Annette Quijano

Quijano is a native of New Jersey, the daughter of Puerto Rican parents. She is a resident of Elizabeth.

Quijano graduated from Rutgers University with a B.S. in Management and earned her Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law–Newark in 1991.{{cite web |url=https://law.newark.rutgers.edu/files/u/Sept08News&Events.pdf |quote=Annette Quijano '91 was appointed to fill a vacant State Assembly seat in Union county (20th Legislative District). She had been an assistant counsel to Gov. Jon Corzine. |date=September 2008 |title=Rutgers School of Law - Newark Newsletter |accessdate=September 12, 2015}} She served clerkships at New Jersey Superior Court in Newark, and in Trenton at both the Office of the Governor's Counsel and the New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate in Trenton. She has bar admissions in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.{{cite web|title=Assemblywoman Annette Quijano|url=http://www.njcommunityfirst.com/quijano.html|website=N.J. Community First|publisher=20th Legislative District Committee|accessdate=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120020627/http://www.njcommunityfirst.com/quijano.html|archive-date=2008-11-20|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Annette Quijano|url=https://www.keanalumni.org/pages/events--activities/women-that-lead-annette-quijano|website=Kean University Alumni|publisher=Kean University|accessdate=30 July 2017}} She is currently a municipal prosecutor for the City of Elizabeth.{{cite web|url=http://www.assemblydems.com/memberbio.asp?RosterKey=309 |title=Assemblywoman Annette Quijano Bio Page |publisher=NJ Assembly Majority Office |accessdate=September 12, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118181537/http://www.assemblydems.com/memberbio.asp?RosterKey=309 |archive-date=November 18, 2015 }} She has worked as a Compliance Manager for Prudential/ Aetna U.S. Healthcare and as an attorney in civil practice. She served as Chief of Staff to State Senator Raymond Lesniak from 1992 to 1994, Assistant Counsel to Union County, Clerk to the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders and as the Assistant Counsel to Governors Jim McGreevey, Richard Codey and Jon Corzine.[http://www.njcommunityfirst.com/quijano.html Assemblywoman-Select Annette Quijano], Community First. Accessed September 12, 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120020627/http://www.njcommunityfirst.com/quijano.html |date=November 20, 2008 }} Quijano has served on the United Way Hispanic Advisory Council of Union County, the Governor's Working Group for Hispanic Affairs, a Legal Services committee in Elizabeth, and as a Commissioner for New Jersey's Congressional Redistricting efforts. She is the recipient of the Excellence in State Government Leadership and the Women of Excellence in Government awards and mentors young adults to consider law and graduate school in her free time.

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Quijano is the first woman and first minority to represent the 20th District. Quijano was selected by a convention of Union County Democrats over Patricia Perkins-Auguste by a vote of 87–82 to replace the vacant seat of Neil Cohen who resigned. Cohen resigned after staffers for then Assemblyman Joseph Cryan and then Senator Raymond Lesniak found child pornography on Cohen's computer.Livio, Susan K. [http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1219293324118720.xml&coll=1 "Corzine attorney to replace Cohen"], The Star-Ledger, August 21, 2008. Accessed August 21, 2008. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072934/http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-11%2F1219293324118720.xml&coll=1 |date=March 4, 2016 }} She was sworn in on September 25, 2008. She has been serving as General Assembly Deputy Majority Leader and Chairwoman of the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee. This is in addition to serving as a member of the Labor Committee. In June 2017, Quijano introduced a bill to designate Streptomyces griseus as New Jersey's State Microbe, to be added to the state's other state symbols. S. griseus was chosen for this honor because it is a New Jersey native that made unique contributions to healthcare and scientific research worldwide. A strain of S. griseus that produced the antibiotic streptomycin was discovered in New Jersey in 1916 and developed into an antibiotic by a Rutgers University team by Albert Schatz and Selman Waksman in 1943.[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A5000/4900_I1.HTM Assembly, No. 4900 State of New Jersey 217th Legislature Introduced June 1, 2017], New Jersey Legislature. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Sponsored By: Assemblywoman Annette Quijano District 20 (Union) Synopsis: Designates Streptomyces Griseus As New Jersey State Microbe." A companion bill was introduced in the Senate in May 2017 by Samuel D. Thompson.

[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3500/3190_I1.HTM Senate, No. 3190 State of New Jersey 217th Legislature Introduced May 15, 2017], New Jersey Legislature. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Sponsored By: Senator Samuel D. Thompson District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth And Ocean) Synopsis: Designates Streptomyces Griseus As New Jersey State Microbe."

