2017 New Jersey elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of New Jersey on November 7, 2017. Primary elections were held on June 6. All elected offices at the state level were on the ballot in this election cycle, including Governor and Lieutenant Governor for four-year terms, all 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly for two-year terms, and all 40 seats in the State Senate for four-year terms. In addition to the gubernatorial and State Legislative elections, numerous county offices and Freeholders in addition to municipal offices were up for election. There were two statewide ballot questions and some counties and municipalities also had a local ballot question. Non-partisan local elections, some school board elections, and some fire district elections were also held throughout the year.
Governor
State Senate
All 40 seats of the New Jersey Senate were up for election. Prior to the elections, Democrats held a 24–16 majority in the upper house. Democrats picked up an open seat in [|District 7] and defeated a Republican incumbent in District 11, while Republicans defeated an appointed Democratic incumbent in District 2. Overall, this resulted in Democrats having a net gain of one seat, increasing their majority to 25–15.Overall results
Incumbents not [|running for re-election]
Democratic
- Raymond Lesniak, [|District 20]
Republican
- Diane Allen, District 7
- Joe Kyrillos, [|District 13]
List of senate races
[|District 1] • District 2 • [|District 3] • [|District 4] • [|District 5] • [|District 6] • District 7 • District 8 • [|District 9] • [|District 10] • District 11 • [|District 12] • District 13 • [|District 14] • [|District 15] • [|District 16] • [|District 17] • [|District 18] • District 19 • District 20 • [|District 21] • [|District 22] • [|District 23] • District 24 • [|District 25] • [|District 26] • [|District 27] • [|District 28] • District 29 • [|District 30] • [|District 31] • [|District 32] • [|District 33] • District 34 • [|District 35] • District 36 • [|District 37] • [|District 38] • [|District 39] • [|District 40] |
District 1
Democratic primary
;Declared- Jeff Van Drew, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Mary Gruccio, Superintendent of Vineland Public Schools and former Cumberland County Freeholder
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Anthony Parisi Sanchez, community activist and former Marine Corps reservist
General election
;Polling
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Jeff Van Drew | Mary Gruccio | Other | Undecided |
| September 13–18, 2017 | 430 LV | ± 4.7% | 61% | 28% | 4% | 5% |
;Results
District 2
Incumbent Democratic Senator Jim Whelan declined to seek a fourth term, announcing his retirement on January 4, 2017. Whelan died in office on August 22.Democratic primary
;Declared- Colin Bell, former Atlantic County Freeholder and nominee for Assembly in 2015
- Vince Mazzeo, state assemblyman
Following the death of Whelan on August 22, 2017, Bell was unanimously selected to fill the remainder of his term by local Democratic committee members on September 5, and was sworn in on October 5.
Republican primary
;Declared- Chris A. Brown, state assemblyman
General election
;Endorsements;Polling
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Colin Bell | Chris Brown | Other | Undecided |
| October 26 – November 1, 2017 | 530 LV | ± 4.3% | 43% | 46% | 1% | 8% | |
| September 23–28, 2017 | 521 LV | ± 4.3% | 46.5% | 46.2% | <1% | 5% |
;Results
District 3
Democratic primary
;Declared- Stephen M. Sweeney, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Fran Grenier, chairman of the Salem County Republican Party and former Woodstown Borough Councilman
General election
;Polling| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Stephen M. Sweeney | Fran Grenier | Undecided |
| Global Strategy Group | October 9–12, 2017 | 402 LV | ± 4.9% | 48% | 36% | 14% |
| Cygnal | October 9–11, 2017 | 402 LV | ± 4.87% | 42% | 36% | 22% |
| Cygnal | September 19–20, 2017 | 402 LV | ± 4.87% | 48% | 30% | 22% |
;Endorsements
;Results
District 4
Democratic primary
;Declared- Fred H. Madden, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Michael Pascetta
Pascetta was not on the official list of candidates for the general election.
