Robert Karabinchak
2016 - Present
2026
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Robert J. Karabinchak (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 18. He assumed office in 2016. His current term ends on January 13, 2026.
Karabinchak (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 18. He declared candidacy for the 2025 election.[source]
Biography
Karabinchak's professional experience includes serving as the president of Tri-Form Construction. He served on the Edison Municipal Council in 2007 and again from 2009 to 2016.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Karabinchak was assigned to the following committees:
2020-2021
Karabinchak was assigned to the following committees:
- Commerce and Economic Development Committee, Vice-chair
- State and Local Government Committee
- Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
2019-2020
Karabinchak was assigned to the following committees:
- Commerce and Economic Development Committee, Vice-Chair
- State and Local Government Committee
- Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
Karabinchak was also the Chair of the Special Committee on Infrastructure and Natural Resources for the 2019-2020 legislative session.[2]
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 18 (2 seats)
Incumbent Robert J. Karabinchak and Christopher Binetti are running in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 on November 4, 2025.
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2023
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2023
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 (2 seats)
Incumbent Robert J. Karabinchak and incumbent Sterley S. Stanley defeated Teresa A. Hutchison and Joseph C. Wolak in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert J. Karabinchak (D) | 31.5 | 23,362 |
| ✔ |  | Sterley S. Stanley (D) | 31.4 | 23,236 |
| Teresa A. Hutchison (R) | 18.7 | 13,861 | |
| Joseph C. Wolak (R) | 18.4 | 13,619 | |
| Total votes: 74,078 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 (2 seats)
Incumbent Robert J. Karabinchak and incumbent Sterley S. Stanley advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert J. Karabinchak | 50.2 | 13,987 |
| ✔ | | Sterley S. Stanley | 49.8 | 13,875 |
| Total votes: 27,862 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 (2 seats)
Teresa A. Hutchison and Joseph C. Wolak advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Teresa A. Hutchison | 50.3 | 2,999 |
| ✔ | | Joseph C. Wolak | 49.7 | 2,959 |
| Total votes: 5,958 | |||
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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 18 (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert J. Karabinchak (D) | 29.3 | 33,685 |
| ✔ | | Sterley S. Stanley (D) | 28.5 | 32,743 |
| Melanie McCann Mott (R) | 20.8 | 23,940 | |
| Angela Fam (R) | 20.2 | 23,248 | |
 | David Awad (L) | 0.6 | 741 | |
| Brian Kulas (An Inspired Advocate Party) | 0.6 | 729 | |
| Total votes: 115,086 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 (2 seats)
Incumbent Robert J. Karabinchak and incumbent Sterley S. Stanley defeated Lisa Salem and Maurice Alfaro Sr. in the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert J. Karabinchak | 36.8 | 11,833 |
| ✔ | | Sterley S. Stanley | 36.5 | 11,731 |
| Lisa Salem | 15.0 | 4,820 | |
| Maurice Alfaro Sr. | 11.7 | 3,745 | |
| Total votes: 32,129 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Craig Stanley (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 (2 seats)
Melanie McCann Mott and Angela Fam advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Melanie McCann Mott | 50.7 | 4,539 |
| ✔ | | Angela Fam | 49.3 | 4,418 |
| Total votes: 8,957 | |||
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2019
See also: New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2019
General election
General election for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 (2 seats)
Incumbent Nancy Pinkin and incumbent Robert J. Karabinchak defeated Robert Bengivenga and Jeffrey Brown in the general election for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nancy Pinkin (D) | 30.8 | 20,347 |
| ✔ | | Robert J. Karabinchak (D) | 29.7 | 19,597 |
 | Robert Bengivenga (R) | 20.2 | 13,362 | |
 | Jeffrey Brown (R) | 19.2 | 12,690 | |
| Total votes: 65,996 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 (2 seats)
Incumbent Nancy Pinkin and incumbent Robert J. Karabinchak advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nancy Pinkin | 50.8 | 11,110 |
| ✔ | | Robert J. Karabinchak | 49.2 | 10,776 |
| Total votes: 21,886 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 (2 seats)
Robert Bengivenga and Jeffrey Brown advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey General Assembly District 18 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Bengivenga | 51.1 | 2,286 |
| ✔ | | Jeffrey Brown | 48.9 | 2,191 |
| Total votes: 4,477 | |||
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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.[3] 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.[4] Incumbent Nancy Pinkin (D) and incumbent Robert Karabinchak (D) defeated April Bengivenga (R), Zhiyu Hu (R), and Sean A. Stratton (Green) in the New Jersey General Assembly District 18 general election.[5][6]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 18 General Election, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Nancy Pinkin Incumbent |
31.98% | 30,301 | |
| Democratic | Robert Karabinchak Incumbent |
31.01% | 29,376 | |
| Republican | April Bengivenga | 18.53% | 17,559 | |
| Republican | Zhiyu Hu | 17.40% | 16,484 | |
| Green | Sean A. Stratton | 1.08% | 1,024 | |
| Total Votes | 94,744 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||||
Democratic primary election
Incumbent Nancy Pinkin and incumbent Robert Karabinchak were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 18 Democratic primary election.[7][8]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 18 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Nancy Pinkin Incumbent |
51.78% | 11,339 |
| Robert Karabinchak Incumbent |
48.22% | 10,560 |
| Total Votes | 21,899 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
Republican primary election
April Bengivenga and Lewis Glogower were unopposed in the New Jersey General Assembly District 18 Republican primary election.[9][8]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 18 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| April Bengivenga |
50.77% | 2,491 |
| Lewis Glogower |
49.23% | 2,415 |
| Total Votes | 4,906 | |
| Source: New Jersey Department of State | ||
2016
A special election for the position of New Jersey General Assembly District 18 was called for November 8.
The special election was held to fill a remaining term. Robert Karabinchak (D) was appointed to the chamber on May 12, 2016, to replace Patrick Diegnan, Jr. (D), who was appointed to the state Senate.
Incumbent Robert Karabinchak (D) defeated Camille Ferraro Clark (R) in the special election.[10][11]
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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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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2016
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In 2016, the 217th New Jersey State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 12 through January 10, 2017.
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2025 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ New Jersey Legislature, "Robert J. Karabinchak (D)," accessed August 21, 2017
- ↑ New Jersey Legislature, "Assemblyman Robert J. Karabinchak (D)," accessed July 9, 2020
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 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 State, "For GENERAL ELECTION 11/08/2016 Election," accessed November 10, 2016
- ↑ NJ elections, "Candidates for General Assembly," accessed October 5, 2016
