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2021Final results

2021 election for New Jersey Legislative District 36

New Jersey State Senate · New Jersey

Paul Sarlo (D) won re-election with 56.9% of the vote, defeating Chris Auriemma (R) by 13.7 points.

Paul SarloDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.9%25,373
Chris AuriemmaRepublican
43.1%19,252
44,625 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 2021

The seat's recent races

EvenD+25.42011D+19.42013D+31.72017D+13.72021

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)