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New Jersey General Assembly District 38

Incumbents

Lisa Swain

Assumed office: May 24, 2018

P. Christopher Tully

Assumed office: May 24, 2018

New Jersey General Assembly District 38 is represented by Lisa Swain (D) and P. Christopher Tully (D).

As of the 2020 Census, New Jersey state representatives represented an average of 116,181 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 110,094 residents.

About the office

Members of the New Jersey General Assembly serve two-year terms and are not subject to term limits. New Jersey legislators assume office at noon of the second Tuesday in January following the election.

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:

• 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

State legislative salaries, 2024
Salary	Per diem
$49,000/year	No per diem is paid.

Vacancies

See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

If there is a vacancy in the New 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.

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

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. The commission voted 9-2 to approve the maps. Thomas Kean Jr. (R) and Cosmo A. Cirillo (D) were the two dissenting votes. The New 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." 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:

1. The majority and minority leaders of each chamber of the New 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 the New 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.

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.

State law requires that state legislative districts meet the following criteria:

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.

New Jersey General Assembly District 38
until January 2, 2023

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New Jersey General Assembly District 38
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Elections

2023

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 (2 seats)

Incumbent Lisa Swain and incumbent P. Christopher Tully defeated Gail Horton and Barry Wilkes in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lisa Swain (D)	28.3	27,717
✔	Submit photo	P. Christopher Tully (D)	27.9	27,304
	Submit photo	Gail Horton (R)	21.9	21,517
		Barry Wilkes (R)	21.9	21,490

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 98,028
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 (2 seats)

Incumbent Lisa Swain and incumbent P. Christopher Tully advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 on June 6, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lisa Swain	50.8	6,246
✔	Submit photo	P. Christopher Tully	49.2	6,055

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,301
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 (2 seats)

Barry Wilkes and Gail Horton advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 on June 6, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Barry Wilkes	50.1	3,296
✔	Submit photo	Gail Horton	49.9	3,286

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,582
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2021

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 (2 seats)

Incumbent Lisa Swain and incumbent P. Christopher Tully defeated Alfonso Mastrofilipo Jr. and Jerry Taylor in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lisa Swain (D)	26.5	34,226
✔	Submit photo	P. Christopher Tully (D)	25.9	33,444
	Submit photo	Alfonso Mastrofilipo Jr. (R)	23.9	30,777
	Submit photo	Jerry Taylor (R)	23.7	30,597

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 129,044
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 (2 seats)

Incumbent Lisa Swain and incumbent P. Christopher Tully advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 on June 8, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lisa Swain	51.1	6,515
✔	Submit photo	P. Christopher Tully	48.9	6,225

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,740
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 (2 seats)

Alfonso Mastrofilipo Jr. and Jerry Taylor advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 on June 8, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Alfonso Mastrofilipo Jr.	50.3	5,401
✔	Submit photo	Jerry Taylor	49.7	5,347

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,748
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2019

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019

Elections for the New 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 38 (2 seats)

Incumbent Lisa Swain and incumbent P. Christopher Tully defeated Christopher DiPiazza and Michael Kazimir in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lisa Swain (D)	27.7	23,173
✔	Submit photo	P. Christopher Tully (D)	27.2	22,727
	Submit photo	Christopher DiPiazza (R)	22.7	18,929
	Submit photo	Michael Kazimir (R)	22.4	18,725

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 83,554
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 (2 seats)

Incumbent Lisa Swain and incumbent P. Christopher Tully advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 on June 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lisa Swain	51.7	3,979
✔	Submit photo	P. Christopher Tully	48.3	3,724

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,703
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 (2 seats)

Christopher DiPiazza and Michael Kazimir advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 on June 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Christopher DiPiazza	50.5	2,663
✔	Submit photo	Michael Kazimir	49.5	2,607

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,270
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2018

See also: New Jersey state legislative special elections, 2018

A special election for District 38 of the New Jersey General Assembly was called for November 6, 2018. Both seats in the district were on the ballot in the special election.

