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State House / Assembly · NJ District 16

4 elections on file (2019–2025)

From the permanent candidacy record: every candidate who has run for this office, with results where the source reports them. Race code US-NJ-STATE_HOUSE-16.

2025 · General election · 2025-11-04

Roy Freiman (incumbent)Democratic · won · 56,476 votes (29.9%) · VM-8GE-2PZ2 Mitchelle Drulis (incumbent)Democratic · won · 55,773 votes (29.6%) · VM-CHN-KJPR Catherine PayneRepublican · lost · 38,344 votes (20.3%) · VM-YFD-QENH Scott SiposRepublican · lost · 38,128 votes (20.2%) · VM-ES4-6Q88

Source: nj.gov

2025 · Primary · 2025-06-10

Mitchelle Drulis (incumbent)Democratic · won · 16,899 votes (44.7%) · VM-CHN-KJPR Roy Freiman (incumbent)Democratic · won · 16,745 votes (44.3%) · VM-8GE-2PZ2 Scott SiposRepublican · won · 12,113 votes (51.6%) · VM-ES4-6Q88 Catherine PayneRepublican · won · 11,367 votes (48.4%) · VM-YFD-QENH Mahmoud DesoukyDemocratic · lost · 4,140 votes (11.0%) · VM-2MB-64C6

Source: nj.gov

2023 · General election · 2023-11-07

Roy Freiman (incumbent)Democratic · won · 34,188 votes (28.3%) · VM-8GE-2PZ2 Mitchelle DrulisDemocratic · won · 33,624 votes (27.9%) · VM-CHN-KJPR Grace ZhangRepublican · lost · 26,558 votes (22.0%) · VM-2SG-35ZW Ross TraphagenRepublican · lost · 26,293 votes (21.8%) · VM-5A8-4FHF

Source: nj.gov

2023 · Primary · 2023-06-06

Roy Freiman (incumbent)Democratic · won · 9,803 votes (50.1%) · VM-8GE-2PZ2 Mitchelle DrulisDemocratic · won · 9,759 votes (49.9%) · VM-CHN-KJPR Ross TraphagenRepublican · won · 5,946 votes (50.3%) · VM-5A8-4FHF Grace ZhangRepublican · won · 5,873 votes (49.7%) · VM-2SG-35ZW

Source: nj.gov

2021 · General election · 2021-11-02

Roy Freiman (incumbent)Democratic · won · 40,992 votes (26.7%) · VM-8GE-2PZ2 Sadaf F. JafferDemocratic · won · 39,512 votes (25.7%) · VM-JB8-C9X2 Vincent T. PanicoRepublican · lost · 36,924 votes (24.0%) · VM-B2Z-VWXE Joseph A. Lukac IIIRepublican · lost · 36,251 votes (23.6%) · VM-RB6-DXBC

Source: nj.gov

2021 · Primary · 2021-06-08

Vincent T. PanicoRepublican · won · 10,113 votes (50.9%) · VM-B2Z-VWXE Joseph A. Lukac IIIRepublican · won · 9,763 votes (49.1%) · VM-RB6-DXBC Sadaf F. JafferDemocratic · won · 9,383 votes (44.1%) · VM-JB8-C9X2 Roy Freiman (incumbent)Democratic · won · 8,889 votes (41.8%) · VM-8GE-2PZ2 Faris ZwirahnDemocratic · lost · 2,979 votes (14.0%) · VM-X9Z-RQ42

Source: nj.gov

2019 · General election · 2019-11-05

Andrew Zwicker (incumbent)Democratic · won · 27,732 votes (28.1%) · VM-FG7-RDZR Roy Freiman (incumbent)Democratic · won · 26,466 votes (26.9%) · VM-8GE-2PZ2

Source: nj.gov

2019 · Primary · 2019-06-04

Andrew Zwicker (incumbent)Democratic · won · 8,671 votes (51.4%) · VM-FG7-RDZR Roy Freiman (incumbent)Democratic · won · 8,207 votes (48.6%) · VM-8GE-2PZ2 Roger Forest LocandroRepublican · lost · 3,127 votes (25.7%) · VM-P2T-JPVV

Source: nj.gov