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 5
Democratic primary
;Declared- Nilsa Cruz-Perez, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Keith Walker, nominee for Senate in 2011 and 2013
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Mohammad Kabir
General election
;Results
District 6
Democratic primary
;Declared- James Beach, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Robert Shapiro
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 7
Citing health concerns, incumbent Republican Senator Diane Allen declined to run for a seventh term, announcing her retirement on January 31, 2017.Republican primary
;Declared- Rob Prisco, Riverside Township Committeeman and nominee for Assembly in 2015
On June 13, Governor Chris Christie nominated Prisco to a worker's compensation judgeship, whom consequently would later drop out. Local Republican committee members selected Delanco Mayor John Browne as a replacement candidate on September 6.
Democratic primary
;Declared- Troy Singleton, state assemblyman
- Cory Cottingham
- Herb Conaway, state assemblyman
- Carol A. Murphy, director of policy and communication for Assemblywoman Gabriela Mosquera
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 8
Republican primary
;Declared- Dawn Marie Addiego, incumbent senator
Democratic primary
;Declared- George B. Youngkin
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 9
Republican primary
;Declared- Christopher J. Connors, incumbent senator
Democratic primary
;Declared- Brian Corley White, attorney
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 10
Republican primary
;Declared- James W. Holzapfel, incumbent senator
Democratic primary
;Declared- Emma Mammano, mental health counselor
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 11
Republican primary
;Declared- Jennifer Beck, incumbent senator
Democratic primary
;Declared- Vin Gopal, businessman, nominee for Assembly in 2011, and former chairman of the Monmouth County Democratic Party
General election
;Endorsements;Polling
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Jennifer Beck | Vin Gopal |
| October 30 – November 1, 2017 | 400 LV | ± 4.9% | 48% | 49% | |
| July 17–19, 2017 | 400 LV | ± 4.9% | 52% | 41% |
;Results
District 12
Republican primary
;Declared- Art Haney, chairman of the Old Bridge Republican Party and former mayor of Old Bridge
- Samuel D. Thompson, incumbent senator
;Results
Democratic primary
;Declared- David Lande, attorney
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Kevin Antoine, SUNY health professor
General election
;Results
District 13
Incumbent Republican Senator Joe Kyrillos announced that he would not run for a ninth term on October 25, 2016.Republican primary
;Declared- Declan O'Scanlon, state assemblyman
- Amy Handlin, state assemblywoman
Democratic primary
;Declared- Sean Byrnes, former Middletown Township Committeeman
- Joshua Leinsdorf, former Princeton school board member and perennial candidate
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 14
Democratic primary
;Declared- Linda R. Greenstein, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Bruce MacDonald, jewelry store owner
- Ileana Schirmer, Hamilton Township Councilwoman
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 15
Democratic primary
;Declared- Shirley Turner, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Lee Eric Newton
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 16
Republican primary
;Declared- Christopher Bateman, incumbent senator
Democratic primary
;Declared- Laurie Poppe, attorney, social worker, and nominee for Hillsborough Township Committee in 2015 and 2016
- Zenon Christodoulu, businessman
- Andrew Koontz, Mercer County Freeholder
- Liz Lempert, Mayor of Princeton
- Andrew Zwicker, state assemblyman
General election
;Endorsements;Polling
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Christopher Bateman | Laurie Poppe |
| Greenberg Quinlan Rosner | August 17–21, 2017 | 401 LV | ± 4.9% | 48% | 40% |
;Results
District 17
Democratic primary
;Declared- Bill Irwin, Piscataway Board of Education President
- Bob Smith, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Daryl J. Kipnis, attorney
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 18
Democratic primary
;Declared- Patrick J. Diegnan, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Mark Csizmar, former East Brunswick Police officer and nominee for East Brunswick Township Council in 2016
Csizmar was replaced on the ballot for the general election by Lewis Glogower, who was previously one of the nominees for [|the Assembly seat].
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 19
Democratic primary
;Declared- Joe Vitale, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Arthur J. Rittenhouse Jr.
Following the primary, Rittenhouse dropped out of the race on September 14.
