Primary Election 2023: Results In NJ's 8th Legislative District

Editor's note: This story was last updated at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.

SOUTH JERSEY —Voters in the 8th legislative district and across New Jersey are seeing how the ballot for November will shape up in this busy election year after Tuesday night's primary. Local voters also got a look at who is hoping to take the seat of retiring Republican senator Jean Stanfield.

This district includes municipalities in Burlington and Atlantic counties. The recent redistricting also added McGuire Air Force Base.

The winners of the 2023 primary election will gain their party’s nomination for the general election on Nov. 7. See the turnout for Republican and Democratic candidates below, and the vote tally according to the local county clerk's offices.

Senate - vote for 1

• Latham Tiver (R)
  • Burlington (96.9 percent reporting): 5,530
  • Atlantic: 247

• Heather Cooper (D)
  • Burlington: 7,381
  • Atlantic: 292

General assembly - vote for 2

• Michael Torrissi Jr. (R-Inc.)
  • Burlington: 5,466
  • Atlantic: 257
• Brandon Umba (R-Inc.)
  • Burlington: 5,323
  • Atlantic: 243

• Andrea Katz (D)
  • Burlington: 7,300
  • Atlantic: 288
• Anthony Angelozzi (D)
  • Burlington: 7,145
  • Atlantic: 290

Primary Day is when voters choose who will represent the Democratic or Republican parties in November for state legislature, local races, county commissioner seats, and school boards.

All 40 of New Jersey’s legislative districts have elections this year for state Senate and General Assembly seats. Democrats have a 46-34 advantage in the Assembly and a 25-15 margin in the Senate, but control won’t be decided until November.

The primary race in this district was fairly straightforward, being uncontested – with only one candidate is listed for each party, in each position.

Other New Jersey voters had to choose between candidates to see who will be on the ticket Nov. 7, such as in the 27th district where two Democrats have a showdown for a spot on the ballot to represent several Essex County communities and Clifton in Passaic County.

Current senators Nina Gill (D-NJ-34) and Dick Codey were drawn into the contest after redistricting left Gill’s hometown of Montclair inside the district held by former governor Codey.

Another closely-watched primary is in South Jersey, where Republican Ed Durr (R-NJ-3) looks to hold on to his Senate seat in the 3rd legislative district. Durr, a trucker by trade, shocked many across the state when he unseated former Senate president Steve Sweeney in 2021. Now, he faces a former running mate in Beth Sawyer, a real estate broker.

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