New Jersey's 31st legislative district is one of 40 districts that make up the map for the New Jersey Legislature. It covers the Hudson County municipalities of Bayonne, Kearny, and most of Jersey City.[1][2]
New Jersey's 31st legislative district | |
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Senator | Angela V. McKnight (D) |
Assembly members | Barbara McCann Stamato (D) William Sampson (D) |
Registration |
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Demographics |
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Population | 260,634 |
Voting-age population | 206,103 |
Registered voters | 156,818 |
Demographic information
As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 260,634, of whom 206,103 (79.1%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 81,195 (31.2%) White, 58,329 (22.4%) African American, 1,564 (0.6%) Native American, 56,549 (21.7%) Asian, 155 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 36,894 (14.2%) from some other race, and 25,948 (10.0%) from two or more races.[3][4] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 65,872 (25.3%) of the population.[5]
The district had 156,818 registered voters as of December 1, 2021[update], of whom 54,099 (34.5%) were registered as unaffiliated, 85,197 (54.3%) were registered as Democrats, 14,795 (9.4%) were registered as Republicans, and 2,727 (1.7%) were registered to other parties.[6]
Political representation
For the 2024-2025 session, the 31st legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Angela V. McKnight (D, Jersey City) and in the General Assembly by Barbara McCann Stamato (D, Jersey City) and William Sampson (D, Bayonne).[7]
The legislative district overlaps with New Jersey's 8th, New Jersey's 9th, and 10th congressional districts.
Apportionment history
Throughout the entire history of the 31st district since 1973, the district always consisted of Bayonne and southern Jersey City.[8][9][10][11][2] In order to fulfill the requirement that legislative districts be made as equal in population as possible, wards were added and removed as necessary from Jersey City to get the necessary population. As the district was always heavily urban in nature and is closely associated with the Hudson County Democratic machine, no Republican has ever been elected to the district since its creation in 1973; one of nine districts statewide to have never sent a member of another party to the Legislature.[12]
Election history
- Elected in June 1977 special election, sworn in on June 27, 1977
- Resigned August 18, 2003 to become a Superior Court judge
- Appointed to the Senate on November 24, 2003
- Died May 25, 2004
- Appointed to the Senate on June 9, 2004, elected in November 2004 to complete the unexpired term, resigned October 10, 2007
- Appointed to the Senate on November 8, 2007
- Resigned July 16, 2010
- Appointed to the Assembly on July 27, 2010, elected in November 2010 special election to complete the unexpired term
Election results
Senate
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Sandra Bolden Cunningham | 26,699 | 75.3 | 8.6 | |
Republican | Neil A. Schulman | 8,769 | 24.7 | 8.6 | |
Total votes | 35,468 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Sandra Bolden Cunningham | 25,437 | 83.9 | 10.8 | |
Republican | Herminio Mendoza | 4,874 | 16.1 | 10.8 | |
Total votes | 30,311 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Sandra Bolden Cunningham | 18,822 | 73.1 | 7.7 | |
Republican | Maria Karczewski | 6,932 | 26.9 | 9.6 | |
Total votes | 25,754 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sandra Bolden Cunningham | 13,275 | 80.8 | |
Republican | Donnamarie James | 2,836 | 17.3 | |
Eliminate Primary Elections | Louis Vernotico | 320 | 1.9 | |
Total votes | 16,431 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Sandra Bolden Cunningham | 10,821 | 87.7 | 20.6 | |
