Vin Gopal

New Jersey

Running for: New Jersey State Senate District 11

Vin Gopal is a lifelong resident of Monmouth County, born at Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune and raised in Freehold. He is proud to be a small-business owner, having built his business from the ground up. Vin is also the Founder and President of a 501c(3) organization dedicated to helping Monmouth County charities and individuals in need. He holds a Masters in Public Administration from Rutgers University.

Never having held elected office before, Vin ran for the State Senate in 2017 against an 18 year incumbent politician and won, going on to re-election in 2021. During his time in the state senate Vin has worked tirelessly across party-lines to champion the causes of working families in Monmouth County, small-business owners, students and seniors. Vin Gopal is currently the youngest member of the New Jersey State Senate and is the first South-Asian American to be elected to the Senate in New Jersey history. He is committed to making a difference for his District 11 community. Vin and his family now live in Long Branch.

Priorities: 

• Provide funds for education and local businesses

• Make mental health services more accessible

• Improve public safety

• Decrease barriers to employment for the disabilities community

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Margie Donlon

New Jersey

Running for: New Jersey State General Assembly District 11

Margie Donlon is a practicing physician and mom currently serving as Deputy Mayor of Ocean Township where she was elected twice to serve on the council with her bi-partisan ticket. Dr. Margie Donlon graduated from Middlebury College before receiving her Masters in Public Health from Yale University and her Medical Degree from the University of Rochester. Margie is now a Board-Certified Doctor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

“As a Doctor, my job is to help people. I’m running for the Assembly for the exact same reason.”

 Running for New Jersey State General Assembly District 11, she advocates for open space, shared-services and programs supporting seniors and veterans. Margie is also an avid surfer and volunteers teaching adaptive surfing to kids with disabilities and serving on the board of the Surfers Medical Association. She and her husband live with their daughters in Ocean Township. By running for the State General Assembly, Margie aims to prepare the state of New Jersey for the future. 

Priorities: 

• Support for seniors and veterans  

• Stronger public safety measures 

• Promote bipartisanship

Luanne Peterpaul

New Jersey

Running for: New Jersey State General Assembly District 11

Luanne Peterpaul is running for General Assembly in District 11. She graduated from Duquesne University and Seton Hall School of Law and is currently the managing partner of Peterpaul Law in Asbury Park, where she focuses on labor and employment law and general litigation. She is a former prosecutor and served as a Municipal Judge for the Cities of Long Branch and Asbury Park before stepping down to run for Assembly.

Luanne is active in her community. She previously served as the Chair of the Board for Garden State Equality, where she was instrumental in creating the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights that passed with bipartisan support in the NJ State Legislature. Now, she is on the Advisory Committee of the Unterberg Children’s Hospital of RWJ/Barnabas Hospital at the Monmouth Medical Center. Luanne and her wife, Robin, live in Long Branch, New Jersey. If elected, Peterpaul would become the first openly gay woman serving in the NJ Legislature.

Priorities: 

• Providing equal rights 

• Improving access to mental health services 

• Providing fair taxes 

Andrew Zwicker

New Jersey

Running for: New Jersey State Senate District 16

Andrew Zwicker was raised in Englewood, New Jersey, where his love of learning and his passion for science came from his mother, a public school English teacher, and father, a chemical engineer. Andrew graduated from Bard College with a bachelor’s degree in physics and then went on to receive his master’s and Ph.D. in physics from Johns Hopkins University. He works as a scientist and educator at Princeton University’s Plasma Physics Laboratory. As a member of the New Jersey Senate, Andrew serves on the Budget and Appropriations, Higher Education, Labor, and Military and Veterans’ Affairs committees. Along with those committees, he is also a member of the Manufacturing Caucus, the Disability Caucus, and the NJ Commission on Science, Innovation, and Technology. 

Priorities:

• The role of research and development as an economic driver 

• Addressing global warming

• Voting rights

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Roy Freiman

New Jersey

Running for: New Jersey State General Assembly District 16

Roy Freiman is a father, businessman and current member of the New Jersey General Assembly where he serves the 16th District. In his bid for re-election, Roy aims to put aside our partisan ideology and work towards creating a better future for all New Jersey residents. Over his last four years he has been in office, Roy has advocated for expanding access to quality healthcare and mental health services. He has been a part of legislation to accomplish equal pay for equal work, raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, ban plastic bags, and enact the most comprehensive gun control laws in the country. Roy is a New Jerseyan, having lived in Hillsborough for more than 20 years and having raised his family there. In the Assembly, Roy has pushed for relief from the tax burden and he helped create new jobs by attracting new business through policies that support economic development. Roy understands the challenges that New Jersey families face and what needs to be done to solve them. 

