Joseph Danielsen
2014 - Present
2026
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Joseph Danielsen (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 17. He assumed office in 2014. His current term ends on January 13, 2026.
Danielsen (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 17. He declared candidacy for the 2025 election.[source]
Biography
Danielsen earned his A.S. in marketing, art and design from Middlesex County College and his B.A. in visual arts from Rutgers University. His professional experience includes being a small business owner and a volunteer firefighter. He served in the U.S. Army’s 78th Div. Reserve TNG from 1982 to 1991.[1] Danielsen served on the Township of Franklin Planning Board from 1997 to 2010.
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Danielsen was assigned to the following committees:
- Agriculture Committee
- Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
- Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee, Chair
2020-2021
Danielsen was assigned to the following committees:
- Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
- Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee, Chair
2019-2020
Danielsen was assigned to the following committees:
- Education Committee
- Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
- Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee, Chair
2016 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2016 legislative session, Danielsen served on the following committees:
| New Jersey committee assignments, 2016 |
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| • Law and Public Safety, Vice-Chair |
| • Financial Institutions and Insurance |
2015 legislative session
In the 2015 legislative session, Danielsen served on the following committees:
| New Jersey committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Law and Public Safety |
| • Telecommunications and Utilities |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2025
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2025
General election
The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 (2 seats)
Incumbent Joseph Danielsen and incumbent Kevin Egan are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| Joseph Danielsen (D) | ||
 | Kevin Egan (D) | |
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2023
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 (2 seats)
Kevin Egan and incumbent Joseph Danielsen defeated Susan Hucko and Dhimant G. Patel in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin Egan (D) | 36.3 | 20,159 |
| ✔ | Joseph Danielsen (D) | 36.2 | 20,064 | |
| Susan Hucko (R) | 14.0 | 7,771 | |
| Dhimant G. Patel (R) | 13.5 | 7,473 | |
| Total votes: 55,467 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joseph V. Egan (D)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 (2 seats)
Incumbent Joseph V. Egan and incumbent Joseph Danielsen advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph V. Egan | 50.2 | 8,920 | |
| ✔ | Joseph Danielsen | 49.8 | 8,859 | |
| Total votes: 17,779 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 (2 seats)
Susan Hucko and Dhimant G. Patel advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Susan Hucko | 51.9 | 1,684 |
| ✔ | | Dhimant G. Patel | 48.1 | 1,562 |
| Total votes: 3,246 | ||||
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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 17 (2 seats)
Incumbent Joseph V. Egan and incumbent Joseph Danielsen defeated Catherine Barrier and Peter Gabra in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph V. Egan (D) | 34.8 | 32,212 | |
| ✔ | Joseph Danielsen (D) | 34.2 | 31,625 | |
| Catherine Barrier (R) | 15.7 | 14,482 | |
| Peter Gabra (R) | 15.3 | 14,173 | |
| Total votes: 92,492 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 (2 seats)
Incumbent Joseph V. Egan and incumbent Joseph Danielsen advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph V. Egan | 50.6 | 9,029 | |
| ✔ | Joseph Danielsen | 49.4 | 8,825 | |
| Total votes: 17,854 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 (2 seats)
Catherine Barrier and Peter Gabra advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Catherine Barrier | 50.2 | 2,817 |
| ✔ | | Peter Gabra | 49.8 | 2,796 |
| Total votes: 5,613 | ||||
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2019
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 (2 seats)
Incumbent Joseph V. Egan and incumbent Joseph Danielsen defeated Patricia Badovinac and Maria Conception Powell in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph V. Egan (D) | 36.5 | 20,999 | |
| ✔ | Joseph Danielsen (D) | 36.3 | 20,844 | |
| Patricia Badovinac (R) | 13.6 | 7,822 | |
| Maria Conception Powell (R) | 13.6 | 7,798 | |
| Total votes: 57,463 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 (2 seats)
Incumbent Joseph Danielsen and incumbent Joseph V. Egan defeated Ron Rivers in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph Danielsen | 45.3 | 8,576 | |
| ✔ | Joseph V. Egan | 44.5 | 8,424 | |
| Ron Rivers | 10.2 | 1,939 | ||
| Total votes: 18,939 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 (2 seats)
Patricia Badovinac and Maria Conception Powell advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 17 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patricia Badovinac | 51.6 | 1,815 |
| ✔ | | Maria Conception Powell | 48.4 | 1,703 |
| Total votes: 3,518 | ||||
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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 Joseph Egan (D) and incumbent Joseph Danielsen (D) defeated Robert Quinn (R), Nadine Wilkins (R), and Michael Habib (It's Our Time) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 17 general election.[4][5]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 17 General Election, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Joseph Egan Incumbent |
36.03% | 29,149 | |
| Democratic | Joseph Danielsen Incumbent |
35.14% | 28,425 | |
| Republican | Robert Quinn | 13.99% | 11,317 | |
| Republican | Nadine Wilkins | 13.76% | 11,131 | |
| It's Our Time | Michael Habib | 1.08% | 875 | |
| Total Votes | 80,897 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||||
Democratic primary election
Incumbent Joseph Egan and incumbent Joseph Danielsen defeated Heather Fenyk and Ralph Johnson in the New Jersey General Assembly District 17 Democratic primary election.[6][7]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 17 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Joseph Egan Incumbent |
34.87% | 9,605 |
| Joseph Danielsen Incumbent |
32.70% | 9,007 |
| Heather Fenyk | 16.39% | 4,513 |
| Ralph Johnson | 16.04% | 4,418 |
| Total Votes | 27,543 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Republican primary election
Robert Quinn and Nadine Wilkins were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 17 Republican primary election.[8][7]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 17 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Robert Quinn |
51.00% | 2,035 |
| Nadine Wilkins |
49.00% | 1,955 |
| Total Votes | 3,990 | |
| 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. Incumbent Joseph Egan and incumbent Joseph Danielsen were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Robert Mettler and Brajesh Singh were bracketed together and were unopposed in the Republican primary. Egan and Danielsen defeated Mettler, Singh and Molly O'Brien (G) in the general election.[10][11][12][13]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 17 General Election, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Joseph Egan Incumbent |
33.9% | 13,444 | |
| Democratic | Joseph Danielsen Incumbent |
33.9% | 13,426 | |
| Republican | Robert Mettler | 16% | 6,362 | |
| Republican | Brajesh Singh | 13.7% | 5,430 | |
| Green | Molly O'Brien | 2.5% | 985 | |
| Total Votes | 39,647 | |||
Campaign themes
2025
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2023
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2021
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2019
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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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In 2015, the 216th New Jersey State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 13 through December 31.
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2014
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In 2014, the 216th New Jersey State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 14 through January 12, 2015.
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See also
2025 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namednj.com - ↑ 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 candidate list for June 2 primary," accessed May 22, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official primary election results for General Assembly," accessed August 10, 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