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 20
Incumbent Democratic Senator Raymond Lesniak declined to run for re-election and instead ran for governor.Democratic primary
;Declared- Joseph Cryan, Union County Sheriff, former state assemblyman, and former chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee
Republican primary
;Declared- Ashraf Hanna
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 21
Republican primary
;Declared- Thomas Kean Jr., incumbent senator
Democratic primary
;Declared- Jill LaZare, attorney and nominee for Assembly in 2013 and 2015
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 22
Democratic primary
;Declared- Nicholas Scutari, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Joseph A. Bonilla
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 23
Republican primary
;Declared- Michael J. Doherty, incumbent senator
Democratic primary
;Declared- Christine Lui Chen, health care executive
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 24
Republican primary
;Declared- William Hayden, NJDOT employee and vice president of the Skylands Tea Party
- Steve Oroho, incumbent senator
- Gail Phoebus, state assemblywoman
Democratic primary
;Declared- Jennifer Hamilton, attorney
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 25
Republican primary
;Declared- Anthony Bucco, incumbent senator
Democratic primary
;Declared- Lisa Bhimani, OB/GYN
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 26
Republican primary
;Declared- Joseph Pennacchio, incumbent senator
- Tom Mastrangelo, Morris County Freeholder
Democratic primary
;Declared- Elliot Isibor, nominee for Assembly in 2011 and 2013
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 27
Democratic primary
;Declared- Richard Codey, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Pasquale "Pat" Capozzoli, Caldwell Borough Councilman
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 28
Democratic primary
;Declared- Ronald Rice, incumbent senator
Republican primary
No Republicans filed.;Results
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Troy Knight-Napper
General election
;Results
District 29
Democratic primary
;Declared- Teresa Ruiz, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Maria E. Lopez
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Pablo Olivera, perennial candidate
General election
;Results
District 30
Republican primary
;Declared- Robert Singer, incumbent senator
Democratic primary
;Declared- Amy Sara Cores, attorney
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 31
Democratic primary
;Declared- Sandra Bolden Cunningham, incumbent senator
- Angela V. McKnight, state assemblywoman
Republican primary
;Declared- Herminio Mendoza
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 32
Democratic primary
;Declared- Nicholas Sacco, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Paul Castelli
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 33
Democratic primary
;Declared- Brian P. Stack, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Beth Hamburger
General election
;ResultsDistrict 34
Democratic primary
;Declared- Nia Gill, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Mahir Saleh
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 35
Democratic primary
;Declared- Nellie Pou, incumbent senator
- Haytham Younes, real estate investor and candidate for Paterson City Council in 2014
Republican primary
;Declared- Marwan Sholakh
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 36
Democratic primary
;Declared- Paul Sarlo, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Jeanine Ferrara
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 37
Democratic primary
;Declared- Loretta Weinberg, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Eric P. Fisher
- Modesto Romero
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 38
Democratic primary
;Declared- Robert M. Gordon, incumbent senator
Republican primary
;Declared- Kelly Langschultz, New Milford Borough Councilwoman
- John Cosgrove, Mayor of Fair Lawn
General election
;Endorsements;Results
District 39
Republican primary
;Declared- Gerald Cardinale, incumbent senator
- John McCann, former Cresskill borough councilman
Democratic primary
;Declared- Linda Schwager, Mayor of Oakland
Independents and third parties
;Declared- James Tosone
General election
;Results
District 40
Incumbent Republican Senator Kevin J. O'Toole announced on January 15, 2016, that he would not run for re-election. On March 13, 2017, he was confirmed by the state senate to the board of commissioners of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. O'Toole however did not immediately resign to accept the position, staying for the time being in his Senate seat to "tie up loose ends." He officially resigned his seat on July 1.Republican primary
;Declared- Edward Buttimore, former investigator for the New Jersey Attorney General
- Kristin Corrado, Passaic County Clerk
- Paul DiGaetano, chairman of the Bergen County Republican Party and former state assemblyman
Following O'Toole's resignation, Corrado was selected without opposition by local Republican committee members to serve the remainder of his term on July 26, and was sworn in on October 5.
