Richard James Codey is an American politician who served as the 53rd governor of New Jersey from 2004 to 2006. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in the New Jersey Senate from 1982 to 2024 and as the President of the Senate from 2002 to 2010. He represented the 27th Legislative District,which covered the western portions of Essex County and the southeastern portion of Morris County.
Bernard F. Kenny Jr. is an American Democratic Party politician,who represented the 33rd Legislative District in the New Jersey State Senate from 1993 to 2008,after serving in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1988 to 1993. He served for one day at the end of his tenure in the Senate as President of the Senate.
Barbara A. Buono is an American politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from 2002 to 2014,where she represented the 18th Legislative District. She served from 2010 to 2012 as the Majority Leader in the Senate,succeeding Stephen Sweeney,and was succeeded by Loretta Weinberg. She is a member of the Democratic Party and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Jersey in the 2013 general election,which she lost to Republican incumbent Chris Christie.
Nia H. Gill is an American Democratic Party politician,who represented the 34th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate from 2002 to 2024. She ran unsuccessfully as a candidate in the June 2012 primary election to fill the seat in Congress left vacant by the death of Donald M. Payne,the former U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district. Gill was the State Senate President pro Tempore from 2010 to 2018,succeeded by Teresa Ruiz.
Nicholas J. Sacco is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1994 to 2024,where he represented the 32nd Legislative District. Sacco serveed as the chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and was also a member of the Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee. He currently serves as mayor of North Bergen since 1991 and was allowed to hold two offices under a grandfather clause in a bill that prohibited dual office holding. Sacco announced on February 24,2022 that he would not seek re-election to the State Senate.
Nicholas Asselta is an American Republican Party politician,who served in the New Jersey Senate from 2004 to 2008,where he represented the 1st Legislative District. In the Senate,Asselta was a member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee,the Community and Urban Affairs Committee,the Health,Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee and the State Government Committee.
Loretta Weinberg is an American Democratic Party politician,who served as a member of the New Jersey Senate from 2005-2022,where she represented the 37th Legislative District. She also served as Senate Majority Leader. Weinberg served in the General Assembly before being selected to replace retiring Senator Byron Baer.
Nelida "Nellie" Pou is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2012,representing the 35th Legislative District. She previously represented the 35th district in the General Assembly. When Pou was sworn into the Assembly on January 29,1997,to succeed Bill Pascrell,she became the first woman and the first Hispanic to represent the 35th district.
Alfred E. Steele is an American Baptist clergyman and Democratic Party politician,who served in the New Jersey General Assembly starting in 1996,where he represented the 35th legislative district. He resigned on September 10,2007,in the wake of his arrest the previous week on corruption charges.
Vincent Prieto is an American Democratic Party politician. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2004 to 2018,where he represented the 32nd Legislative District. He formerly served as the 170th Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly from 2014 to 2018. He was chair of the Hudson County Democratic Organization until 2018,when he was succeeded by Amy DeGise.
Walter J. Kavanaugh was an American Republican Party politician,who served in the New Jersey Legislature for 32 years,representing the 16th Legislative District. He died just two days after leaving the State Senate,having declined to run for re-election in 2007. His 32 years of service in the legislature made him the seventh-longest serving legislator in state history.
Douglas H. Fisher is an American Democratic Party politician who has served as the New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture,having been initially confirmed by Governor Jon Corzine and carried over by both Chris Christie and Phil Murphy. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2009,representing the 3rd legislative district.
Mims Hackett Jr. is an American Democratic Party politician,who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2007,where he represented the 27th Legislative District,which covers the western portion of Essex County.
John F. McKeon is an American Democratic Party politician who represents the 27th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate,which primarily covers the western portion of Essex County. McKeon previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2024,where he was Assistant Majority Whip (2004–05),Assistant Majority Leader (2006–07),Majority Whip (2008–09),Deputy Speaker (2010–11) and was the Parliamentarian from 2022-24. He is also a former mayor of West Orange.
Anthony Chiappone is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly,where he represented the 31st Legislative District from 2004 to 2006 and again from 2008 until his resignation in 2010.
Joseph Vas is an American Democratic Party politician,who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2004 to 2010,where he represented the 19th Legislative District. He did not seek re-election to the assembly in 2009. He also served as Mayor of Perth Amboy,New Jersey from 1990 to 2008. He was defeated for re-election to a 5th full term by local bank vice president Wilda Diaz in 2008 by a 58% to 42% margin. He was elected Perth Amboy Democratic Chairman in 2008,succeeding his longtime campaign chairman Ray Geneske. Vas resigned as the party chairman in 2009. He was convicted of state corruption charges in 2010 and federal corruption charges in 2011.
Joseph P. Cryan is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2018,representing the 20th Legislative District. He previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2015,where he also represented the 20th Legislative District.
Leonard Harvey Smith is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly from January 8,2008 to January 10,2010,where he represented the 31st legislative district. He is the former Acting Mayor of Jersey City,New Jersey and previously served in the New Jersey Senate. He did not seek re-election in 2009.
Sandra Bolden Cunningham is an American Democratic Party politician,who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 2007 to 2024,where she represented the 31st Legislative District. She was sworn into office on November 8,2007. She is the widow of former Jersey City Mayor Glenn Cunningham,who died in 2004.
The 2000 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 7,2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg retired rather than seeking a fourth term. Democratic nominee Jon Corzine,former CEO of Goldman Sachs,defeated the Republican U.S. Representative Bob Franks in a close election.
