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Democrat Maureen Rowan ousts GOP lawmaker in Atlantic County district

November 13, 2025 3:34 pmNovember 14, 2025 4:21 pm

Democrat Maureen Rowan has won her race for the State Assembly in the 2nd legislative district, ousting two-term Republican incumbent Claire Swift (R-Margate). Rowan unseated Swift by 842 votes, 39,444 to 38,601, in the fifth lower house pickup for Democrats....

Twenty takeaways on the 2025 Blue Wave and what comes next

November 7, 2025 3:16 pmNovember 21, 2025 12:11 am

Mikie Sherrill beats Jack Ciattarelli by more than 13 points. Democrats gain as many as five seats in the State Assembly, giving them their largest Assembly majority since the Watergate wave of 1973. Towns across the state that voted for...

Guardian wins re-election, Democrats likely to pick up second seat

November 6, 2025 6:04 pmNovember 7, 2025 11:28 am

Assemblyman Don Guardian (R-Atlantic City) has won re-election to a third term in the 2nd district, but the contest for the second Assembly seat is too close to call and significantly favors a Democratic pickup and the likely defeat of...

Assembly race in LD2 too close to call

November 5, 2025 1:52 amNovember 5, 2025 2:09 am

Republican Assemblyman Don Guardian (R-Atlantic City) holds a razor-thin lead in his bid for re-election to a third term in the 2nd legislative district, but his running mate, Assemblywoman Claire Swift (R-Margate), is in fourth place and in serious danger...

CAIR Action NJ endorses Ali in Jersey City, sixteen candidates for Assembly

October 24, 2025 2:20 pmOctober 24, 2025 4:09 pm

With less than two weeks until Election Day, CAIR Action NJ, the state’s largest Muslim political advocacy group, today rolled out endorsements for 35 candidates across New Jersey, including sixteen running for the State Assembly and Mussab Ali in the...

Famularo wins 2nd district Democratic Assembly primary by 36 votes

June 17, 2025 7:57 pm

Pleasantville Councilwoman Joanne Famularo appears to have defeated former Atlantic City Councilman Bruce Weekes by 36 votes in the Democratic primary for State Assembly in the 2nd district. Famularo received 7,501 votes and Weekes finished at 7,465 in a contest...

Here are the general election matchups in New Jersey’s competitive legislative races

June 12, 2025 2:54 pmJune 12, 2025 11:14 pm

After last night’s primary elections, New Jersey Democrats and Republicans alike now have gubernatorial standard-bearers they can rally behind in November: Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) for the blue team, former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli (R-Somerville) for the red. Just as importantly,...