The district became vacant following the resignations of Timothy Eustace (D) and Joseph Lagana (D). Eustace resigned in April 2018 after taking a private sector job. Lagana resigned in April 2018 after being sworn in to fill a vacancy in District 38 of the state Senate. Lisa Swain (D) was appointed to fill Eustace's seat and Chris Tully (D) was appointed to fill Lagana's seat.

General election

Special general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 (2 seats)

Incumbent Lisa Swain and incumbent P. Christopher Tully defeated Gail Horton and Jayme Ouellette in the special general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lisa Swain (D)	30.2	47,865
✔	Submit photo	P. Christopher Tully (D)	29.3	46,406
	Submit photo	Gail Horton (R)	20.4	32,310
	Submit photo	Jayme Ouellette (R)	20.1	31,833

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 158,414
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2017

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2017

General election

Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2017. All 80 seats were up for election. State assembly members are elected to two-year terms. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on June 6, 2017. The filing deadline for the primary election was April 3, 2017. Legislative districts in the New Jersey General Assembly are multi-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. Incumbent Joseph Lagana (D) and incumbent Timothy Eustace (D) defeated Bill Leonard (R), Christopher Wolf (R), and Dev Goswami (Independent- NJ Awakens) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 38 general election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 38 General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joseph Lagana Incumbent	29.30%	30,800
	Democratic	Timothy Eustace Incumbent	29.23%	30,727
	Republican	Bill Leonard	20.49%	21,541
	Republican	Christopher Wolf	20.48%	21,525
	Independent- NJ Awakens	Dev Goswami	0.51%	533
Total Votes				105,126
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Incumbent Timothy Eustace and incumbent Joseph Lagana were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 38 Democratic primary election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 38 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Timothy Eustace Incumbent	50.83%	7,299
Joseph Lagana Incumbent	49.17%	7,060
Total Votes		14,359
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Matthew Seymour and Christopher Wolf were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 38 Republican primary election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 38 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Matthew Seymour	50.37%	4,191
Christopher Wolf	49.63%	4,129
Total Votes		8,320
Source: New Jersey Department of State

2015

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2015

Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 2, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2015. Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Incumbent Timothy Eustace and incumbent Joseph Lagana were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Mark Dipisa and Anthony Cappola were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Eustace and Lagana defeated Dipisa and Cappola in the general election.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 38 General Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Timothy Eustace Incumbent	29.1%	19,563
	Democratic	Joseph Lagana Incumbent	29.1%	19,511
	Republican	Mark Dipisa	21.9%	14,721
	Republican	Anthony Cappola	19.9%	13,339
Total Votes				67,134

2013

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2013

Elections for the office of New Jersey General Assembly consisted of a primary election on June 4, 2013, and a general election on November 5, 2013. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 1, 2013. Incumbent Timothy Eustace (D) and Joseph Lagana (D) defeated Joseph Scarpa (R) and Joan Fragala (R) in the general election. Eustace and Connie Terranova Wagner were bracketed together, and defeated Zachary Schrieber in the Democratic primary. Wagner withdrew from election on June 11, citing family reasons. She was replaced by Lagana on the general election ballot. Scarpa and Fragala were unopposed in the Republican primary.

New Jersey General Assembly, District 38 General Election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joseph Lagana	25.2%	26,279
	Democratic	Timothy J. Eustace Incumbent	25%	26,021
	Republican	Joseph Scarpa	24.9%	25,965
	Republican	Joan Fragala	24.8%	25,836
Total Votes				104,101

New Jersey General Assembly, District 38, Democratic Primary, 2013
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Connie Wagner Incumbent	48.7%	2,866
Timothy Eustace Incumbent	45.9%	2,702
Zachary Schrieber	5.5%	321
Total Votes		5,889

2011

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2011

Elections for the office of New Jersey General Assembly consisted of a primary election on June 7, 2011, and a general election on November 8, 2011. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 11, 2011. Incumbent Connie Wagner and Timothy Eustace defeated Richard Goldberg (R), Fernando Alonso (R) and Vinko Grskovic (L) in the general election. Wagner and Eustace were bracketed together and ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Goldberg and Alonso were bracketed together and defeated Joseph Gant, Scott Verrone and Wojciech Siemaszkiewicz in the Republican primary.

