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New Jersey Democratic State Committee

Political party

Democratic Party of New Jersey
President	Nicholas Scutari
Chairperson	LeRoy J. Jones Jr.
Spokesperson	Craig Coughlin
Governor	Phil Murphy
Senate Majority Leader	Teresa Ruiz
Deputy Majority Leader	Paul Sarlo
Assembly Majority Leader	Louis Greenwald
Headquarters	194-196 West State Street Trenton, NJ
Membership (2021)	2,536,962[1]
Ideology	Modern liberalism
National affiliation	Democratic Party
Colors	Blue
U.S. Senate seats	2 / 2
U.S. House seats	8 / 12
State Senate seats	25 / 40
State General Assembly seats	52 / 80
Website
www.njdems.org
Politics of New Jersey Elections

The New Jersey Democratic State Committee (NJDSC) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. stateofNew Jersey. LeRoy J. Jones Jr. is the chair and Peg Schaffer is the vice chair.^[2] Its main rival is the New Jersey Republican State Committee.

It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling every statewide office, including both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and the governorship, as well as 9 out of 12 U.S. House seats and both chambers of the state legislature.

Structure[edit]

The NJDSC has a 13-member executive committee. The party also has a county chair for each of the state's 21 counties.

Current elected officials[edit]

The New Jersey Democratic Party holds a majority in the New Jersey Senate and the New Jersey General Assembly. The party also holds both U.S. Senate seats, 9 of the state's 12 U.S. House seats, and the governor's and lieutenant governor's offices.

Members of Congress[edit]

U.S. Senate[edit]

Democrats have controlled both of New Jersey's seats in the U.S. Senate since 2013:

• 
  Senior U.S. Senator Bob Menendez
• 
  Junior U.S. Senator Cory Booker

U.S. House of Representatives[edit]

Out of the 12 seats New Jersey is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, 8 are held by Democrats:

District	Member	Photo
1st	Donald Norcross
3rd	Andy Kim
5th	Josh Gottheimer
6th	Frank Pallone
8th	Rob Menendez
9th	Bill Pascrell
11th	Mikie Sherrill
12th	Bonnie Watson Coleman

Statewide officials[edit]

Democrats control the New Jersey governorship and the lieutenant governorship.

• 
  Governor Phil Murphy
• 
  Lieutenant Governor Tahesha Way

State legislative leaders[edit]

• President of the Senate: Nicholas Scutari
  • Majority Leader: Teresa Ruiz
  • President Pro Tempore: Sandra Bolden Cunningham
  • Deputy Majority Leader: Paul Sarlo
• Speaker of the Assembly: Craig Coughlin
  • Majority Leader: Louis Greenwald
  • Speaker Pro Tempore: Benjie E. Wimberly

State representatives[edit]

New Jersey Senate[edit]

New Jersey Assembly[edit]

List of chairmen and chairwomen[edit]

• James R. Nugent (1908–1911)
• Edward Everett Grosscup (1911–1919)
• Charles F. McDonald (1919–1922)
• Harry Heher (1922–1932)
• Mary Teresa Norton (1932–1935)
• William H. Kelly (1935–1938)
• David Theodore Wilentz (1938)
• Crawford Jamieson (1939)
• Mary Teresa Norton (1940–1944)
• Edward J. Hart (1944–1953)
• Charles R. Howell (1953–1954)
• George E. Brunner (1954–1961)
• Thorn Lord (1961–1965)
• Robert J. Burkhardt (1965–1969)
• Salvatore A. Bontempo (1969–1973)
• James P. Dugan (1973–1977)
• Richard J. Coffee (1977–1981)
• James F. Maloney (1981–1985)
• Raymond M. Durkin (1985–1990)
• Philip M. Keegan (1990–1992)
• Raymond Lesniak (1992–1994)
• Tom Byrne (1994–1997)
• Thomas P. Giblin (1997–2001)
• Joseph J. Roberts (2001–2002)
• Bonnie Watson Coleman (2002–2006)
• Joseph Cryan (2006–2010)
• John Wisniewski (2010–2013)
• John Currie (2013–2021)
• LeRoy J. Jones, Jr. (2021–present)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• New Jersey Democratic State Committee