

In The Seat
“In The Seat” introduces voters to the candidates vying for the New Jersey Legislature’s lower house. Two people from each of the state’s 40 legislative districts will be elected to serve two-year terms.
Who are the candidates, what are their top issues and what are their backgrounds? NJTV News invited all the candidates to come to our studio and record a message answering those questions. All the “In The Seat” responses are presented here, arranged in order of legislative districts.
District 1
District 1-Senate
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8

Ryan Peters

Mark Natale

Gina LaPlaca

Jean Stanfield

Tom Giangiulio Jr.
District 9
District 10

Erin Wheeler

Ian Holmes

Vincent Barrella

Eileen Della Volle

John Catalano

Gregory McGuckin
District 11
District 12
District 13

Barbara Singer

Allison Friedman

Gerard Scharfenberger

Serena DiMaso
District 14

Bina Shah

Michael Bollentin

Thomas Calabrese

Wayne DeAngelo

Daniel Benson
District 15

Jennifer Williams

Verlina Reynolds-Jackson

Dioh Williams

Edward Weedman

Anthony Verrelli
District 16
District 17

Maria Conception Powell

Patricia Badovinac

Joseph Egan

Joe Danielsen
District 18
District 19

Craig Coughlin

Yvonne Lopez

Rocco Genova

Christian Onuoha

William Cruz
District 20
District 21

Stacey Gunderman

Lisa Mandelblatt

Jon Bramnick

Nancy Munoz

Martin Marks

Harris Pappas
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28

Cleopatra Tucker

Ralph Caputo

Joy Bembry-Freeman

Antonio Pires

Derrick Ross
District 29

Shanique Speight

Nichelle Velazquez

Yolanda Johnson

Eliana Pintor Marin

Jeannette Veras

John Anello
District 30

Yasin “Jason” Celik

Steven Farkas

Edward Thomson

Sean Kean

Hank Schroeder
District 31

Nicholas Chiaravalloti

Mary Kay Palange

Angela McKnight

Jason Mushnick
District 32
District 33
District 34

Thomas Giblin

Bharat Rana

Britnee Timberlake

Clenard Childress Jr.

Irene De Vita
District 35
District 36
District 37

Valerie Vainieri Huttle

Gordon Johnson

Claudio Belusic

Angela Hendricks

Gino Tessaro
District 38
District 39
District 40


















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