Democratic primary
;Declared- Thomas Duch, Garfield City Manager
General election
;Endorsements;Polling
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Kristin Corrado | Thomas Duch | Undecided |
| October 23 – 25, 2017 | 669 | ± 5.0% | 43% | 36% | 21% |
;Results
General Assembly
All 80 seats of the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Prior to the elections, Democrats held a 52–28 majority in the lower house. Overall, the Democrats increased their majority by 2 to a supermajority at 54–26, thanks to holding all their seats as well as picking up open seats in District 2 and District 16.Overall results
Incumbents not running for re-election
Democratic
- Troy Singleton, District 7
- Blonnie R. Watson, District 29
- John Wisniewski, District 19
Republican
- Chris A. Brown, District 2
- Jack Ciattarelli, District 16
- Declan O'Scanlon, District 13
- Gail Phoebus, District 24
- Maria Rodriguez-Gregg, District 8
- David C. Russo, District 40
List of races
District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 |
District 1
Democratic primary
;Declared- Bob Andrzejczak, incumbent assemblyman
- R. Bruce Land, incumbent assemblyman
Republican primary
All three County Republican Parties in the district initially endorsed McDowell and Sauro for the Assembly seats. However, the Cape May and Cumberland parties pulled their endorsements of McDowell after a video surfaced of him propositioning a woman in a bar, with Cumberland endorsing Campbell instead.;Declared
- Robert Campbell, Mayor of Downe
- Brian McDowell, real estate agent and former contestant on The Apprentice
- Jim Sauro, Cumberland County Freeholder and nominee for Assembly in 2015
General election
;Polling| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Bob Andrzejczak | R. Bruce Land | Jim Sauro | Robert Campbell | Other | Undecided |
| September 13–18, 2017 | 430 LV | ± 4.7% | 32% | 26% | 19% | 18% | <1% | 4% |
;Results
District 2
Incumbent Republican Assemblyman Chris A. Brown and incumbent Democratic Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo both declared runs for Senate to replace the retiring Jim Whelan. Mazzeo later dropped out of the Senate race on March 15 and instead ran for re-election.Republican primary
;Declared- Vince Sera, Brigantine City Councilman
- Brenda Taube, former Margate City Commissioner
Democratic primary
;Declared- John Armato, Buena Vista Township Committeeman
- Jim Carney, former Atlantic County Surrogate
- Ernest Coursey, Atlantic County Freeholder
- Rizwan Malik, former Atlantic City Councilman
- Vince Mazzeo, incumbent assemblyman
- Theresa "Birdie" Watts, attorney
- Colin Bell, former Atlantic County Freeholder and nominee for Assembly in 2015
- Barbara Rheault, former Mullica Township Committeewoman
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Heather Gordon, small business owner and author
- Mico Lucide, community activist and organizer
General election
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Vince Mazzeo | John Armato | Vince Sera | Brenda Taube | Mico Lucide | Heather Gordon | Undecided |
| October 26 – November 1, 2017 | 530 LV | ± 4.3% | 31% | 27% | 17% | 18% | — | — | 6% | |
| September 23–28, 2017 | 521 LV | ± 4.3% | 34% | 25% | 17% | 16% | 2% | 2% | 3% |
;Results
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District 3
Democratic primary
;Declared- John J. Burzichelli, incumbent assemblyman
- John Kalnas, independent candidate for Assembly in 2015
- Adam Taliaferro, incumbent assemblyman
Republican primary
;Declared- Linwood Donelson, Salem County Vocational Technical Schools board member
- Philip Donohue, former teacher
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Edward R. Durr
General election
District 4
Democratic primary
;Declared- Paul Moriarty, incumbent assemblyman
- Gabriela Mosquera, incumbent assemblywoman
Republican primary
;Declared- Patricia Jefferson Kline
- Eduardo J. Maldonado
Independents and third parties
;Declared- William McCauley Jr.
General election
District 5
Democratic primary
;Declared- Arthur Barclay, incumbent assemblyman
- Patricia Egan Jones, incumbent assemblywoman
Republican primary
;Declared- Kevin Ehret, nominee for Assembly in 2015
- Teresa L. Gordon
General election
;ResultsDistrict 6
Democratic primary
;Declared- Frederick Dande
- Louis Greenwald, incumbent assemblyman
- Pamela Rosen Lampitt, incumbent assemblywoman
Republican primary
;Declared- Winston Extavour
- David C. Moy
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Monica Sohler
General election
District 7
Incumbent Democratic Assemblyman Troy Singleton ran for [|the district's open Senate seat]. Fellow incumbent Democrat Herb Conaway contemplated a run for Senate as well, but decided to run for re-election.Democratic primary
;Declared- Jennifer Chuang, pediatrician
- Herb Conaway, incumbent assemblyman
- Carol A. Murphy, director of Policy and Communication for Assemblywoman Gabriela Mosquera
Republican primary
;Declared- Mike Piper
- Octavia Scott
- Dana Dewedoff, Young Republican and nonprofit president
Piper was replaced on the ballot for the general election by Beverly Common Councilman Bob Thibault, as selected by local Republican committee members on September 6.
