New Jersey General Assembly District 20

Incumbents

Annette Quijano

Assumed office: 2008

Ed Rodriguez

Assumed office: January 13, 2026

New Jersey General Assembly District 20 is represented byAnnette Quijano (D) andEd Rodriguez (D).

As of the 2020 Census, New Jersey state representatives represented an average of116,181 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented110,094 residents.

About the office

Members of theNew Jersey General Assembly servetwo-year terms and are not subject toterm limits. New Jersey legislators assume office at noon of the second Tuesday in January following the election.^[1]

Qualifications

See also:State legislature candidate requirements by state

In order to qualify as a candidate for the New Jersey General Assembly, a candidate must:^[2]

• Be a citizen of the United States
• Be 21 years of age or older by the day of swearing in
• Be a registered voter
• Reside in the state for a minimum of two years prior to the general election
• Reside in the legislative district for one year prior to the general election

Salaries

See also:Comparison of state legislative salaries

Vacancies

See also:How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

If there is a vacancy in theNew Jersey State Legislature, the vacancy will be filled by an interim appointment by the county leadership of the political party that holds the seat. The office will be on the ballot in the next general election, unless the vacancy occurs within 51 days of the election. If that is the case, the appointment would stand until the following general election.^[4][5]

See sources:New Jersey Const., Art. IV, Sec. IV(1)

District map

Redistricting

2020 redistricting cycle

See also:Redistricting in New Jersey after the 2020 census

On February 18, 2022, the New Jersey Legislative Reapportionment Commission voted to approve a new set of state legislative maps.^[6] The commission voted 9-2 to approve the maps.Thomas Kean Jr. (R) and Cosmo A. Cirillo (D) were the two dissenting votes.^[7] TheNew Jersey Monitor's Nikita Biryukov wrote that the vote was "an unprecedented compromise for a commission that has historically relied on a court-appointed tiebreaker to end partisan gridlock."^[6] These maps took effect for New Jersey's 2023 legislative elections.

How does redistricting in New Jersey work? In New Jersey, congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by two distinct politician commissions. The congressional redistricting commission comprises the following 13 members:^[8]

1. The majority and minority leaders of each chamber of theNew Jersey State Legislature appoint two commissioners a piece (for a total of eight members).
2. The chairs of the state's two major political parties each appoint two members to the commission (for a total of four members). Commissioners appointed by the political parties cannot be members of Congress or congressional employees.
3. The first 12 commissioners appoint the last member. This member cannot have held public office in the state within the previous five-year period. If the first 12 commissioners cannot agree on an appointment, they must submit two names to theNew Jersey Supreme Court. The court must then appoint the final commissioner.

If the congressional redistricting commission fails to reach an agreement about a redistricting plan, it must submit two plans to the state Supreme Court, which must in turn select from those two plans a final map.^[8]

The state legislative redistricting commission comprises 10 members. The chairs of the state's two major political parties each appoint five members to the commission. In the event that this commission is unable to reach an agreement about a redistricting plan, the state Supreme Court may appoint a tie-breaking member.^[8]

State law requires that state legislative districts meet the following criteria:^[8]

1. Districts must be contiguous.
2. Districts "must be as nearly compact as possible."
3. Municipalities "must be kept intact, except where otherwise required by law."

There are no such requirements in place for congressional districts.^[8]

Elections

2025

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

IncumbentAnnette Quijano andEd Rodriguez defeatedCarmen Bucco in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Annette Quijano (D)	43.1	35,616
✔		Ed Rodriguez (D)	42.6	35,139
		Carmen Bucco (R)	14.3	11,795

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 82,550
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

IncumbentAnnette Quijano andEd Rodriguez defeatedSergio Granados andWalter Wimbush in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on June 10, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Annette Quijano	31.5	8,741
✔		Ed Rodriguez	24.3	6,733
	Submit photo	Sergio Granados	23.9	6,635
	Submit photo	Walter Wimbush	20.4	5,654

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,763
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Reginald W. Atkins (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

Carmen Bucco advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on June 10, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carmen Bucco	95.2	2,664
		Other/Write-in votes	4.8	134

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 2,798
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Rich Tabor (R)

2023

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

IncumbentAnnette Quijano and incumbentReginald W. Atkins defeatedRamon Hernandez in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Annette Quijano (D)	42.7	12,280
✔		Reginald W. Atkins (D)	42.1	12,104
		Ramon Hernandez (R)	15.2	4,380

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,764
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

IncumbentAnnette Quijano and incumbentReginald W. Atkins defeatedMyrlene M.A. Thelot andCharles E. Mitchell Sr in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on June 6, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Annette Quijano	39.1	7,014
✔		Reginald W. Atkins	37.4	6,711
		Myrlene M.A. Thelot	11.8	2,119
	Submit photo	Charles E. Mitchell Sr	11.7	2,106

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,950
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

Ramon Hernandez advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on June 6, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ramon Hernandez	100.0	996

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 996
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2021

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

IncumbentAnnette Quijano andReginald W. Atkins won election in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Annette Quijano (D)	50.8	26,276
✔		Reginald W. Atkins (D)	49.2	25,477

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 51,753
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on June 8, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Annette Quijano	36.8	8,785
✔		Reginald W. Atkins	34.0	8,105
	Submit photo	Diane Murray-Clements	12.6	3,015
	Submit photo	Christian Veliz	11.6	2,778
		Ricky Castaneda (Unofficially withdrew)	2.6	615
	Submit photo	Aissa Heath (Unofficially withdrew)	2.4	563

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,861
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2019

See also:New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019

Elections for theNew Jersey General Assembly took place in 2019. The primary was on June 4, 2019, and the general election was on November 5. The filing deadline for candidates was April 1, 2019.

