Wayne Marek

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Wayne Marek
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Democratic Party

Candidate, New Jersey General Assembly District 26

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Next election

November 4, 2025

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Wayne Marek (Democratic Party) is running for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 26. He declared candidacy for the 2025 election.[source]

Marek was a Democratic candidate for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 in both 2007 and 2009. Marek also served on the Morris Plains Board of Education.

Elections

2025

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025

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General election

The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 (2 seats)

Incumbent Brian Bergen, incumbent Jay Webber, and Wayne Marek are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 on November 4, 2025.

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Brian Bergen (R)
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Jay Webber (R)
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Wayne Marek (D)

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2021

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021

General election

General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 (2 seats)

Incumbent Jay Webber and Christian Barranco defeated Pamela Fadden and Melissa Brown Blaeuer in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jay Webber
Jay Webber (R)
 
30.0
 
46,239
✔
Image of Christian Barranco
Christian Barranco (R)
 
29.3
 
45,224
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Pamela Fadden (D)
 
20.4
 
31,434
Image of Melissa Brown Blaeuer
Melissa Brown Blaeuer (D) Candidate Connection
 
20.3
 
31,355

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 154,252
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 (2 seats)

Melissa Brown Blaeuer and Pamela Fadden advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Melissa Brown Blaeuer
Melissa Brown Blaeuer Candidate Connection
 
50.2
 
6,960
✔
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Pamela Fadden
 
49.8
 
6,904

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 13,864
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 (2 seats)

Incumbent Jay Webber and Christian Barranco defeated incumbent BettyLou DeCroce and Thomas Mastrangelo in the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 26 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jay Webber
Jay Webber
 
34.5
 
10,460
✔
Image of Christian Barranco
Christian Barranco
 
23.8
 
7,220
Image of BettyLou DeCroce
BettyLou DeCroce
 
22.0
 
6,669
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Thomas Mastrangelo
 
19.7
 
5,982

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 30,331
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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.[1] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Wayne Marek and Avery Ann Hart were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Jay Webber and incumbent BettyLou DeCroce were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Webber and DeCroce defeated Marek, Hart, and Jimmy Brash (Green) in the general election.[2][3][4][5][6]

New Jersey General Assembly, District 26 General Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJay Webber Incumbent 30.3% 13,739
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBettyLou DeCroce Incumbent 30.1% 13,666
     Democratic Avery Ann Hart 19.4% 8,805
     Democratic Wayne Marek 18.8% 8,525
     Green Jimmy Brash 1.5% 666
Total Votes 45,401

2009

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2009

Marek was bracketed with Douglas Herbert (D) and was defeated by Alex DeCroce (R) and Jay Webber (R).

Marek received 20,107 votes (16%).[7]

2007

See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2007

Marek was bracketed with David Modrak (D) and was defeated by incumbent Alex DeCroce (R) and Jay Webber (R).

Marek received 13,308 votes.

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2025

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2021

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
    2. ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
    3. ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 3, 2015
    4. ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
    5. ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
    6. ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
    7. ↑ Associated Press, "General Election Results, November 4, 2009," accessed April 10, 2014


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