General election
;ResultsDistrict 8
Republican primary
;Declared- Joe Howarth, incumbent assemblyman
- Maria Rodriguez-Gregg, incumbent assemblywoman
Following the primary, Rodriguez-Gregg announced she was dropping out of the race on August 30. Burlington County Freeholder Ryan Peters was named as a replacement candidate, selected by local Republican committee members on September 6 over Lumberton Mayor Sean Earlen, Burlington County Freeholder Kate Gibbs, and Westampton Deputy Mayor Abe Lopez.
Democratic primary
;Declared- Maryann Merlino
- Joanne Schwartz, former Burlington County Freeholder
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Ryan T. Calhoun
General election
District 9
Republican primary
;Declared- DiAnne Gove, incumbent assemblywoman
- Brian E. Rumpf, incumbent assemblyman
Democratic primary
;Declared- Jill Dobrowansky, teacher and school administrator
- Ryan Young, communications expert and army veteran
General election
;ResultsDistrict 10
Republican primary
;Declared- Gregory P. McGuckin, incumbent assemblyman
- David W. Wolfe, incumbent assemblyman
Democratic primary
;Declared- Raymond Baker, retired pharmacist
- Michael Cooke, attorney and nominee for Ocean County Freeholder in 2016
General election
;ResultsDistrict 11
Democratic primary
;Declared- Joann Downey, incumbent assemblywoman
- Eric Houghtaling, incumbent assemblyman
- Aasim Johnson, Rider University student and candidate for Lakewood school board in 2014
Republican primary
;Declared- Robert Acerra, deputy mayor of Ocean Township
- Mike Whelan, Red Bank Borough Councilman
General election
;ResultsDistrict 12
Republican primary
;Declared- Robert D. Clifton, incumbent assemblyman
- Ronald S. Dancer, incumbent assemblyman
- Alex Robotin, former Chesterfield Township Committeeman
- John Franklin Sheard
- Eleanor "Debbie" Walker, Old Bridge Township Councilwoman
Democratic primary
;Declared- Gene Davis, former Linden City Councilman
- Nirav Patel, pharmacist
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Daniel A. Krause
- Anthony J. Storrow
General election
District 13
Incumbent Republican Assembly members Declan O'Scanlon and Amy Handlin both declared for the district's open Senate seat. Handlin dropped out on March 2 and chose to seek re-election instead after being outraised by O'Scanlon.Republican primary
;Declared- Serena DiMaso, Monmouth County Freeholder
- Amy Handlin, incumbent assemblywoman
- Bob Marchese, Fair Haven Borough Councilman
- Gerry Scharfenberger, Mayor of Middletown
Democratic primary
;Declared- Mariel DiDato, activist
- Thomas Giaimo, attorney
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Eveline H. Brownstein
General election
District 14
Democratic primary
;Declared- Daniel R. Benson, incumbent assemblyman
- Wayne DeAngelo, incumbent assemblyman
Republican primary
;Declared- Kristian Stout, policy analyst and Rutgers University lecturer
- Steven Uccio, nominee for Congress in NJ-12 in 2016 and Libertarian nominee for Assembly in 2013
General election
;ResultsDistrict 15
Democratic primary
;Declared- Gail Boyle Boyland
- Reed Gusciora, incumbent assemblyman
- Elizabeth Maher Muoio, incumbent assemblywoman
Republican primary
;Declared- Emily Rich
- Rimma Yakobovich
General election
;ResultsDistrict 16
Incumbent Republican Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli announced a run for governor on October 3, 2016.Republican primary
;Declared- Mark Caliguire, Somerset County Freeholder
- Donna Simon, former assemblywoman
Democratic primary
;Declared- Roy Freiman, former Prudential executive
- Andrew Zwicker, incumbent assemblyman
- Andrew Koontz, Mercer County Freeholder
- Liz Lempert, Mayor of Princeton
General election
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District 17
Democratic primary
;Declared- Joseph Danielsen, incumbent assemblyman
- Joseph V. Egan, incumbent assemblyman
- Heather Fenyk, nonprofit director
- Ralph E. Johnson, law enforcement official
Republican primary
;Declared- Robert Quinn, operations director for a data center and disaster recovery firm
- Nadine Wilkins, businesswoman and former special education teacher
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Michael Habib
General election
District 18
Democratic primary
;Declared- Robert Karabinchak, incumbent assemblyman
- Nancy Pinkin, incumbent assemblywoman
Republican primary
;Declared- April Bengivenga
- Lewis Glogower
- Bryan Li
Following the primary, Glogower was selected as a replacement nominee for [|the Senate seat]. Zhiyu "Jimmy" Hu replaced Glogower on the Assembly ballot for the general election.
