New Jersey elections, 2015

New Jersey General Assembly Elections, 2015

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All 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Vincent Prieto Jon Bramnick Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 32nd (Secaucus) 21st (Westfield) Last election 48 seats 32 seats Seats won 52 28 Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 1,111,320 958,085 Percentage 53.3% 45.9%
Speaker before election Vincent Prieto Democratic Elected Speaker Vincent Prieto Democratic

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.

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. The predictions turned out to be true as the 22% turnout was the lowest percentage ever recorded in recent state history.

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. Cruz-Perez was unopposed in the Democratic primary and faced no challengers in the special election. 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.

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