Eliminate Primary Elections | Louis Vernotico | 1,511 | 12.3 | N/A | |
Total votes | 12,332 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Joseph V. Doria Jr. | 34,015 | 67.1 | 11.9 | |
Unbossed, Unbought Independent | Anthony Chiappone | 10,400 | 20.5 | N/A | |
Servicing The People | John H. Watson | 3,202 | 6.3 | N/A | |
"For The People" | Kabili Tayari | 3,073 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Total votes | 50,690 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Glenn D. Cunningham | 15,838 | 79.0 | 4.9 | |
Republican | Carmen E. Mendiola | 3,214 | 16.0 | 9.9 | |
Green | Eric Olsen | 1,005 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Total votes | 20,057 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joseph Charles Jr | 29,401 | 74.1 | |
Republican | Martin J. McFadden | 10,250 | 25.9 | |
Total votes | 39,651 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Edward T. O'Connor, Jr. | 30,993 | 77.6 | 9.2 | |
Republican | Richard Freda | 8,935 | 22.4 | 9.2 | |
Total votes | 39,928 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Edward T. O'Connor, Jr. | 28,358 | 68.4 | 13.3 | |
Republican | Peter J. Varsalona | 13,128 | 31.6 | 13.3 | |
Total votes | 41,486 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edward T. O'Connor, Jr. | 16,719 | 55.1 | |
Republican | Bret Schundler | 13,601 | 44.9 | |
Total votes | 30,320 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Edward T. O'Connor, Jr. | 22,980 | 78.1 | 2.6 | |
Republican | William V. Connelly | 6,437 | 21.9 | 2.6 | |
Total votes | 29,417 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Edward T. O'Connor, Jr. | 23,894 | 80.7 | 5.3 | |
Republican | Helen Kozak | 5,698 | 19.3 | 5.3 | |
Total votes | 29,592 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward T. O'Connor, Jr. | 37,863 | 75.4 | |
Republican | Jean C. Lane | 12,348 | 24.6 | |
Total votes | 50,211 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Walter N. Sheil | 26,872 | 70.6 | 8.9 | |
Republican | Edward T. Magee | 11,191 | 29.4 | 8.9 | |
Total votes | 38,063 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James P. Dugan | 36,921 | 79.5 | |
Republican | Henry W. Kolakowski | 9,543 | 20.5 | |
Total votes | 46,464 | 100.0 |
General Assembly
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Angela V. McKnight | 26,187 | 38.3 | 5.0 | |
Democratic | William Sampson | 24,810 | 36.3 | 3.0 | |
Republican | Rose Javier | 8,817 | 12.9 | 4.1 | |
Republican | Brandon Vila | 8,565 | 12.5 | 3.9 | |
Total votes | 68,379 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Angela V. McKnight | 19,440 | 43.3 | 1.3 | |
Democratic | Nicholas A. Chiaravalloti | 17,644 | 39.3 | 1.3 | |
Republican | Jason Todd Mushnick | 3,951 | 8.8 | 0.1 | |
Republican | Mary Kay Palange | 3,837 | 8.6 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 44,872 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Angela V. McKnight | 23,616 | 42.0 | 6.7 | |
Democratic | Nicholas Chiaravalloti | 22,823 | 40.6 | 6.7 | |
Republican | Michael J. Alonso | 4,994 | 8.9 | 5.3 | |
Republican | Lauren DiGiaro | 4,766 | 8.5 | 1.1 | |
Total votes | 56,199 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Angela V. McKnight | 9,597 | 35.3 | 1.6 | |
Democratic | Nicholas Chiaravalloti | 9,212 | 33.9 | 2.9 | |
Republican | Matthew Kopko | 3,872 | 14.2 | 0.9 | |
Republican | Herminio Mendoza | 2,603 | 9.6 | 3.4 | |
Your Independent Leadership | Anthony Zanowic | 958 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Your Independent Leadership | Alejandro Rodriguez | 934 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Total votes | 27,176 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jason O'Donnell | 17,954 | 36.9 | 3.4 | |
Democratic | Charles Mainor | 17,877 | 36.8 | 2.9 | |
Republican | Gerard Pizzillo | 6,471 | 13.3 | 2.6 | |
