Democratic Party of New Jersey | |
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Chairperson | LeRoy J. Jones Jr. |
Governor | Phil Murphy |
Lt. Governor | Sheila Oliver |
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) | ![]() |
Ideology | Centrism Conservatism Modern liberalism Progressivism |
Political position | Center to center-left |
National affiliation | Democratic Party |
Colors | Blue |
U.S. Senate seats | 2 / 2
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U.S. House seats | 10 / 12
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State Senate seats | 24 / 40
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State General Assembly seats | 46 / 80
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Website | |
www.njdems.org | |
The New Jersey Democratic State Committee (NJDSC) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of New Jersey. LeRoy J. Jones Jr. is the chair and Peg Schaffer is the vice chair.[2]
Structure
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
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, 10 of the state's 12 U.S. House seats, and the governor's and lieutenant governor's offices.
Members of Congress
U.S. Senate
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
Out of the 12 seats New Jersey is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, 10 are held by Democrats:
Statewide officials
Democrats control both of the elected statewide offices:
State legislative leaders
- 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
New Jersey Senate
New Jersey Assembly
List of chairmen and chairwomen
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- 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
- ^ Winger, Richard. "March 2021 Ballot Access News Print Edition". Ballot Access News. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ "Somerset County's Peg Schaffer Appointed New Jersey Democratic State Committee Interim Vice Chair After Lizette Delgado-Polanco Steps Down from Position". 24 April 2019.