Priorities: 

• Make politics less partisan

• Raise minimum wage

• Secure women’s right to healthcare

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Mitchelle Drulis

New Jersey

Running for: New Jersey State General Assembly District 16

Mitchelle Drulis is a mom and small business owner and is ready to serve New Jersey in the General Assembly. 

No stranger to politics, Mitchelle began her career as a legislative aide to Assemblyman Bob Smith, then later served as Chief of Staff to Assemblyman Joe Egan. Drulis was the Political Director for Tom Malinowski in the 2018 midterms during which she led an outreach program to secure key endorsements for Malinowski. Gaining support from key labor and grassroots organizations, along with an army of volunteers led to flipping the longtime republican-held Congressional District (NJ07) to Democratic control. Drulis later served as the District Director for the Congressman in the district.

In addition to her political work, Mitchelle is the owner of a Somerset County based small business, has volunteered as class mom at Copper Hill and as Vice President of the RFIS PTO in the Flemington Raritan school district. Mitchelle is also a parishioner at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Readington Township where she was a volunteer RF instructor.

Mitchelle attended Rutgers University where she was an Eagleton Institute of Politics – Undergraduate Associate. Mitchelle lives in Raritan Township with her husband Michael Drulis and her daughter Torrance.

Priorities: 

• Providing aid to grassroots organizations

• Provide funding for local municipal projects

Joseph Lagana

New Jersey

Running for: New Jersey State Senate District 38

State Senator Joseph Lagana is running for re-election in New Jersey’s 38th District.

As State Senator, Joseph serves on the Judiciary Committee and as Vice-Chair on the Labor Committee. He has been a member of the State Senate since 2018 and has supported numerous bills with topics ranging from gun control to women’s reproductive rights. Prior to his legislative tenure, the senator was a member of the Paramus Borough Council, and was later elected to the State Assembly in 2013, 2015, and 2017.

Joseph Lagana was born in Teaneck, New Jersey. He earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Fordham University and a juris doctorate, cum laude, from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. He is a partner with the Secaucus law firm of Chasan, Lamparello, Mallon and Cappuzzo. Mr. Lagana and his wife, Jamie, have two daughters.

Priorities:

• Providing more gun control 

• Access to healthcare

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Lisa Swain

New Jersey

Running for: New Jersey State General Assembly District 38

Lisa Swain has represented the 38th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2018 and is running for re-election this cycle. In the assembly she serves on the Environment and Solid Waste Committee, and is committed to finding solutions for global warming and waste management. She is also a member of the Law and Public Safety Committee and the Tourism, Gaming, and Arts Committee. Previously, Lisa served on the Fair Lawn Borough Council for 11 years and as Mayor of Fair Lawn for two terms.

Lisa earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester and her Master's from New York University. Lisa lives in Fair Lawn with her husband and is the proud mother of two grown daughters raised in Fair Lawn. She is also an award-winning triathlete who coaches aspiring triathletes and swimmers.

Priorities: 

• Protecting women’s reproductive rights 

• Protecting our environment 

• Mental health treatment accessibility

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Chris Tully

New Jersey

Running for: New Jersey State General Assembly District 38

Chris Tully was born and raised in Bergenfield and has represented the 38th Legislative District in the New Jersey Assembly since 2018. He began his political career in Bergenfield, serving as council president and chair of the Finance Committee. In the Assembly, Chris is chair of the Science, Innovation, and Technology committee and Vice-Chair of the Aging and Senior Services Committee.

Chris has fought for taxpayers by reducing borough debt and delivering fiscally responsible budgets. He has also served as an aide to U.S Representative Josh Gottheimer.

He is running for re-election to keep doing the work of making his community safer, more affordable, and an even better place to live and raise a family. Chris lives in Bergenfield with his wife and two-year-old son.

Priorities: 

• Diversity and inclusion 

• Women’s reproductive rights 

• Aid to public schooling 

• Aid to innovation and technology

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