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Sean Stratton, consultant
General election
District 19
Incumbent Democratic Assemblyman John Wisniewski announced a run for governor on November 15, 2016.Democratic primary
;Declared- Craig Coughlin, incumbent assemblyman
- Yvonne Lopez, executive director of the Puerto Rican Association for Human Development
Republican primary
;Declared- Deepak Malhotra, certified public accountant
- Amarjit K. Riar
Independents and third parties
;Declared- William Cruz
General election
District 20
Democratic primary
;Declared- Jamel Holley, incumbent assemblyman
- Annette Quijano, incumbent assemblywoman
- Ieesha Turnage
Republican primary
With the removal of Michael Barrett from the ballot, there was only one Republican filed for the two seats in this district.;Declared
- Joseph G. Aubourg
- Michael Barrett
General election
;ResultsDistrict 21
Republican primary
;Declared- Jon Bramnick, incumbent assemblyman
- Nancy Munoz, incumbent assemblywoman
Democratic primary
;Declared- David Barnett, former mayor of Springfield Township and nominee for Assembly in 2015
- Lacey Rzeszowski, activist
Following the primary, Barnett dropped out, citing work commitments. Bruce Bergen, Union County Freeholder Chairman and nominee for Assembly in 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011, was selected by local Democratic committee members as a replacement candidate on August 14.
General election
;ResultsDistrict 22
Democratic primary
;Declared- Paul M. Alirangues
- Jerry Green, incumbent assemblyman
- James J. Kennedy, incumbent assemblyman
Republican primary
;Declared- Richard S. Fortunato
- John Quattrocchi
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Onel Martinez, Kean University student
- Sumantha Prasad
General election
District 23
Republican primary
;Declared- John DiMaio, incumbent assemblyman
- Erik Peterson, incumbent assemblyman
Democratic primary
;Declared- Isaac Hadzovic
- Laura Shaw
Following the primary, Hadzovic was ruled ineligible to run in the district due to residency requirements. Charles Boddy was selected as a replacement candidate.
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Michael Estrada
- Tyler J. Gran
General election
District 24
In February, incumbent Republican Assemblywoman Gail Phoebus declined to run for a second term and announced a primary challenge to Steve Oroho, reportedly due to disagreements with Oroho over an increase to the gas tax. On March 28, Phoebus dropped her challenge and announced that she would not run for re-election either.Republican primary
;Declared- David Atwood
- Nathan Orr, candidate for Assembly in 2015
- Parker Space, incumbent assemblyman
- Harold J. Wirths, former Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
- Mark Quick, former U.S. Marine and independent candidate for Congress in NJ-5 in 2010 and 2014
- David Scapicchio, former Morris County Freeholder
Democratic primary
;Declared- Kate Matteson, paralegal
- Michael Thomas Pirog
- Gina Trish, adjunct professor at Centenary University, design professional, and nominee for Blairstown Township Committee in 2012
- Sean Clarkin, real estate agent
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Kenneth Collins
- Aaron Hyndman, co-chair of the Green Party of New Jersey
- Mark Quick, former U.S. Marine and independent candidate for Congress in NJ-5 in 2010 and 2014
General election
District 25
Republican primary
;Declared- Tony Bucco, incumbent assemblyman
- Michael Patrick Carroll, incumbent assemblyman
Democratic primary
;Declared- Richard Corcoran, forensic accountant and nominee for Assembly in 2015
- Tom Moran, retired IT professional and nominee for Assembly in 2015
General election
;ResultsDistrict 26
Republican primary
;Declared- John Cesaro, Morris County Deputy Freeholder Director
- BettyLou DeCroce, incumbent assemblywoman
- Hank Lyon, Morris County Freeholder
- Jay Webber, incumbent assemblyman
Democratic primary
;Declared- William Edge, former Verona and Caldwell Councilman
- Laura Fortgang, life coach and author
- Joseph Raich, limousine driver and nominee for Assembly in 2001, 2011, 2012, and 2013
General election
;ResultsDistrict 27
Democratic primary
;Declared- Mila Jasey, incumbent assemblywoman
- John F. McKeon, incumbent assemblyman
Republican primary
;Declared- Ronald DeRose, member of the Florham Park Zoning Board of Adjustment
- Angelo Tedesco Jr., former East Hanover Township Councilman
General election
;ResultsDistrict 28
Democratic primary
;Declared- Ralph R. Caputo, incumbent assemblyman
- Cleopatra Tucker, incumbent assemblywoman
Republican primary
;Declared- James Boydston
- Veronica Branch
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Joanne Miller
- Scott Thomas Nicastro Jr.
