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2017Final results

2017 election for New Jersey Legislative District 35

New Jersey State Senate · New Jersey

Nellie Pou (D) won with 79.0% of the vote, defeating Marwan Sholakh (R) by 58.0 points.

Nellie PouDemocrat · winner · incumbent
79.0%21,425
Marwan SholakhRepublican
21.0%5,698
27,123 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2017

Races before and after

EvenD+37.22003D+49.42011D+48.22013D+58.02017D+37.22021D+38.02023

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET