Aasim Johnson

Democratic Party

Aasim Johnson was a 2017Democratic candidate forDistrict 11 of theNew Jersey General Assembly.

Elections

2017

See also:New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2017

General election

Elections for theNew Jersey General Assembly took place in 2017. All80 seats were up for election. State assembly members are elected to two-year terms. The general election took place onNovember 7, 2017. A primary election took place onJune 6, 2017. The filing deadline for the primary election wasApril 3, 2017.^[1] Legislative districts in the New Jersey General Assembly aremulti-member districts, with two representatives in each district. In Democratic and Republican primary elections, the top two candidates move forward to the general election, and the top two candidates in the general election are declared the winners.^[2] IncumbentJoann Downey (D) and incumbentEric Houghtaling (D) defeatedRobert Acerra (R) andMichael Whelan (R) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 11 general election.^[3][4]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 11 General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joann DowneyIncumbent	27.65%	31,347
	Democratic	Eric HoughtalingIncumbent	27.36%	31,012
	Republican	Robert Acerra	22.65%	25,672
	Republican	Michael Whelan	22.34%	25,320
Total Votes				113,351
Source:New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

IncumbentJoann Downey and incumbentEric Houghtaling defeatedAasim Johnson in the New Jersey General Assembly District 11 Democratic primary election.^[5][6]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 11 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Joann DowneyIncumbent	50.68%	8,889
Eric HoughtalingIncumbent	49.32%	8,652
Aasim Johnson	0.00%	0
Total Votes		17,541
Source:New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Robert Acerra andMichael Whelan were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 11 Republican primary election.^[7][6]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 11 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Robert Acerra	50.47%	4,949
Michael Whelan	49.53%	4,856
Total Votes		9,805
Source:New Jersey Department of State

See also

• State legislative elections, 2017
• New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2017
• State legislative special elections, 2017
• New Jersey General Assembly
• New Jersey State Legislature

External links

Suggest a link

• New Jersey Legislature website

Footnotes

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