General election
District 29
Incumbent Democratic Assemblywoman Blonnie R. Watson did not run for a full term.Democratic primary
;Declared- Eliana Pintor Marin, incumbent assemblywoman
- Shanique Speight, Essex County Sheriff's officer and former Newark school board member
- Tai Cooper, policy advisor to Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka
- Pat Council, Newark Director of Recreation, Cultural Affairs, and Senior Services
- Safanya Searcy, labor organizer and party strategist
Republican primary
;Declared- Charles G. Hood
- Jeanette Veras, nominee for Assembly in 2015
General election
;ResultsDistrict 30
Republican primary
;Declared- Sean T. Kean, incumbent assemblyman
- Dave Rible, incumbent assemblyman
Following the primary, Rible was nominated director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control by Governor Chris Christie. Rible resigned his Assembly seat on July 17 to accept the position. A special convention was held on August 15, where local Republican committee members selected a candidate to serve the remaining months of Rible's term in addition to replacing him on the ballot. Three Republicans were running: former Belmar Borough Councilman James Bean, chairman of the Lakewood Republican Party Justin Flancbaum, and former mayor of Wall Ned Thomson. Wall school board member Ralph Addonizio and Monmouth County Freeholder Gary Rich also declared runs but later dropped out. Thomson was selected as the replacement, receiving 83 votes to Flancbaum's 53 and Bean's 18, and was sworn into the Assembly on August 24.
Democratic primary
;Declared- Eliot Colon, businessman
- Kevin Scott, manager of a Chipotle restaurant
General election
;ResultsDistrict 31
Democratic primary
;Declared- Nicholas Chiaravalloti, incumbent assemblyman
- Angela V. McKnight, incumbent assemblywoman
- Christopher Munoz, Bayonne school board trustee
- Kristen Zadroga-Hart, high school teacher
Republican primary
Marie Tauro, a commissioner of the Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority and vice chair of the Jersey City Tea Party Alliance, was planning on running, but was killed in a hit-and-run on April 2, the night before the filing deadline.;Declared
- Michael J. Alonso
- Lauren DiGiaro
- Neil A. Schulman
- Sonia N. Schulman
General election
;ResultsDistrict 32
Democratic primary
;Declared- Angelica M. Jimenez, incumbent assemblywoman
- Vincent Prieto, incumbent assemblyman
Republican primary
;Declared- Ann M. Corletta
- Bartholomew J. Talamini
General election
;ResultsDistrict 33
Democratic primary
;Declared- Annette Chaparro, incumbent assemblywoman
- Raj Mukherji, incumbent assemblyman
Republican primary
;Declared- Francisco Aguilar
- Holly Lucyk
Following the primary, Aguilar dropped out of the race on September 13.
General election
;ResultsDistrict 34
Democratic primary
;Declared- Thomas P. Giblin, incumbent assemblyman
- Sheila Oliver, incumbent assemblywoman
Following the primary, Oliver was selected by Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Murphy to be his nominee for Lieutenant Governor on July 26. Despite state law prohibiting accepting nominations for more than one office in the same election, Oliver still ran for re-election, with party officials claiming a loophole in the law with her being selected as a running mate instead of being nominated as a candidate in a primary.
