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2019 HPAE Election Endorsements State Senate State Assembly NJ Legislative District Union 1 Bob Andrzejzak* Senate D R. Bruce Land* Assembly D Matthew W. Milam* Assembly D 2 John Armato* Assembly D Vince Mazzeo* Assembly D 3 John J. Burzichelli* Assembly D Adam Taliaferro* Assembly D 4 Paul D. Moriarity*+ Assembly D SAG/AFTRA Gabriela M. Mosquera* Assembly D 5 William Spearman* Assembly D William F. Moen, Jr. Assembly D 6 Louis D. Greenwald* Assembly D Pamela R. Lampitt* Assembly D 7 Carol Murphy* Assembly D Herb Conaway* Assembly D 8 Gina LaPlaca Assembly D Mark Natale Assembly D 9 Sarah J. Collins Assembly D Wayne Lewis Assembly D 10 Eillen Della Volle Assembly D Erin Wheeler Assembly D 11 Eric Houghtaling*+ Assembly D IBEW 400 Joann Downey Assembly D 12 Malini Guha Assembly D David H. Lande Assembly D 13 Allison Friedman+ Assembly D CWA 1037 Barbara Singer Assembly D 14 Wayne DeAngelo*+ Assembly D IBEW 269 Daniel Benson* Assembly D 15 Anthony Verelli*+ Assembly D UBC 254 Verlina Reynolds-Jackson* Assembly D 16 Roy Frieman * Assembly D Andrew Zwicker* Assembly D 17 Joseph Egan *+ Assembly D IBEW 456 Joe Danielson* Assembly D 18 Nancy Pinkin* Assembly D Robert Karabinchak* Assembly D 19 Craig Coughlin* Assembly D Yvonne Lopez* Assembly D 20 Annette Quijano* Assembly D Jamel Holley* Assembly D 21 Lisa Mandelblatt Assembly D Stacey Gunderman Assembly D 22 James Kennedy* Assembly D Linda Carter* Assembly D 23 Marisa Trofimov Assembly D Denise T. Kin Assembly D 24 No Endorsement 25 Lisa Bhimani Assembly D Darcy Draeger Assembly D 26 Laura Fortgang Assembly D Christine Clarke Assembly D 27 John McKeon* Assembly D Mila Jasey* Assembly D 28 Cleopatra Tucker* Assembly D Ralph Caputo* Assembly D 29 Shanique Davis-Speight* Assembly D Eliana Pintor-Marin* Assembly D 30 Sean T. Kean* Assembly R 31 Nicholas Chiaravalloti* Assembly D Angela McKnight* Assembly D 32 Angelica Jimenez*+ Assembly D HPAE Pedro Mejia* Assembly D 33 Raj Mukherji* Assembly D Annette Chaparro* Assembly D 34 Thomas Giblin*+ Assembly D IUOE 68 Britnee Timberlake* Assembly D 35 Shavonda Sumter* Assembly D Benjie Wimberly* Assembly D 36 Gary Schaer* Assembly D 37 Gordon Johnson* Assembly D Valerie Vainieri Huttle Assembly D 38 P. Christopher Tully* Assembly D Lisa Swain* Assembly D 39 Gerald Falotico Assembly D John Birkner,Jr+ Assembly D UWUA 40 Maria Martini Cordonnier Assembly D * Incumbents .

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