219th New Jersey Legislature

219th New Jersey Legislature
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New Jersey State House north panorama, 2012
Overview
Legislative body	New Jersey Legislature
Jurisdiction	New Jersey, United States
Term	January 14, 2020 – January 11, 2022
New Jersey Senate
Members	40
President	Stephen Sweeney
Minority Leader	Thomas Kean Jr.
Party control	Democratic Party
New Jersey General Assembly
Members	80
Speaker	Craig Coughlin
Minority Leader	Jon Bramnick
Party control	Democratic Party

The 219th New Jersey Legislature began on January 14, 2020, following the 2019 elections for Assembly, and one special election for Senate. ^[1] It ended on January 11, 2022.

Background

Elections will be held in November 2019 for all 80 seats in the Assembly and one Senate seat. After Senator Jeff Van Drew resigned to join The United States House of Representatives Assemblyman Bob Andrzejczak was appointed to fill his seat, creating a special election to be held in November 2019. Cumberland County Republican Chairman Mike Testa, and former Assemblyman Sam Fiocchi announced their intentions to run for the republican nomination for senate in the 1st District. ^[2] In the Assembly, as of March 30, 2019, Assemblymen David Wolfe, Michael Patrick Carroll, and Assemblywomen Amy Handlin, Patricia Egan Jones have all announced their planned retirement from the Assembly. ^[3] During the June primaries 8th District Assemblyman Joe Howarth lost to former Burlington County Sheriff Jean Stanfield.^{[ citation needed ]}

The Senate seat vacated by the September 2019 death of Anthony Bucco will be filled first by an interim appointment and then by a special election in 2020. ^[4]

Composition

Assembly

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic Party	52
	Republican Party	28
Total		80

Senate

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic Party	25
	Republican Party	15
Total		40

Leadership

Senate

Democratic Leadership	Republican Leadership
Senate President, Steve Sweeney Majority Leader, Loretta Weinberg President Pro-Tempore, Teresa Ruiz Conference Chair, Vin Gopal	Minority Leader, Tom Kean, Jr. Deputy Minority Leader, Bob Singer Minority Whip, Joe Pennacchio Conference Chair, Kristin Corrado

Assembly

Democratic Leadership	Republican Leadership
Senate President, Craig Coughlin Majority Leader, Louis Greenwald Speaker Pro-Tempore, Gordon M. Johnson Conference Chair, Annette Quijano	Minority Leader, Jon Bramnick Deputy Minority Leaders, Ronald S. Dancer, Holly Schepisi, BettyLou DeCroce Minority Whip, Ned Thompson Conference Chair, Nancy Munoz, John DiMaio

Members

Senate

The Senate has 40 members, one for each district. ^[5]

District	Name	Party	Residence	First served
District 1	Mike Testa	Rep	Vineland	2019 ‡
District 2	Vincent J. Polistina	Rep	Egg Harbor Township	2021 †
District 3	Stephen Sweeney	Dem	West Deptford Township	2002
District 4	Fred H. Madden	Dem	Washington Township (Gloucester)	2004
District 5	Nilsa Cruz-Perez	Dem	Barrington	2014 †
District 6	James Beach	Dem	Voorhees Township	2009 †
District 7	Troy Singleton	Dem	Palmyra	2018
District 8	Dawn Marie Addiego	Dem*	Evesham Township	2010 †
District 9	Christopher J. Connors	Rep	Lacey Township	2008
District 10	James W. Holzapfel	Rep	Toms River	2012
District 11	Vin Gopal	Dem	Long Branch	2018
District 12	Samuel D. Thompson	Rep	Old Bridge Township	2012
District 13	Declan O'Scanlon	Rep	Little Silver	2018
District 14	Linda R. Greenstein	Dem	Plainsboro Township	2010 ‡
District 15	Shirley Turner	Dem	Lawrence Township (Mercer)	1998
District 16	Christopher "Kip" Bateman	Rep	Branchburg	2008
District 17	Bob Smith	Dem	Piscataway	2002
District 18	Patrick J. Diegnan	Dem	South Plainfield	2016 †
District 19	Joe Vitale	Dem	Woodbridge Township	1998
District 20	Joseph Cryan	Dem	Union Township (Union)	2018
District 21	Thomas Kean Jr.	Rep	Westfield	2003 †
District 22	Nicholas Scutari	Dem	Linden	2004
District 23	Michael J. Doherty	Rep	Washington Township (Warren)	2009 ‡
District 24	Steve Oroho	Rep	Franklin	2008
District 25	Anthony M. Bucco	Rep	Boonton Township	2019 †
District 26	Joseph Pennacchio	Rep	Montville	2008
District 27	Richard Codey	Dem	Roseland	1982
District 28	Ronald Rice	Dem	Newark	1986 ‡
District 29	Teresa Ruiz	Dem		2008
District 30	Robert Singer	Rep	Lakewood Township	1993 †
District 31	Sandra Bolden Cunningham	Dem	Jersey City	2007 †
District 32	Nicholas Sacco	Dem	North Bergen	1994
District 33	Brian P. Stack	Dem	Union City	2008
District 34	Nia Gill	Dem	Montclair	2002
District 35	Nellie Pou	Dem	North Haledon	2012
District 36	Paul Sarlo	Dem	Wood-Ridge	2003 †
District 37	Vacant	Dem		N/A
District 38	Joseph Lagana	Dem	Paramus	2018 †
District 39	Holly Schepisi	Rep	River Vale	2021 †
District 40	Kristin Corrado	Rep	Totowa	2017 †