New Jersey General Assembly District 38 General Election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Concetta Wagner Incumbent	27.2%	22,258
	Democratic	Timothy Eustace	25.7%	21,097
	Republican	Richard Goldberg	23.3%	19,091
	Republican	Fernando Alonso	23%	18,820
	Libertarian	Vinko Grskovic	0.9%	707
Total Votes				81,973

Campaign contributions

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        From 2001 to 2023,  candidates for New Jersey General Assembly District 38 raised a total of $3,508,769.
        Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $85,580 on average.  All figures come from Follow the Money
    
    

Campaign contributions, New Jersey General Assembly District 38
Year	Amount	Candidates	Average
2023	$909,237	4	$227,309
2021	$225,543	4	$56,386
2011	$703,209	8	$87,901
2009	$363,545	4	$90,886
2007	$168,422	4	$42,106
2005	$376,144	4	$94,036
2003	$447,498	8	$55,937
2001	$315,171	5	$63,034
Total	$3,508,769	41	$85,580

See also

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External links

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Footnotes

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Current members of the New Jersey General Assembly

Leadership

Representatives

District 1

Antwan McClellan (R)

Erik Simonsen (R)

District 2

Don Guardian (R)

Claire Swift (R)

District 3

Dave Bailey (D)

Heather Simmons (D)

District 4

Dan Hutchison (D)

Cody Miller (D)

District 5

William Moen (D)

William Spearman (D)

District 6

Louis Greenwald (D)

Melinda Kane (D)

District 7

Carol Murphy (D)

Balvir Singh (D)

District 8

Andrea Katz (D)

Michael Torrissi (R)

District 9

Gregory Myhre (R)

Brian Rumpf (R)

District 10

Paul Kanitra (R)

Gregory McGuckin (R)

District 11

Margie Donlon (D)

Luanne Peterpaul (D)

District 12

Robert Clifton (R)

Alex Sauickie (R)

District 13

Victoria Flynn (R)

Gerard Scharfenberger (R)

District 14

Wayne DeAngelo (D)

Tennille McCoy (D)

District 15

Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)

Anthony Verrelli (D)

District 16

Mitchelle Drulis (D)

Roy Freiman (D)

District 17

Joseph Danielsen (D)

Kevin Egan (D)

District 18

Robert Karabinchak (D)

Sterley Stanley (D)

District 19

Craig Coughlin (D)

Yvonne Lopez (D)

District 20

Reginald Atkins (D)

Annette Quijano (D)

District 21

Michele Matsikoudis (R)

Nancy Muñoz (R)

District 22

Linda Carter (D)

James Kennedy (D)

District 23

John DiMaio (R)

Erik Peterson (R)

District 24

Dawn Fantasia (R)

Michael Inganamort (R)

District 25

Christian Barranco (R)

Aura Dunn (R)

District 26

Brian Bergen (R)

Jay Webber (R)

District 27

Rosy Bagolie (D)

Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)

District 28

Garnet Hall (D)

Cleopatra Tucker (D)

District 29

Eliana Marin (D)

Shanique Speight (D)

District 30

Sean Kean (R)

Avi Schnall (D)

District 31

William Sampson (D)

Barbara Stamato (D)

District 32

John Allen (D)

Jessica Ramirez (D)

District 33

Julio Marenco (D)

Gabriel Rodriguez (D)

District 34

Carmen Morales (D)

Michael Venezia (D)

District 35

Alaa Abdelaziz (D)

Shavonda Sumter (D)

District 36

Clinton Calabrese (D)

Gary Schaer (D)

District 37

Shama Haider (D)

Ellen Park (D)

District 38

Lisa Swain (D)

Chris Tully (D)

District 39

Robert Auth (R)

John Azzariti (R)

District 40

Al Barlas (R)

Christopher DePhillips (R)

Democratic Party (52)

Republican Party (28)