While attention has been paid largely to the competitive race for New Jersey governor, Garden State voters should also know that the entire General Assembly is up for grabs in November's general election.

All 80 seats in the Legislature's lower chamber will be on the ballot. The current breakdown of the Assembly is 52 Democrats and 28 Republicans.

Each of the state’s 40 legislative districts has two Assembly representatives, and the end of the county line ballot design led to a higher number of challengers during the June primary than in years past.

There were 24 competitive districts on the Democratic side of the aisle, while Republicans saw contested races in seven.

As of Oct. 1, there were 6,609,895 registered voters in New Jersey — 2,525,346 declared as Democrats and 1,670,297 decl

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