Former members from this term

District	Name	Party	Residence	First served	Left office	Cause	Replaced by
District 39	Gerald Cardinale	Rep	Demarest	1982	February 20, 2021	Death (brief illness) [6]	Holly Schepisi
District 2	Chris A. Brown	Rep	Ventnor City	2018	July 19, 2021	Resigned to accept a position at the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs [7]	Vincent J. Polistina
District 37	Loretta Weinberg	Dem	Teaneck	2005 †	January 7, 2022	Appointed to the Board of Directors of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey [8]	N/A1

† First appointed to the seat
‡ Elected in a special election
* Addiego had served as a Republican prior to 2019
¹ Seat remained vacant for remainder of term

Assembly

The Assembly has 80 members, two for each district.

District	Name	Party	Residence	First served
District 1	Antwan McClellan	Rep	Ocean City	2020
	Erik Simonsen	Rep	Lower Township	2020
District 2	John Armato	Dem	Buena Vista Township	2018
	Vince Mazzeo	Dem	Northfield	2014
District 3	John J. Burzichelli	Dem	Paulsboro	2002
	Adam Taliaferro	Dem	Woolwich Township	2015 †
District 4	Paul Moriarty	Dem	Washington Township (Gloucester)	2006
	Gabriela Mosquera	Dem	Gloucester Township	2012 †
District 5	Bill Moen	Dem	Camden	2020
	William Spearman	Dem		2018 †
District 6	Louis Greenwald	Dem	Voorhees Township	1996
	Pamela Rosen Lampitt	Dem	Cherry Hill	2006
District 7	Herb Conaway	Dem	Delran Township	1998
	Carol A. Murphy	Dem	Mount Laurel	2018
District 8	Ryan Peters	Rep	Hainesport Township	2018
	Jean Stanfield	Rep	Westampton	2020
District 9	DiAnne Gove	Rep	Long Beach Township	2009 †
	Brian E. Rumpf	Rep	Little Egg Harbor	2003 †
District 10	John Catalano	Rep	Brick Township	2020
	Gregory P. McGuckin	Rep	Toms River	2012
District 11	Joann Downey	Dem	Freehold Township	2016
	Eric Houghtaling	Dem	Neptune Township	2016
District 12	Robert D. Clifton	Rep	Matawan	2012
	Ronald S. Dancer	Rep	Plumsted Township	2002 †
District 13	Serena DiMaso	Rep	Holmdel Township	2018
	Gerard Scharfenberger	Rep	Middletown Township	2020
District 14	Daniel R. Benson	Dem	Hamilton Township (Mercer)	2011 †
	Wayne DeAngelo	Dem		2008
District 15	Verlina Reynolds-Jackson	Dem	Trenton	2018 †
	Anthony Verrelli	Dem	Hopewell Township (Mercer)	2018 †
District 16	Roy Freiman	Dem	Hillsborough Township	2018
	Andrew Zwicker	Dem	South Brunswick	2016
District 17	Joseph Danielsen	Dem	Franklin Township (Somerset)	2014 †
	Joseph V. Egan	Dem	New Brunswick	2002
District 18	Robert Karabinchak	Dem	Edison	2016 †
	Sterley Stanley	Dem	East Brunswick	2021 †
District 19	Craig Coughlin	Dem	Woodbridge Township	2010
	Yvonne Lopez	Dem	Perth Amboy	2018
District 20	Jamel Holley	Dem	Roselle	2015 †
	Annette Quijano	Dem	Elizabeth	2008 †
District 21	Jon Bramnick	Rep	Westfield	2003 †
	Nancy Munoz	Rep	Summit	2009 †
District 22	Linda Carter	Dem	Plainfield	2018 †
	James J. Kennedy	Dem	Rahway	2016
District 23	John DiMaio	Rep	Hackettstown	2009 †
	Erik Peterson	Rep	Franklin Township (Hunterdon)	2009 †
District 24	Parker Space	Rep	Wantage Township	2013 †
	Harold J. Wirths	Rep	Hardyston Township	2018
District 25	Brian Bergen	Rep	Denville	2020
	Aura K. Dunn	Rep	Mendham Borough	2019 ‡
District 26	BettyLou DeCroce	Rep	Parsippany-Troy Hills	2012 †
	Jay Webber	Rep	Morris Plains	2008
District 27	Mila Jasey	Dem	South Orange	2007 †
	John F. McKeon	Dem	West Orange	2002
District 28	Ralph R. Caputo	Dem*	Bloomfield	2008*
	Cleopatra Tucker	Dem	Newark	2008
District 29	Eliana Pintor Marin	Dem		2013 †
	Shanique Speight	Dem		2018
District 30	Sean T. Kean	Rep	Wall Township	2012 ±
	Ned Thomson	Rep		2017 †
District 31	Nicholas Chiaravalloti	Dem	Bayonne	2016
	Angela V. McKnight	Dem	Jersey City	2016
District 32	Angelica M. Jimenez	Dem	West New York	2012
	Pedro Mejia	Dem	Secaucus	2018 †
District 33	Annette Chaparro	Dem	Hoboken	2016
	Raj Mukherji	Dem	Jersey City	2014
District 34	Thomas P. Giblin	Dem	Montclair	2006
	Britnee Timberlake	Dem	East Orange	2018 †
District 35	Shavonda E. Sumter	Dem	Paterson	2012
	Benjie Wimberly	Dem		2012
District 36	Clinton Calabrese	Dem	Cliffside Park	2018 †
	Gary Schaer	Dem	Passaic	2006
District 37	Valerie Huttle	Dem	Englewood	2006
	Gordon M. Johnson	Dem		2002
District 38	Lisa Swain	Dem	Fair Lawn	2018 †
	Chris Tully	Dem	Bergenfield	2018 †
District 39	Robert Auth	Rep	Old Tappan	2014
	DeAnne DeFuccio	Rep	Upper Saddle River	2021 †
District 40	Christopher DePhillips	Rep	Wyckoff	2018
	Kevin J. Rooney	Rep		2016 †

