Angela McKnight
2024 - Present
2028
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Angela McKnight (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Jersey State Senate, representing District 31. She assumed office on January 9, 2024. Her current term ends on January 11, 2028.
McKnight (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Jersey State Senate to represent District 31. She won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Biography
McKnight earned her B.S. in business management from the University of Phoenix. Her professional experience includes being the founder and CEO of AngelaCARES, Inc.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
McKnight was assigned to the following committees:
- Aging and Senior Services Committee, Chair
- Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee
- Women and Children Committee, Vice Chair
2020-2021
McKnight was assigned to the following committees:
- Aging and Senior Services Committee
- Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee, Chair
- Women and Children Committee
2019-2020
McKnight was assigned to the following committees:
2016 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2016 legislative session, McKnight served on the following committees:
| New Jersey committee assignments, 2016 |
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| • Education |
| • Health and Senior Services |
| • Human Services |
Sponsored legislation
Elections
2023
See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2023
General election
General election for New Jersey State Senate District 31
Angela McKnight defeated Luis Soto in the general election for New Jersey State Senate District 31 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Angela McKnight (D) | 75.8 | 14,421 |
 | Luis Soto (R) | 24.2 | 4,593 | |
| Total votes: 19,014 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 31
Angela McKnight defeated Michael Griffin in the Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 31 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Angela McKnight | 75.1 | 8,005 |
 | Michael Griffin | 24.9 | 2,661 | |
| Total votes: 10,666 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 31
Luis Soto advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 31 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Luis Soto | 100.0 | 1,073 |
| Total votes: 1,073 | |||
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Endorsements
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2021
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2021
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 (2 seats)
Incumbent Angela McKnight and William Sampson defeated Rose Javier and Brandon Vila in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Angela McKnight (D) | 38.3 | 26,187 |
| ✔ |  | William Sampson (D) | 36.3 | 24,810 |
| Rose Javier (R) | 12.9 | 8,817 | |
| Brandon Vila (R) | 12.5 | 8,565 | |
| Total votes: 68,379 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 (2 seats)
Incumbent Angela McKnight and William Sampson defeated incumbent Nicholas Chiaravalloti (Unofficially withdrew) in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Angela McKnight | 52.2 | 7,170 |
| ✔ | | William Sampson | 47.8 | 6,576 |
 | Nicholas Chiaravalloti (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Total votes: 13,746 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 (2 seats)
Rose Javier and Brandon Vila advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rose Javier | 50.3 | 959 |
| ✔ | | Brandon Vila | 49.7 | 948 |
| Total votes: 1,907 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
2019
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 (2 seats)
Incumbent Angela McKnight and incumbent Nicholas Chiaravalloti defeated Jason Mushnick and Mary Kay Palange in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Angela McKnight (D) | 44.2 | 19,440 |
| ✔ | | Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D) | 38.1 | 16,750 |
 | Jason Mushnick (R) | 9.0 | 3,951 | |
| Mary Kay Palange (R) | 8.7 | 3,837 | |
| Total votes: 43,978 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 (2 seats)
Incumbent Angela McKnight and incumbent Nicholas Chiaravalloti advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Angela McKnight | 52.4 | 5,739 |
| ✔ | | Nicholas Chiaravalloti | 47.6 | 5,210 |
| Total votes: 10,949 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 (2 seats)
Jason Mushnick and Mary Kay Palange advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 31 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Mushnick | 52.3 | 620 |
| ✔ | | Mary Kay Palange | 47.7 | 565 |
| Total votes: 1,185 | |||
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2017
General election
Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2017. All 80 seats were up for election. State assembly members are elected to two-year terms. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on June 6, 2017. The filing deadline for the primary election was April 3, 2017.[2] Legislative districts in the New Jersey General Assembly are multi-member districts, with two representatives in each district. In Democratic and Republican primary elections, the top two candidates move forward to the general election, and the top two candidates in the general election are declared the winners.[3] Incumbent Angela McKnight (D) and incumbent Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D) defeated Michael Alonso (R) and Lauren DiGiaro (R) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 31 general election.[4][5]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 31 General Election, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Angela McKnight Incumbent |
42.02% | 23,616 | |
| Democratic | Nicholas Chiaravalloti Incumbent |
40.61% | 22,823 | |
| Republican | Michael Alonso | 8.89% | 4,994 | |
| Republican | Lauren DiGiaro | 8.48% | 4,766 | |
