Bagolie, Collazos-Gill defeat challengers in LD27

Two freshmen Democrats are on their way to a second term after holding off a pair of primary challengers in the 27th legislative district, the New Jersey Globe projects. 

Assemblywomen Rosy Bagolie (D-Livingston) and Alixon Collazos-Gill (D-Montclair), who won their seats in Trenton in a bizarre 2023 election, defeated business executive Rohit Dave and teacher Blake Michael in the Essex and Passaic counties district. 

Dave ran under Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop’s Democrats for Change ticket. 

Consultant Robert Iommazzo and former West Orange Board of Education candidate Adam Kraemer ran unopposed for the GOP nominations but face an uphill climb come November.