2025 NJ LD-33 State Assembly Election

The 2025 NJ LD-33 Assembly Election, a contest between Democratic incumbent Gabriel Rodriguez, Businessman and three time north Bergen Mayoral runner up Larry Wainstein, and Republican candidates Anthony Valdez and Cynthia DePice resulted in a landslide for the Democrats despite the Republicans receiving Cross party Support from North Bergen Mayor Nick Sacco's North Bergen municipal machine

Here, following Stack & the HCDO forcing Sacco-supported incumbent Julio Marenco into retirement by withdrawing their support for his reelection, and following the defeat of the Sacco-Fulop Democrats for Change candidates in the primary — frm North Bergen school board member Tony Hector & Union City GOP Chairman Frank Alonso — Sacco mulled neutrality for most of the summer before endorsing the entire GOP ticket in LD-33.

Most notably endorsing Republican governor candidate Jack Ciattarelli, but also endorsing Valdez and DePice as well as GOP Sheriff Candidate Elvis Alvarez.

However, a mixture of the Mikie Sherrill's rebound off of Kamala Harris' atrocious D+13% performance with in the district, and a strong local campaign by the Democrat's assembly candidates — headed by Union City Mayor/State Senator Brian Stack — proved to be a more successful organization than that ran by Nick Sacco; who likewise struggled to deliver North Bergen to his endorsed candidates in the June Primary.

The end result was a Democratic landslide in the district where Stack's Democratic Assembly candidates slightly overperformed Mikie Sherrill, with Mikie Sherrill herself likewise matching Hillary Clinton's strong D+49% margin in the 33rd Legislative District.

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