey Legislature.

2019 New Jersey General Assembly election

November 5, 2019

All 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Craig Coughlin Jon Bramnick
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 9, 2018 January 17, 2012
Leader's seat 19th (Woodbridge) 21st (Westfield)
Last election 54 26
Seats won 52 28
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 474,160 304,101
Percentage 60.93% 39.07%
Swing 2.85pp 2.28pp

Results:
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold      Republican gain

Speaker before election

Craig Coughlin
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Craig Coughlin
Democratic

All 80 seats of the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Democrats held a 54–26 supermajority 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.

Going into the 2019 election, every legislative district was represented by two Assembly members of the same party. This was maintained afterward, as Republicans flipped both seats in the 1st district.

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