Republican primary
;Declared- Ghalib Mahmoud
- Nicholas G. Surgent
Mahmoud was replaced on the ballot for the general election by Tafari Anderson.
General election
;ResultsDistrict 35
Democratic primary
;Declared- Shavonda E. Sumter, incumbent assemblywoman
- Benjie E. Wimberly, incumbent assemblyman
Republican primary
;Declared- Ibrahim Mahmoud
- Nihad Younes
General election
;ResultsDistrict 36
Democratic primary
;Declared- Marlene Caride, incumbent assemblywoman
- Gary Schaer, incumbent assemblyman
Republican primary
;Declared- Marc Marsi
- Paul Passamano, former Lyndhurst Commissioner
General election
;ResultsDistrict 37
Democratic primary
;Declared- Valerie Huttle, incumbent assemblywoman
- Gordon M. Johnson, incumbent assemblyman
Republican primary
;Declared- Margaret Ahn, loan expert and nominee for Fort Lee Borough Council in 2015
- Paul A. Duggan
- Angela Hendricks
- Gino P. Tessaro
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Claudio I. Belusic
General election
District 38
Democratic primary
;Declared- Tim Eustace, incumbent assemblyman
- Joseph Lagana, incumbent assemblyman
Republican primary
;Declared- Matthew Seymour, attorney and nominee for New Milford Borough Council in 2015
- Christopher Wolf, pastor and radio show host
- John Cosgrove, Mayor of Fair Lawn
Following the primary on July 1, Seymour dropped out, switched party registration, and endorsed the Democratic slate, citing policy differences with the party in regards to domestic violence victims assistance. Former Hasbrouck Heights Borough Councilman Dave Gonzalez and Glen Rock Borough Councilman Bill Leonard declared intentions to run as a replacement, with Gonzalez later dropping out to back Leonard.
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Dev Goswami, policy analyst
General election
District 39
Republican primary
;Declared- Robert Auth, incumbent assemblyman
- Holly Schepisi, incumbent assemblywoman
Democratic primary
;Declared- Jannie Chung, Closter Borough Councilwoman
- Annie Hausmann
General election
;ResultsDistrict 40
Incumbent Republican Assemblyman David C. Russo, the longest serving current member of the Assembly, did not run for re-election.Republican primary
;Declared- Joseph Bubba Jr., son of former State Senator Joseph Bubba
- Christopher DePhillips, former mayor of Wyckoff
- Norman M. Robertson, former state senator
- Kevin J. Rooney, incumbent assemblyman
Democratic primary
;Declared- Christine Ordway, nominee for Assembly in 2015
- Paul Vagianos, restaurant owner and nominee for Assembly in 2015
- Andrea L. Brown
Independents and third parties
;Declared- Anthony J. Pellechia
General election
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Generic D | Generic R | Other | Undecided |
| October 23–25, 2017 | 667 | ± 5.0% | 39% | 39% | <1% | 21% |
;Results
Ballot Measures
Two statewide questions were on the ballot. Both were approved by voters:- Public Question Number 1, a bond measure that would borrow $125 million to fund capital projects for public libraries.
- Public Question Number 2, a constitutional amendment that would require money collected from environmental contamination lawsuits to be used for cleanup and restoration efforts.
Polling
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Yes | No | Undecided |
| October 18–24, 2017 | 525 LV | ± 4.3% | 56% | 39% | 5% | |
| October 4–12, 2017 | 585 LV | ± 4.1% | 48% | 45% | 6% |
;Question 2
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Yes | No | Undecided |
| October 18–24, 2017 | 525 LV | ± 4.3% | 87% | 9% | 4% | |
| October 4–12, 2017 | 585 LV | ± 4.1% | 79% | 13% | 8% |
Results
;Question 1| Choice | Votes | % |
| Yes | 970,334 | 60.03 |
| No | 646,110 | 39.97 |
| Total votes | 1,616,444 | 100 |
;Question 2
| Choice | Votes | % |
| Yes | 1,093,448 | 69.02 |
| No | 490,763 | 30.98 |
| Total votes | 1,584,211 | 100 |