New Jersey General Assembly seat · lines in effect since 2023
New Jersey Legislative District 35
A district of about 237,000 people, 57% Hispanic, 18% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes D+20.0 relative to the nation for president.
2025 election
Nov 4, 2025- Kenyatta Stewart (D) · won36.4%
- Al Abdelaziz (D) · won36.1%
- Nelvin Mercado-Duran (R)13.9%
- Rawell S. Perez-Muñoz (R)13.6%
Source: New Jersey Division of ElectionsUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 1:01 PM ET
Where it sits among all 40 seats
Every New Jersey General Assembly seat by partisan lean, from most Democratic to most Republican. Lean is the seat's presidential vote on current lines, relative to the nation.
Democratic
Source: 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET
Every election for this seat
27 races since 1973. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lines first used in 2023 | |||
| 2025 | Kenyatta Stewart · Al Abdelaziz (D) | Nelvin Mercado-Duran (R) | 22.2 |
| 2023 | Benjie Wimberly · Shavonda E. Sumter (D) | — | Unopposed |
| Lines first used in 2012 | |||
| 2021 | Benjie Wimberly · Shavonda E. Sumter (D) | Ramzy Yamisha (R) | 18.9 |
| 2019 | Benjie Wimberly · Shavonda E. Sumter (D) | Tamer Mamkej (R) | 30.3 |
| 2017 | Benjie Wimberly · Shavonda E. Sumter (D) | Ibrahim Mahmoud (R) | 29.6 |
| 2015 | Benjie Wimberly · Shavonda E. Sumter (D) | David Jimenez (R) | 22.6 |
| 2013 | Benjie Wimberly · Shavonda E. Sumter (D) | Rhina Tavarez (R) | 22.2 |
| Lines first used in 2002 | |||
| 2011 | Benjie Wimberly · Shavonda E. Sumter (D) | Donna Puglisi (R) | 21.8 |
| 2009 | Nellie Pou · Elease Evans (D) | Lynn Anne Shortway (R) | 13.4 |
| 2007 | Nellie Pou · Elease Evans (D) | Chauncey I. Brown III (R) | 16.6 |
| 2005 | Alfred Steele · Nellie Pou (D) | Deborah Shortway (R) | 18.9 |
| 2003 | Alfred Steele · Nellie Pou (D) | Kenneth N. Delvecchio Jr. (R) | 13.8 |
| Lines first used in 1992 | |||
| 2001 | Alfred Steele · Nellie Pou (D) | — | Unopposed |
| 1999 | Alfred Steele · Nellie Pou (D) | William A. Destafano (R) | 15.2 |
| 1997 | Alfred Steele · Nellie Pou (D) | Karole A. Graves (R) | 9.8 |
| 1995 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. · Alfred Steele (D) | Donald Hayden (R) | 5.0 |
| 1993 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. · Frank Catania (DEM) | Alfred Steele (D) | 2.8 |
| Lines first used in 1982 | |||
| 1991 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. · Frank Catania (DEM) | Eli W. Burgos (D) | 1.0 |
| 1989 | John A. Girgenti · Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D) | Joaquin Calcines Jr. (R) | 22.1 |
| 1987 | John A. Girgenti · Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D) | Martin G. Barnes (R) | 17.7 |
| 1985 | John A. Girgenti · Vincent Pellecchia (D) | Walter W. Porter Jr. (R) | 4.3 |
| 1983 | John A. Girgenti · Vincent Pellecchia (D) | Walter W. Garner III (R) | 21.3 |
| Lines first used in 1972 | |||
| 1981 | John A. Girgenti · Vincent Pellecchia (D) | Fred Burgos (R) | 15.1 |
| 1979 | John A. Girgenti · Vincent Pellecchia (D) | Fred Burgos (R) | 6.0 |
| 1977 | Vincent Pellecchia · John A. Girgenti (D) | Ronald Fava (R) | 1.8 |
| 1975 | Ronald Fava · Vincent Pellecchia (REP) | Ralph E. Faasse (R) | 2.4 |
| 1973 | Vincent Pellecchia · William H. Hicks (D) | Alfred E. Fontanella (R) | 4.6 |
Won by: the winner's lead over the runner-up, in points of the vote. Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Districts that overlap District 35
The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 35's area in each.
Who lives here, compared
Grey bars show the spread of all 40 seats. Small marks are other seats in New Jersey. The black marker is District 35.
Lowest of 40 seats.
Lower than 77% of seats.
Higher than 97% of seats.
Higher than 74% of seats.
Lower than 69% of seats.
Denser than 92% of seats.
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current linesUpdated Oct 13, 2026, 5:06 AM ET
Seats most like this one
Nearest seats on demographics, density and lean.
District 2051% Hispanic · 23% BlackD+29.3Not up in 2026District 33
67% Hispanic · 38% college gradsD+19.3Not up in 2026District 22
34% Hispanic · 20% BlackD+27.9Not up in 2026District 29
48% Hispanic · 27% BlackD+47.1Not up in 2026
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current lines; 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET