| 222nd New Jersey Legislature | |||||
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| The New Jersey State House in 2012 | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | New Jersey Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | New Jersey, United States | ||||
| Term | January 13, 2026 – January 11, 2028 | ||||
| New Jersey General Assembly | |||||
| Members | 80 | ||||
| Speaker | Craig Coughlin [1] | ||||
| Majority Leader | Louis Greenwald [1] | ||||
| Minority Leader | John DiMaio [2] | ||||
| Party control | Democratic Party | ||||
| New Jersey Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | Nicholas Scutari [3] | ||||
| Majority Leader | Teresa Ruiz [3] | ||||
| Minority Leader | Anthony M. Bucco [4] | ||||
| Party control | Democratic Party | ||||
The 222nd New Jersey Legislature will begin on January 13, 2026, following the 2025 election for Assembly. It will end on January 11, 2028.
The members of the Assembly will serve two-year terms through the end of the legislative session in January 2028 while members of the Senate elected in 2023 will continue serving their four-year terms that began in January 2023 that will also expire in January 2028.
| Starting January 13, 2026 | Affiliation | Members | |
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| Democratic Party | 57 | ||
| Republican Party | 23 | ||
| Total | 80 | ||
Democrats flipped five seats in the 2025 election, with Maureen Rowan ousting Republican Claire Swift in the 2nd district, Anthony Angelozzi ousting Republican Michael Torrissi in the 8th district, Vincent Kearney and Andrew Macurdy ousting Republicans Michele Matsikoudis and Nancy Muñoz in the 21st district, and Marisa Sweeney ousting Republican Christian Barranco in the 25th district. The Democrats will now have a supermajority in the Assembly and their largest majority since Watergate. [5]
The Assembly consists of 80 members, two for each district.
Notes:
‡ 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 to 2008
| Starting January 9, 2024 | Affiliation | Members | |
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| Democratic Party | 25 | ||
| Republican Party | 15 | ||
| Total | 40 | ||
New Jersey State Senators are elected for four year terms and they will serve the third and fourth years of their four-year term in this legislative session.
The Senate consists of 40 members, one for each district.