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

IncumbentAnnette Quijano and incumbentJamel Holley defeatedCharles Donnelly andAshraf Hanna in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Annette Quijano (D)	40.9	14,373
✔		Jamel Holley (D)	38.7	13,612
		Charles Donnelly (R)	10.6	3,727
		Ashraf Hanna (R)	9.8	3,441

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,153
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

IncumbentJamel Holley and incumbentAnnette Quijano defeatedKenneth Jones in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on June 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jamel Holley	45.4	8,917
✔		Annette Quijano	43.9	8,616
	Submit photo	Kenneth Jones	10.7	2,111

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,644
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 (2 seats)

Charles Donnelly andAshraf Hanna advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 on June 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charles Donnelly	51.7	822
✔		Ashraf Hanna	48.3	767

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,589
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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.^[9] 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.^[10] IncumbentAnnette Quijano (D) and incumbentJamel Holley (D) defeatedJoseph Aubourg (R) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 20 general election.^[11][12]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 20 General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Annette QuijanoIncumbent	45.38%	24,221
	Democratic	Jamel HolleyIncumbent	44.57%	23,790
	Republican	Joseph Aubourg	10.04%	5,361
Total Votes				53,372
Source:New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

IncumbentJamel Holley and incumbentAnnette Quijano were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 20 Democratic primary election.^[13][14]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 20 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jamel HolleyIncumbent	50.23%	9,435
Annette QuijanoIncumbent	49.77%	9,348
Total Votes		18,783
Source:New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Joseph Aubourg ran unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 20 Republican primary election.^[15][14]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 20 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Joseph Aubourg (unopposed)	100.00%	706
Total Votes		706
Source:New Jersey Department of State

2015

See also:New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2015

Elections for theNew Jersey General Assembly took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 2, 2015. The general election took place onNovember 3, 2015. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2015.^[16] Since thegeneral assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. IncumbentAnnette Quijano and incumbentJamel Holley were bracketed together,Jorge Batista andVivian Bell were bracketed together andTony Monteiro andGiuliano Farina were bracketed together and faced off in the Democratic primary.Stephen Kozlovich andRoger Stryeski were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Quijano and Holley defeated Kozlovich and Stryeski in the general election.^{[17][18][19][20][21]}

New Jersey General Assembly, District 20 General Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Annette QuijanoIncumbent	39.4%	12,061
	Democratic	Jamel HolleyIncumbent	37.8%	11,568
	Republican	Stephen Kozlovich	11.7%	3,593
	Republican	Roger Stryeski	11.1%	3,398
Total Votes				30,620

New Jersey General Assembly, District 20 Democratic Primary, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jamel HolleyIncumbent	29.6%	5,907
Annette QuijanoIncumbent	29.4%	5,857
Tony Monteiro	16.5%	3,288
Giuliano Farina	15.3%	3,054
Jorge Batista	4.6%	916
Vivian Bell	4.6%	908
Total Votes		19,930

2013

See also:New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2013

Elections for the office ofNew Jersey General Assembly consisted of a primary election on June 4, 2013, and a general election onNovember 5, 2013. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 1, 2013. IncumbentJoseph Cryan (D) and incumbentAnnette Quijano (D) defeatedCharles Donnelly (R) andChristopher Hackett (R) in the general election. Quijano and Cryan were bracketed together, and ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Donnelly and Hackett were bracketed together, and ran unopposed in the Republican primary.^{[22][23][24][25]}

New Jersey General Assembly, District 20 General Election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joseph CryanIncumbent	36.3%	19,268
	Democratic	Annette QuijanoIncumbent	35.5%	18,839
	Republican	Charles Donnelly	14.5%	7,719
	Republican	Christopher Hackett	13.7%	7,269
Total Votes				53,095

2011

See also:New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2011

Elections for the office ofNew Jersey General Assembly consisted of a primary election on June 7, 2011, and a general election onNovember 8, 2011. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 11, 2011. IncumbentsJoseph Cryan (D) andAnnette Quijano (D) defeatedJohn Donoso (R) in the general election. Cryan and Quijano defeatedCarlos Cedeno andTony Monteiro in the Democratic primary to advance to the general election. Donoso was unopposed in the Republican primary.^[26][27][28]

New Jersey General Assembly District 20 General Election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joseph CryanIncumbent	42.7%	12,104
	Democratic	Annette QuijanoIncumbent	42.7%	12,116
	Republican	John Donoso	14.6%	4,128
Total Votes				28,348

New Jersey General Assembly District 20 Democratic Primary, 2011
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Joseph CryanIncumbent	27.6%	8,161
Annette QuijanoIncumbent	27%	7,977
Tony Monteiro	22.8%	6,743
Carlos Cedeno	22.7%	6,715
Total Votes		29,596

Campaign contributions

From 2001 to 2023, candidates for New Jersey General Assembly District 20 raised a total of $5,960,588. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $161,097 on average. All figures come fromFollow the Money

See also

Suggest a link

• New Jersey State Legislature
• New Jersey State Senate
• New Jersey General Assembly
• New Jersey state legislative districts

External links

• The New Jersey State Legislature

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