New Jersey's 30th legislative district is one of 40 districts that make up the map for the New Jersey Legislature. It covers the Monmouth County municipalities of Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, Farmingdale, Howell Township, Lake Como, and Wall Township and the Ocean County municipality of Lakewood Township.

Demographic information As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 269,949, of whom 179,028 (66.3%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 226,943 (84.1%) White, 6,638 (2.5%) African American, 988 (0.4%) Native American, 4,395 (1.6%) Asian, 62 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 15,059 (5.6%) from some other race, and 15,864 (5.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 28,506 (10.6%) of the population.

The district had 168,561 registered voters , of whom 68,776 (40.8%) were registered as unaffiliated, 63,444 (37.6%) were registered as Republicans, 34,659 (20.6%) were registered as Democrats, and 1,682 (1.0%) were registered to other parties.Statewide Voter Registration Summary, New Jersey Department of State, December 1, 2021. Accessed December 26, 2021.

Political representation

The legislative district is entirely within 4th congressional district.

Apportionment history When the 40-district legislative map was created in 1973, the 30th district was based in Essex and Hudson counties. It consisted of the Ironbound neighborhood and a part of the North Ward of Newark and Belleville in Essex County, and Harrison, East Newark, Kearny, and Secaucus in Hudson County. This district elected one of the few independents ever elected to the Legislature when in 1973, controversial Newark activist Anthony Imperiale won a term in the Senate in 1973, though he would later serve in the Assembly from the district as a Republican. In the 1980s, the 30th shifted slightly to the northwest when it encompassed Belleville, Bloomfield, Nutley, Glen Ridge, Montclair, Verona, and Cedar Grove, entirely in Essex County.

As the population began to shift away from the immediate suburbs of New Jersey cities in the 1980s, the 1991 Apportionment Commission using data collected from the 1990 census eliminated the 30th district as it existed in Essex County and shifted it to the fast-growing areas of Burlington, Monmouth, and Ocean counties. The new 30th district created in 1991 consisted of northern corner of Burlington County including Pemberton Borough and Township, Eastampton Township, Florence Township, Bordentown City and Township, the four panhandle municipalities of Monmouth County (Allentown, Upper Freehold Township, Roosevelt, and Millstone Township), and Ocean County's Plumsted, Jackson, and Lakewood townships. Though unaffiliated voters make up most of the district, they tended to vote for the Republican candidates in this area and no Democrat had been elected to the 30th since it was shifted to this area until 2023. In the 2001 redistricting, municipalities in the Burlington County portion of the district were removed leaving only the ones on the edge of the county from Bordentown Township and Fieldsboro to New Hanover; Millstone Township was also removed. Added in this redistricting were Washington Township in Mercer County (renamed Robbinsville Township in 2007) and Monmouth's Howell Township and Farmingdale. The 2011 redistricting compacted the district to Lakewood, Wall, and Howell townships, and other shoreline boroughs. As a result of the district shift, incumbent Assemblyman Joseph R. Malone announced his retirement and incumbent 11th district Senator Sean T. Kean dropped down to running for an Assembly seat to avoid a primary fight with Senator Robert Singer.

Assemblyman Dave Rible resigned his seat on July 17, 2017, to become Director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Former Wall Township Mayor Ned Thomson was selected by local Republican committee members as a replacement from a ballot of three candidates, and was sworn in on August 24. In 2023, Democrats won an Assembly seat for the first time since 1985 and marked the first time they held any seat from this district since it moved to Monmouth and Ocean counties in 1991.

Election history

Session Senate General Assembly 1974–1975 Anthony Imperiale (I)Michael F. Adubato (D)John F. Cali (D) 1976–1977 Michael F. Adubato (D)John F. Cali (D) 1978–1979 Frank E. Rodgers (D)Michael F. Adubato (D)John F. Cali (D) 1980–1981 Michael F. Adubato (D)Anthony Imperiale (R) 1982–1983 Carmen A. Orechio (D)Buddy Fortunato (D)John V. Kelly (R) 1984–1985 Carmen A. Orechio (D)Buddy Fortunato (D)Steve Adubato Jr. (D) 1986–1987 Marion Crecco (R)John V. Kelly (R) 1988–1989 Carmen A. Orechio (D)Marion Crecco (R)John V. Kelly (R) 1990–1991 Marion Crecco (R)John V. Kelly (R)1992–1993 John E. Dimon (R)Died September 19, 1993Robert Singer (R)Appointed to the Senate on October 13, 1993Melvin Cottrell (R)Robert Singer (R)Joseph R. Malone (R)Appointed to the Assembly on October 14, 1993 1994–1995 Robert Singer (R)Joseph R. Malone (R)Melvin Cottrell (R) 1996–1997 Joseph R. Malone (R)Melvin Cottrell (R) 1998–1999 Robert Singer (R)Joseph R. Malone (R)Melvin Cottrell (R) 2000–2001 Joseph R. Malone (R)Melvin Cottrell (R)2002–2003 Robert Singer (R)Joseph R. Malone (R)Melvin Cottrell (R)Died October 10, 2002Ronald S. Dancer (R)Appointed to the Assembly on November 18, 2002 2004–2005 Robert Singer (R)Joseph R. Malone (R)Ronald S. Dancer (R) 2006–2007 Joseph R. Malone (R)Ronald S. Dancer (R) 2008–2009 Robert Singer (R)Joseph R. Malone (R)Ronald S. Dancer (R) 2010–2011 Joseph R. Malone (R)Ronald S. Dancer (R) 2012–2013 Robert Singer (R)Sean T. Kean (R)Dave Rible (R) 2014–2015 Robert Singer (R)Sean T. Kean (R)Dave Rible (R)2016–2017 Sean T. Kean (R)Dave Rible (R)Resigned July 17, 2017 to become Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage ControlNed Thomson (R)Appointed to the Assembly on August 24, 2017 2018–2019 Robert Singer (R)Sean T. Kean (R)Ned Thomson (R) 2020–2021 Sean T. Kean (R)Ned Thomson (R) 2022–2023 Robert Singer (R)Sean T. Kean (R)Ned Thomson (R) 2024–2025 Robert Singer (R)Sean T. Kean (R)Avi Schnall (D) 2026–2027 Sean T. Kean (R)Avi Schnall (D)

Election results

Senate

General Assembly

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