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This page lists all of the recall elections in New Jersey covered by Ballotpedia. If you are aware of a recall that should be included, please email us.

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## 2026

* Daniel Rodrick recall, Toms River, New Jersey (2025-2026)

## 2025

* Daniel Rodrick recall, Toms River, New Jersey (2025-2026)
* Robert Fisher recall, Park Ridge Public Schools, New Jersey (2025)

## 2024

* Bill Hayden recall, Sussex County, New Jersey (2024)
* Rosa Crowley and Arlene Testa recall, Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey (2024)

## 2023

* Dominick Cuozzo recall, Plumsted Township, New Jersey (2023)
* Margaret Miggins and Sanjeev Vinayak recall, Millburn Township, New Jersey (2022-2023)

## 2022

* Margaret Miggins and Sanjeev Vinayak recall, Millburn Township, New Jersey (2022-2023)
* Christine Dye recall, Cedar Grove School District, New Jersey (2022)
* Phil Cohen recall, Hoboken, New Jersey (2022)
* Kerri Tillett recall, Northern Burlington County Regional School District, New Jersey (2022)
* David Zappariello and Joseph D’Alessandro III recall, Buena, New Jersey (2021-2022)

## 2021

* David Zappariello and Joseph D’Alessandro III recall, Buena, New Jersey (2021-2022)
* Ridgefield Park Public Schools recall, New Jersey (2021)
* Charles Kucinski recall, Nutley Public Schools, New Jersey (2021)

## 2020

* Robert Maldonado recall, Galloway, New Jersey (2020)
* Phil Murphy recall, Governor of New Jersey (2019-2020)

## 2019

* City council recall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (2019)
* Victor Palumbo recall, Rockaway, New Jersey (2019)
* Dawn Addiego recall, New Jersey State Senate (2019)
* Phil Murphy recall, Governor of New Jersey (2019-2020)

## 2018

* Dwayne Warren recall, Orange, New Jersey (2018)
* Linda Downing recall, Lacey Township School District, New Jersey (2018)
* Bill Laforet recall, Mahwah, New Jersey (2018)

## 2017

* Stephen Ellis recall, Phillipsburg, New Jersey (2017)
* Richard Jasterzbski recall, Wayne Town Council, New Jersey (2017)
* Anna Fallon recall, Flemington-Raritan Regional School District, New Jersey (2017)
* Thomas Tsilonis recall, Roseland Borough Council, New Jersey (2017)
* Terry Maguire recall, Park Ridge, New Jersey (2017)
* Elias Chalet recall, Bloomfield, New Jersey (2017)

## 2016

* Jimmy Davis and Sal Gullace recall, Bayonne, New Jersey (2016)
* Robert Nicastro recall, Howell Township, New Jersey (2016)
* Elias Chalet recall, Bloomfield, New Jersey (2017)
* Jesse Kendle recall, Asbury Park, New Jersey (2016)
* Tom McKay recall, Lopatcong Township, New Jersey (2016)

## 2015

* Tony Vauss recall, Irvington, New Jersey (2015)
* Ed Mahaney recall, Cape May, New Jersey (2015)
* Bernadette Dalesandro recall, Netcong Borough School District, New Jersey (2015)
* Stephen Sweeney recall, New Jersey State Senate (2015)
* Bill Laforet recall, Mahwah, New Jersey (2015)

## 2014

* Marie Strumolo Burke recall, Belleville, New Jersey (2014)
* West New York Mayoral and City Commission recall, New Jersey (2014)
* Ruben Bermudez recall, Vineland, New Jersey (2014)

## 2013

* Michael Bagnell recall, Ventnor, New Jersey (2013)
* Beverly Borrego recall, Montague School, New Jersey (2013)

## 2012

* Asbury Park City Council recall, New Jersey (2012)
* Felix Roque recall, West New York, New Jersey (2012)
* Rhonda Bembry, Carol Martinez, and Clarissa Gilliam Gardner recall, Hackensack, New Jersey (2012)
* Danielle DiPaola recall, Emerson, New Jersey (2012)
* Dave Vanaman recall, Millville, New Jersey (2012)

## 2011

* Tony Mack recall, Trenton, New Jersey (2011)
* Jerramiah T. Healy recall, Jersey City, New Jersey (2011)
* Herbert Frederick, Gerard McNamara and Scott Golden recalls, West Wildwood, New Jersey

## 2010

* Lorenzo Langford recall, Atlantic City, New Jersey (2010)
* Wilda Diaz recall, Perth Amboy, New Jersey (2010)
* U.S. Senator Robert Menendez recall (2010)
* Herbert Frederick, Gerard McNamara and Scott Golden recalls, West Wildwood, New Jersey
* Anthony Suarez recall, Ridgefield, New Jersey, 2010
* Vincent Barrella recall, Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey (2009-2010)
* Silverio Vega recall, West New York, New Jersey (2010)

## 2009

* Paul Sutphen recall, Frankford, New Jersey, 2009
* Ronald W. Jones, Jr. recall, Beachwood, New Jersey, 2009
* Vincent Barrella recall, Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey (2009-2010)
* Paul Weiss recall, Medford Lakes, New Jersey, 2009
* Ernie Troiano and Bill Davenport recall, Wildwood, New Jersey, 2009
* Deborah Trout recall, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 2009