Republican | Juanita Lopez | 6,342 | 13.0 | 3.7 | |
Total votes | 48,644 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jason O'Donnell | 11,877 | 40.3 | |
Democratic | Charles Mainor | 11,690 | 39.7 | |
Republican | Michael J. Alonso | 3,157 | 10.7 | |
Republican | Daniel E. Beckelman | 2,751 | 9.3 | |
Total votes | 29,475 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jason O'Donnell | 19,492 | 65.8 | |
Republican | Joseph Turula | 5,146 | 17.4 | |
Unbought and Unbossed | Robert Mays | 2,516 | 8.5 | |
For The People | Denis F. Wilbeck | 2,463 | 8.3 | |
Total votes | 29,617 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles Mainor | 20,528 | 36.4 | 13.4 | |
Democratic | Anthony Chiappone | 20,335 | 36.1 | 14.1 | |
Republican | Irene Kim Asbury | 6,979 | 12.4 | N/A | |
Republican | Marie Day | 6,795 | 12.0 | N/A | |
Our Future Now | Neil D. Scott | 1,284 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Next Generations Leader | Omar Dyer | 476 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Total votes | 56,397 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Anthony Chiappone | 10,754 | 50.2 | 9.3 | |
Democratic | L. Harvey Smith | 10,665 | 49.8 | 10.7 | |
Total votes | 21,419 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Louis M. Manzo | 26,179 | 40.9 | 0.8 | |
Democratic | Charles T. Epps Jr | 24,983 | 39.1 | 0.2 | |
Republican | Andrew Wirtz | 6,413 | 10.0 | 1.8 | |
Republican | Rita A. Howard | 6,356 | 9.9 | 2.4 | |
Total votes | 63,931 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Louis Manzo | 15,588 | 40.1 | 2.5 | |
Democratic | Anthony Chiappone | 15,268 | 39.3 | 3.6 | |
Republican | Donna Marie James | 3,175 | 8.2 | 4.6 | |
Republican | Stephen Schulz | 2,920 | 7.5 | 4.9 | |
Green | Pamela Olsen | 1,023 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Green | Jonathan J. Oriole | 911 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Total votes | 38,885 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph V. Doria Jr | 29,120 | 37.6 | |
Democratic | Elba Perez-Cinciarelli | 27,637 | 35.7 | |
Republican | Ira F. Jersey | 9,887 | 12.8 | |
Republican | Ador L. Equipado | 9,603 | 12.4 | |
Together We'll Win | Juanita Lope'z | 1,262 | 1.6 | |
Total votes | 77,509 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Joseph Charles, Jr. | 13,274 | 38.9 | 0.1 | |
Democratic | Joseph V. Doria, Jr. | 12,946 | 37.9 | 1.7 | |
Republican | Richard Freda | 4,474 | 13.1 | 2.2 | |
Republican | Mofalc Meinga | 3,467 | 10.1 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 34,161 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph V. Doria, Jr. | 31,129 | 39.6 | 1.1 | |
Democratic | Joseph Charles, Jr. | 30,479 | 38.8 | 0.4 | |
Republican | David J. Longenhagen | 8,561 | 10.9 | 0.6 | |
Republican | Mofalc Olei Meinga | 8,415 | 10.7 | 0.5 | |
Total votes | 78,584 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph V. Doria, Jr. | 20,793 | 38.5 | 4.4 | |
Democratic | Joseph Charles, Jr. | 20,724 | 38.4 | 4.0 | |
Republican | Artie Williams | 5,557 | 10.3 | 5.6 | |
Republican | Thomas Bragen | 5,529 | 10.2 | 5.5 | |
Conservative | Steven Felton | 486 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Truth Equality Accountability | Omar A. Aziz | 482 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ken Dupey | 468 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Total votes | 54,039 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph Charles, Jr. | 28,013 | 34.4 | 5.9 | |
Democratic | Joseph V. Doria, Jr. | 27,778 | 34.1 | 5.3 | |
Republican | Michael Miller | 12,947 | 15.9 | 5.7 | |
Republican | Jim White | 12,754 | 15.7 | 5.4 | |
Total votes | 81,492 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph V. Doria, Jr. | 17,189 | 28.8 | |
Democratic | Joseph Charles, Jr. | 17,047 | 28.5 | |
Republican | Michael D. Webb | 12,881 | 21.6 | |