In January 2025, Quijano was elected as speaker pro tempore, replacing Benjie Wimberly who was appointed to the State Senate.{{Cite web |last=Wildstein |first=David |date=2025-01-22 |title=Coughlin picks Carol Murphy to chair Health Committee, Reynolds-Jackson will lead Education Committee |url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/legislature/coughin-picks-carol-murphy-to-chair-health-committee-reynolds-jackson-will-lead-education-committee/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=New Jersey Globe |language=en-US}}

Committee assignments for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are:[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/309/assemblywoman-quijano Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D)], New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 23, 2024.

• Consumer Affairs (as vice-chair)
• Housing
• Labor

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.[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/constitution New Jersey State Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II], New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 28, 2022. The representatives from the 20th District for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are:[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster?district=20 Legislative Roster for District 20], New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 23, 2024.

• Senator Joseph Cryan (D)
• Assemblyman Reginald Atkins (D)
• Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D)

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| candidate = Annette Quijano (incumbent)

| votes = 12,280

| percentage = 42.7

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| candidate = Reginald Atkins (incumbent)

| votes = 12,104

| percentage = 42.1

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Ramon Hernandez

| votes = 4,380

| percentage = 15.2

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| votes = 28,764

| percentage = 100.0

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| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Annette Quijano (incumbent)

| votes = 26,276

| percentage = 50.77%

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| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Reginald Atkins

| votes = 25,477

| percentage = 49.23%

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| votes = 51,753

| percentage = 100.0

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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

| loser = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| candidate = Annette Quijano (Incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 13,173

| percentage = 40.75

| change = {{decrease}} 4.65

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| candidate = Jamel Holley (Incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 12,437

| percentage = 38.48

| change = {{decrease}} 6.12

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| candidate = Charles Donnelly

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 3,496

| percentage = 10.82

| change = {{increase}} 0.82

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| candidate = Ashraf Hanna

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 3,218

| percentage = 9.96

| change = {{increase}} 9.96

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{{Election box total

| votes = 53,372

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| candidate = Annette Quijano (Incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 24,221

| percentage = 45.4

| change = {{increase}} 6.0

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| candidate = Jamel Holley (Incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 23,790

| percentage = 44.6

| change = {{increase}} 6.8

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| candidate = Joseph G. Aubourg

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 5,361

| percentage = 10.0

| change = {{decrease}} 1.7

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{{Election box total

| votes = 53,372

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Annette Quijano (Incumbent)

|votes = 12,061

|percentage = 39.4

|change = {{increase}} 3.9

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|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Jamel Holley (Incumbent)

|votes = 11,568

|percentage = 37.8

|change = {{increase}} 1.5

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|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Stephen E. Kozlovich

|votes = 3,593

|percentage = 11.7

|change = {{decrease}} 2.8

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|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Roger Stryeski

|votes = 3,398

|percentage = 11.1

|change = {{decrease}} 2.6

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{{Election box total

| votes = 30,620

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Joseph Cryan (Incumbent)

|votes = 19,268

|percentage = 36.3

|change = {{decrease}} 6.1

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Annette Quijano (Incumbent)

|votes = 18,839

|percentage = 35.5

|change = {{decrease}} 7.2

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|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Charles Donnelly

|votes = 7,719

|percentage = 14.5

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

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|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Christopher Hackett

|votes = 7,269

|percentage = 13.7

|change = N/A

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{{Election box total

| votes = 53,095

| percentage = 100.0

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|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Annette Quijano (Incumbent)

|votes = 12,116

|percentage = 42.7

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Joseph Cryan (Incumbent)

|votes = 12,104

|percentage = 42.7

|change =

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|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = John F. Donoso

|votes = 4,128

|percentage = 14.6

|change =

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 28,348

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Joseph Cryan (Incumbent)

|votes = 20,607

|percentage = 50.7

|change = {{increase}} 15.5

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Annette Quijano (Incumbent)

|votes = 20,054

|percentage = 49.3

|change = {{increase}} 12.6

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{{Election box total

| votes = 40,661

| percentage = 100.0

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|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Annette Quijano (Incumbent)

|votes = 35,746

|percentage = 71.2

|change =

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|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Linda Gaglione

|votes = 14,458

|percentage = 28.8

|change =

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| votes = 50,204

| percentage = 100.0

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• [https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/309/assemblywoman-quijano Assemblywoman Quijano's legislative web page], New Jersey Legislature
• New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms - [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2016.pdf 2016] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2015.pdf 2015] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2014.pdf 2014] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2013.pdf 2013] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2012.pdf 2012] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2011.pdf 2011] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2010.pdf 2010] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2009.pdf 2009] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/QuijanoA2008.pdf 2008]

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