| Total Votes | 56,199 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||||
Democratic primary election
Incumbent Angela McKnight and incumbent Nicholas Chiaravalloti defeated Kristen Zadroga-Hart and Christopher Munoz in the New Jersey General Assembly District 31 Democratic primary election.[6][7]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 31 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Angela McKnight Incumbent |
37.33% | 9,621 |
| Nicholas Chiaravalloti Incumbent |
35.20% | 9,073 |
| Kristen Zadroga-Hart | 15.83% | 4,081 |
| Christopher Munoz | 11.64% | 3,000 |
| Total Votes | 25,775 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Republican primary election
Michael Alonso and Lauren DiGiaro were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 31 Republican primary election.[8][7]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 31 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Michael Alonso |
51.48% | 593 |
| Lauren DiGiaro |
48.52% | 559 |
| Total Votes | 1,152 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
2015
Elections for the New Jersey General Assembly took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 2, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2015.[9] Since the general assembly uses multi-member districts, the top two candidates from each party in the primaries advanced to the general election. Joseph Conte and Ramon Regalado were bracketed together, Angela McKnight and Nicholas Chiaravalloti were bracketed together, Bruce Alston and Washington Flores were bracketed together and in the Democratic primary. Matthew Kopko and Herminio Mendoza were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Dejon Morris withdrew from the race before the Democratic primary. McKnight and Chiaravalloti defeated Kopko, Mendoza, Tony Zanowic (Your Independent Leadership) and Alejandro Rodriguez (Your Independent Leadership) in the general election.[10][11][12][13][14]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 31 General Election, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Angela McKnight |
35.3% | 9,597 | |
| Democratic | Nicholas Chiaravalloti |
33.9% | 9,212 | |
| Republican | Matthew Kopko | 14.2% | 3,872 | |
| Republican | Herminio Mendoza | 9.6% | 2,603 | |
| Your Independent Leadership | Tony Zanowic | 3.5% | 958 | |
| Your Independent Leadership | Alejandro Rodriguez | 3.4% | 934 | |
| Total Votes | 27,176 | |||
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 31 Democratic Primary, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Angela McKnight |
35.2% | 5,623 |
| Nicholas Chiaravalloti |
32.6% | 5,207 |
| Joseph Conte | 10.9% | 1,748 |
| Ramon Regalado | 8.9% | 1,419 |
| Bruce Alston | 6.2% | 988 |
| Washington Flores | 5.1% | 822 |
| DeJon Morris | 1% | 157 |
| Total Votes | 15,964 | |
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2021
Angela McKnight did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Angela McKnight did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2023
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In 2023, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 10 to January 8.
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2022
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In 2022, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 11 to December 31. |
2021
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In 2021, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 4 to January 11.
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2020
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In 2020, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 14 to December 17.
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2019
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In 2019, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 9, 2018, through January 14, 2020.
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2018
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In 2018, the New Jersey State Legislature was in session from January 9 through January 8, 2019.
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2017
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In 2017, the 217th New Jersey State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 10 through January 9, 2018.
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2016
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In 2016, the 217th New Jersey State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 12 through January 10, 2017.
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Personal
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McKnight is married and has two children.[15]
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Officeholder New Jersey State Senate District 31 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ NJ Legislature, "Assemblywoman Angela V. McKnight (D)," accessed May 8, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for General Assembly for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, “2017 official primary election results for general assembly,” accessed July 13, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official Candidate List," April 6, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "2015 Primary Election Timeline," accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 3, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official list for candidate for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election results for General Assembly," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ angelamcknight.com, "Angela The Carepreneur," accessed May 26, 2015
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| Preceded by Sandra Cunningham (D) |
New Jersey State Senate District 31 2024-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
New Jersey General Assembly District 31 2016-2024 |
Succeeded by - |
