Yvonne Lopez

Yvonne M. Lopez (born July 28, 1957) is an American Democratic Party politician. A resident of Perth Amboy, she has represented the 19th Legislative District in the New Jersey Assembly since 2018. She initially had been in the private sector, having served in the Community Relations department of Wachovia Bank, for 20 years from 1987 to 2007, where she became a vice-president.[1]

Yvonne M. Lopez
Member of the New Jersey Assembly
from the 19th District
Assumed office
January 9, 2018
Serving with Craig Coughlin
Preceded byJohn Wisniewski
Personal details
Born (1957-07-28) July 28, 1957
Political partyDemocratic
OccupationAdministrator
WebsiteLegislative Website

New Jersey Assembly

Lopez ran and won in the 2017 election for John Wisniewski's seat, who relinquished it to run for Governor of New Jersey in the 2017 election.[2]

Committees
  • Environment and Solid Waste
  • Financial Institutions and Insurance
  • Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations
  • Transportation and Independent Authorities

District 19
Yvonne Lopez with Cory Booker at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice in 2018.

Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 1st District for the 2018–2019 Legislative Session are:[3][4]

Electoral history

New Jersey Assembly
New Jersey general election, 2017[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Craig Coughlin (Incumbent) 25,708 35.6 0.0
Democratic Yvonne Lopez 24,830 34.4 1.9
Republican Deepak Malhotra 10,709 14.8 0.0
Republican Amarjit K. Riar 9,436 13.1 0.2
Quality of Life William Cruz 1,488 2.1 N/A
Total votes '72,171' '100.0'

References
  1. "The Voter's Self Defense System".
  2. Legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 11, 2018.
  3. Legislative Roster 2018–2019 Session, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 10, 2018.
  4. District 19 Legislators, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 10, 2018.
  5. "2017-official-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved April 21, 2019.


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