† First appointed to the seat
‡ Dunn was appointed to the seat in November 2019. The appointment expired at the conclusion of the 2018–19 term in January 2020. She was reappointed again in February 2020 after the start of the next term, and then won the seat in a special election in November 2020.
± Kean previously served in the Assembly from 2002–2008
* Caputo had served as a Republican during a previous stint in the Assembly from 1968–1972

Former members from this term

District	Name	Party	Residence	First served	Left office	Cause	Replaced by
District 18	Nancy Pinkin	Dem	East Brunswick	2014	December 31, 2020	Elected Middlesex County Clerk [9]	Sterley Stanley [10]
District 39	Holly Schepisi	Rep	River Vale	2012	March 25, 2021	Appointed to the District's Senate seat [11]	DeAnne DeFuccio [12]

See also

• List of New Jersey state legislatures

References

1. "Former Assemblyman Sam Fiocchi Announces Candidacy For Senate In LD1". insidernj.com. January 16, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
2. "Testa Running for Senate in LD1". insidernj.com. November 20, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
3. "Assembly retirement number now at 4". New Jersey Globe. March 14, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
4. "With Bucco's Senate seat vacant, what happens now?". September 17, 2019.
5. "roster 2019 8.5x14" (PDF). njleg.state.nj. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
6. Wildstein, David (February 20, 2021). "Senator Gerald Cardinale dies at 86". New Jersey Globe . Sea of Reeds Media.
7. Brunetti Post, Michelle (July 20, 2021). "State Sen. Chris Brown to help advise governor's office on Atlantic City affairs". The Press of Atlantic City . Retrieved July 20, 2021.
8. Arco, Matt (January 6, 2022). "Sen. Loretta Weinberg resigning to take a position on Horizon Blue Cross board". NJ.com. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
9. Harris, Vashti (November 24, 2020). "Democratic Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin wins county clerk election". Cranbury Press. CentralJersey.com. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
10. "Sterley Stanley Sworn in to State Assembly Representing New Jersey's 18th Legislative District". InsiderNJ. January 27, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
11. McDonald, Terrence T. (March 25, 2021). "Holly Schepisi becomes NJ's newest state senator". NorthJersey.com . Gannett . Retrieved March 26, 2021.
12. Wildstein, David (March 31, 2021). "DeAnne DeFuccio wins State Assembly seat". New Jersey Globe . Sea of Reeds Media. Retrieved April 1, 2021.

External links

• Official website