## 1971

* Mayor and city council recall, Jersey City, New Jersey (1971)

## 1964

* Mayor and city council recall, Belleville, New Jersey (1963-1964)

## 1963

* Mayor and city council recall, Belleville, New Jersey (1963-1964)

## Approved

* Mayor and city council recall, Belleville, New Jersey (1963-1964)
* Bill Laforet recall, Mahwah, New Jersey (2018)
* Paul Sutphen recall, Frankford, New Jersey, 2009
* Ernie Troiano and Bill Davenport recall, Wildwood, New Jersey, 2009

## Defeated

* Mayor and city council recall, Belleville, New Jersey (1963-1964)
* Herbert Frederick, Gerard McNamara and Scott Golden recalls, West Wildwood, New Jersey
* Anthony Suarez recall, Ridgefield, New Jersey, 2010
* Vincent Barrella recall, Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey (2009-2010)

## Multiple outcomes

* Mayor and city council recall, Belleville, New Jersey (1963-1964)
* Jimmy Davis and Sal Gullace recall, Bayonne, New Jersey (2016)

## Resigned

* Robert Fisher recall, Park Ridge Public Schools, New Jersey (2025)
* Christine Dye recall, Cedar Grove School District, New Jersey (2022)
* Victor Palumbo recall, Rockaway, New Jersey (2019)
* Terry Maguire recall, Park Ridge, New Jersey (2017)

## Did not go to a vote

* Daniel Rodrick recall, Toms River, New Jersey (2025-2026)
* Mayor and city council recall, Jersey City, New Jersey (1971)
* Bill Hayden recall, Sussex County, New Jersey (2024)
* Rosa Crowley and Arlene Testa recall, Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey (2024)
* Dominick Cuozzo recall, Plumsted Township, New Jersey (2023)
* Margaret Miggins and Sanjeev Vinayak recall, Millburn Township, New Jersey (2022-2023)
* Phil Cohen recall, Hoboken, New Jersey (2022)
* Kerri Tillett recall, Northern Burlington County Regional School District, New Jersey (2022)
* David Zappariello and Joseph D’Alessandro III recall, Buena, New Jersey (2021-2022)
* Ridgefield Park Public Schools recall, New Jersey (2021)
* Charles Kucinski recall, Nutley Public Schools, New Jersey (2021)
* Robert Maldonado recall, Galloway, New Jersey (2020)
* City council recall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (2019)
* Dwayne Warren recall, Orange, New Jersey (2018)
* Dawn Addiego recall, New Jersey State Senate (2019)
* Phil Murphy recall, Governor of New Jersey (2019-2020)
* Linda Downing recall, Lacey Township School District, New Jersey (2018)
* Stephen Ellis recall, Phillipsburg, New Jersey (2017)
* Richard Jasterzbski recall, Wayne Town Council, New Jersey (2017)
* Anna Fallon recall, Flemington-Raritan Regional School District, New Jersey (2017)
* Thomas Tsilonis recall, Roseland Borough Council, New Jersey (2017)
* Jimmy Davis and Sal Gullace recall, Bayonne, New Jersey (2016)
* Robert Nicastro recall, Howell Township, New Jersey (2016)
* Elias Chalet recall, Bloomfield, New Jersey (2017)
* Jesse Kendle recall, Asbury Park, New Jersey (2016)
* Tom McKay recall, Lopatcong Township, New Jersey (2016)
* Tony Vauss recall, Irvington, New Jersey (2015)
* Ed Mahaney recall, Cape May, New Jersey (2015)
* Bernadette Dalesandro recall, Netcong Borough School District, New Jersey (2015)
* Stephen Sweeney recall, New Jersey State Senate (2015)
* Bill Laforet recall, Mahwah, New Jersey (2015)
* Marie Strumolo Burke recall, Belleville, New Jersey (2014)
* West New York Mayoral and City Commission recall, New Jersey (2014)
* Ruben Bermudez recall, Vineland, New Jersey (2014)
* Michael Bagnell recall, Ventnor, New Jersey (2013)
* Beverly Borrego recall, Montague School, New Jersey (2013)
* Asbury Park City Council recall, New Jersey (2012)
* Felix Roque recall, West New York, New Jersey (2012)
* Rhonda Bembry, Carol Martinez, and Clarissa Gilliam Gardner recall, Hackensack, New Jersey (2012)
* Danielle DiPaola recall, Emerson, New Jersey (2012)
* Dave Vanaman recall, Millville, New Jersey (2012)
* Tony Mack recall, Trenton, New Jersey (2011)
* Jerramiah T. Healy recall, Jersey City, New Jersey (2011)
* Lorenzo Langford recall, Atlantic City, New Jersey (2010)
* Wilda Diaz recall, Perth Amboy, New Jersey (2010)
* U.S. Senator Robert Menendez recall (2010)
* Ronald W. Jones, Jr. recall, Beachwood, New Jersey, 2009
* Paul Weiss recall, Medford Lakes, New Jersey, 2009
* Silverio Vega recall, West New York, New Jersey (2010)
* Deborah Trout recall, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 2009

## See also[edit]

* Recall overview
* Political recall efforts
* Laws governing recall in New Jersey
* New Jersey elections, 2026

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