Ocean City is a city in Cape May County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is the principal city of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area,which encompasses all of Cape May County,and is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden,PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area,also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area. It is part of the South Jersey region of the state.
Gary Steven Schaer is an American Democratic Party politician who represents the 36th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since he took office on January 10,2006. He also serves on the Passaic,New Jersey City Council where he is the council president. Schaer is the first Orthodox Jew in the New Jersey Legislature. In the Assembly,Schaer was Deputy Speaker from 2012 to 2023 and chair of the Budget Committee from 2014 to 2017,and has been the Assembly's Policy Chair since 2020.
Matthew W. Milam is an American Democratic Party politician,who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from January 8,2008 to March 1,2013. He started serving again on January 31,2019 until January 14,2020.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of New Jersey on November 3,2009. Primary elections were held on June 2. Most state positions were up in this election cycle,which includes all 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly,as well as Governor and Lieutenant Governor. In addition to the State Legislative elections,numerous county offices and freeholders in addition to municipal offices were up for election. There was one statewide ballot question. Some counties and municipalities may have had local ballot questions as well. Non-partisan local elections,some school board elections,and some fire district elections also happened throughout the year.
Anthony Mark Bucco is an American Republican Party politician currently serving as the State Senator for New Jersey's 25th Legislative District. In 2019 Bucco was accused by Lisa Brewer that Bucco cost her millions by cutting her out of her mother’s will. He had been a member of the New Jersey General Assembly since 2010 and was appointed to the State Senate in 2019 following the death of his father,incumbent Senator Anthony R. Bucco.
Daniel R. Benson is an American Democratic Party politician who is the current Mercer County Executive and a former member of the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 14th Legislative District. Benson,who previously served on the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders,replaced Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein,after she was elected to the New Jersey Senate in a special election. He was sworn in on January 10,2011,to fill Greenstein's vacant Assembly seat.
Gregory P. McGuckin is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly,representing the 10th Legislative District since January 10,2012.
New Jersey's 1st legislative district is one of 40 in the state,covering the Atlantic County municipalities of Corbin City,Estell Manor and Weymouth Township;every Cape May County municipality including Avalon,Cape May,Cape May Point,Dennis Township,Lower Township,Middle Township,North Wildwood,Ocean City,Sea Isle City,Stone Harbor,Upper Township,West Cape May,West Wildwood,Wildwood,Wildwood Crest and Woodbine;and the Cumberland County municipalities of Bridgeton,Commercial Township,Downe Township,Fairfield Township,Lawrence Township,Maurice River Township,Millville and Vineland as of the 2021 apportionment.
Robert John "Bob" Andrzejczak is an American Democratic Party politician who represented the 1st Legislative District in the New Jersey State Senate from January 15,2019,when he was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Jeff Van Drew,until December 5,2019. Andrzejczak previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly from March 21,2013,to January 14,2019,when he was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Matthew W. Milam.
R. Bruce Land is an American Democratic Party politician who represented the 1st Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2016 to 2020.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of New Jersey on November 5,2019. Primary elections were held on June 4. The only state positions that were up in this election cycle were all 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly and one Senate special election in the 1st Legislative District. In addition to the State Legislative elections,numerous county offices and freeholders in addition to municipal offices were up for election. There was one statewide question on the ballot in 2019,and some counties and municipalities may have had a local question asked. Non-partisan local elections,some school board elections,and some fire district elections also happened in 2019.
Edward H. Thomson III is an American Republican Party politician who represented the 30th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from August 24,2017 to January 9,2024. He replaced Dave Rible,who left office to serve as Director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Thomson had previously served as mayor of Wall Township. He has served since 2022 as the Minority Conference Leader in the General Assembly.
The 218th New Jersey Legislature began on January 9,2018 following the 2017 Elections. The session started in the end of Chris Christie's governorship and continued in the first two years of Phil Murphy's governorship.
The 219th New Jersey Legislature began on January 14,2020,following the 2019 elections for Assembly,and one special election for Senate. It ended on January 11,2022.
Michael L. Testa Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who represents the 1st Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate. A Republican,Testa was elected to the state senate on November 5,2019 in the special election to fill the remaining 14 months of the unfinished term of Jeff Van Drew,who won a seat to the United States House of Representatives in 2018. He was sworn into office on December 5,2019.
Erik K. Simonsen is an American musician and Republican Party politician who has represented the 1st Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since January 14,2020,after defeating incumbent Assemblymen R. Bruce Land and Matthew W. Milam in the 2019 general election. Simonsen served as Mayor of Lower Township from 2016 until 2020.
John Catalano is an American Republican Party politician,who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2020,where he represents the 10th Legislative District.
Brian Bergen is an American Republican Party politician who has represented the 26th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2024. He had represented the 25th district when he took office in January 14,2020.
The 2017 New Jersey General Assembly elections were held on November 7,2017,to elect members to all 80 seats of the New Jersey General Assembly. Prior to the elections,Democrats held a 52–28 majority in the lower house. Overall,the Democrats increased their majority by 2 to a super-majority at 54–26,due to holding all their seats as well as picking up open seats in District 2 and District 16. This tied Democrats for their largest majority since 1979.
Christian Barranco is an American politician who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 25th district since 2024,before which he represented the 26th district after taking office on January 11,2022. He served on the Pompton Lakes borough council from 2017 to 2019.
