2021 NJ LD-21 Senate & Assembly Elections

The 2021 NJ LD-21 State senate election was a comfortable win for 18 year Assemblyman/Assembly GOP leader Jon Bramnick over Roselle Park Mayor Joseph Signorello III following the retirement of longtime state Senator/Senate GOP leader Tom Kean Jr.

With the state and local parties barely trying to win this seat after seeking to flip it in 2019, Bramnick's 7.3% win — combined with Jack Ciattarelli's near upset of incumbent Governor Phil Murphy & outspending Signorello by more than 2:1 —

likewise helped for Assemblywoman Nancy Muñoz and New Providence Borough councilor Michelle Matsikoudis to best the challenge by Elizabeth A. Graner and Anjali Mehrotra.

In the Gubernatorial Election, Incumbent Governor Phil Murphy won this Biden +18% but downballot GOP seat by D+2% — aiding the GOP in holding this longtime suburban GOP seat.

Overall, Bramnick himself overperformed former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli by 9.3% — winning by 7.3% as Ciattarelli lost the seat by 2%.

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The 2021 NJ 21st Legislative district Election, A contest between longtime Assemblyman and GOP Assembly leader Jon M. Bramnick, and newcommer Joseph Signorello III to succeed retiring Senate GOP Leader Tom Kean Jr.

This race was seen early on as one of the Dem's potential targets in 2021, however the down ballot nature of the district, and Bramnick's strength kept this district in GOP hands for two more years.

Like the senate election, the Assembly election also gave Republican's wins in 2021, with Bramnick's co assembly woman Nancy Muñoz, and first time candidate Michele Matsikoudis pulling wins, partly thank's to Bramnick's coattails in this Murphy + 2% district.

In the end, this was one of two seats to differ from the Gubernatorial Results in the Senate, the other being Gopal's LD-11, and the only one in the Assembly, with no other district voting for the opposite party than it did for governor in the chamber.