Republican | James Patrick White | 12,596 | 21.1 | |
Total votes | 59,713 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph V. Doria, Jr. | 33,196 | 41.2 | 2.7 | |
Democratic | Joseph Charles, Jr. | 32,384 | 40.2 | 1.4 | |
Republican | James J. Richardson | 7,499 | 9.3 | 2.9 | |
Republican | Theresa Lukachyk | 7,413 | 9.2 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 80,492 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph Charles, Jr. | 22,169 | 38.8 | 8.2 | |
Democratic | Joseph V. Doria, Jr. | 21,993 | 38.5 | 6.7 | |
Republican | James V. McNally, Jr. | 6,962 | 12.2 | 6.9 | |
Republican | Modesto Daniel Fiume | 5,947 | 10.4 | 8.2 | |
Total votes | 57,071 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph V. Doria, Jr. | 25,613 | 31.8 | 8.6 | |
Democratic | Joseph Charles, Jr. | 24,612 | 30.6 | 8.8 | |
Republican | Nat S. Amadeo | 15,380 | 19.1 | 9.1 | |
Republican | Bruce M. Shipitofsky | 14,942 | 18.6 | 9.5 | |
Total votes | 80,547 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph V. Doria, Jr. | 23,585 | 40.4 | 2.1 | |
Democratic | Joseph Charles, Jr. | 22,963 | 39.4 | 2.3 | |
Republican | Joseph C. Amato, Jr. | 5,820 | 10.0 | 2.5 | |
Republican | George Curtis | 5,288 | 9.1 | 3.0 | |
Community Comes First | Roscoe Evans | 691 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Total votes | 58,347 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph V. Doria, Jr. | 37,343 | 38.3 | |
Democratic | Joseph Charles, Jr. | 36,153 | 37.1 | |
Republican | Mark A. Baber | 12,197 | 12.5 | |
Republican | Joseph F. Szczesny | 11,823 | 12.1 | |
Total votes | 97,516 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph V. Doria, Jr. | 17,171 | 36.8 | 3.4 | |
Democratic | Charles Mays | 16,990 | 36.4 | 4.4 | |
Republican | Isabella H. Lettieri | 5,280 | 11.3 | 2.4 | |
Republican | Sullivan Johnson | 4,011 | 8.6 | 3.6 | |
Independent | Charles Gerard Barnes | 2,131 | 4.6 | N/A | |
The People's Assemblyman | Joseph Yglesias, Jr. | 1,091 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Total votes | 46,674 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Patrick C. Pasculli | 25,591 | 33.4 | 5.1 | |
Democratic | Charles Mays | 24,530 | 32.0 | 3.2 (29.4) | |
Republican | Bernard W. Ozarowski | 10,531 | 13.7 | 4.4 | |
Republican | Joseph A. Marzitello | 9,349 | 12.2 | 4.4 | |
For The People | Dorothy Dillin | 1,975 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Independent | James Le Fante | 1,881 | 2.5 | N/A | |
A Better Way | Edward R. Rutkowski | 1,538 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Michael J. Kucyk, Jr. | 1,276 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Total votes | 76,671 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Stephen R. Kopycinski | 6,472 | 72.3 | |
Republican | Edward T. Magee | 1,268 | 14.2 | |
For The People | Dorothy Dillin | 1,213 | 13.5 | |
Total votes | 8,953 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph A. LeFante | 26,101 | 38.5 | 2.7 | |
Democratic | William O. Perkins, Jr. | 23,894 | 35.2 | 4.0 | |
Republican | Stanley Marecki, Jr. | 6,307 | 9.3 | 0.9 | |
Republican | Albert Jordan | 5,274 | 7.8 | 1.0 | |
Taxpayer Independent | Joseph M. Tarzia | 2,895 | 4.3 | N/A | |
The Community Speaks | Charles Mays | 1,789 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Restrain Tax League | Herbert A. Warnock | 1,622 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Total votes | 67,882 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph A. LeFante | 37,177 | 41.2 | |
Democratic | William O. Perkins, Jr. | 35,360 | 39.2 | |
Republican | Peter J. Varsalona | 9,176 | 10.2 | |
Republican | Sullivan C. Johnson, Jr. | 7,945 | 8.8 | |
My Brothers Keeper | Clarence Nicholas | 521 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 90,179 | 100.0 |
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