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. Its main rival is the New Jersey Republican Party.

It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling every statewide office, including both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and the governorship, as well as 9 out of 12 U.S. House seats and both chambers of the state legislature.

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, 7 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:

U.S. House of Representatives Out of the 12 seats New Jersey is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, 9 are held by Democrats: +DistrictMemberPhoto1st3rd5th6th8th9th10th11th12th

Statewide officials Democrats hold the New Jersey governorship and the lieutenant governorship.

State legislative leaders President of the Senate: Nicholas Scutari Majority Leader: Teresa Ruiz President Pro Tempore: Shirley Turner Deputy Majority Leader: Paul Sarlo Speaker of the Assembly: Craig Coughlin Majority Leader: Louis Greenwald Speaker Pro Tempore: Annette Quijano

State representatives

New Jersey Senate DistrictNameResidenceFirst servedDistrict 3John BurzichelliPaulsboro2024District 4Paul D. MoriartyWashington Township (Gloucester)2024District 5Nilsa Cruz-PerezBarrington2014District 6James BeachVoorhees Township2009District 7Troy SingletonPalmyra2018District 11Vin GopalLong Branch2018District 14Linda R. GreensteinPlainsboro Township2010District 15Shirley TurnerLawrence Township (Mercer)1998District 16Andrew ZwickerSouth Brunswick2022District 17Bob SmithPiscataway2002District 18Patrick J. DiegnanSouth Plainfield2016District 19Joe VitaleWoodbridge Township1998District 20Joseph CryanUnion Township (Union)2018District 22Nicholas ScutariLinden2004District 27John F. McKeonWest Orange2024District 28Renee BurgessIrvington1986District 29Teresa RuizNewark2008District 31Angela V. McKnightJersey City2024District 32Raj MukherjiJersey City2024District 33Brian P. StackUnion City2008District 34Britnee TimberlakeEast Orange2024District 35Benjie WimberlyPaterson2015District 36Paul SarloWood-Ridge2003District 37Gordon M. JohnsonEnglewood2022District 38Joseph LaganaParamus2018

New Jersey Assembly DistrictNameResidenceFirst servedDistrict 4Dan HutchisonGloucester Township2024Cody MillerMonroe Township2024District 5William F. Moen Jr.Runnemede2020William SpearmanCamden2018District 6Louis GreenwaldVoorhees Township1996Melinda KaneCherry Hill2025District 7Balvir SinghBurlington Township2025Carol A. MurphyMount Laurel2018District 8Andrea KatzChesterfield Township2024District 14Daniel R. BensonHamilton Township (Mercer)2011Wayne DeAngeloHamilton Township (Mercer)2008District 15Verlina Reynolds-JacksonTrenton2018Anthony VerrelliHopewell Township (Mercer)2018District 16Roy FreimanHillsborough Township2018Sadaf JafferMontgomery Township2022District 17Joseph DanielsenFranklin Township (Somerset)2014Joseph V. EganNew Brunswick2002District 18Robert KarabinchakEdison2016Nancy PinkinEast Brunswick2014District 19Craig CoughlinWoodbridge Township2010Yvonne LopezPerth Amboy2018District 20Reginald AtkinsRoselle2022Annette QuijanoElizabeth2008District 22Linda CarterPlainfield2018James J. KennedyRahway2016District 27Mila JaseySouth Orange2007John F. McKeonWest Orange2002District 28Jackie YusteinGlen Ridge2008Cleopatra TuckerNewark2008District 29Eliana Pintor MarinNewark2013Shanique SpeightNewark2018District 30Avi SchnallLakewood Township2024District 31William SampsonBayonne2022Angela V. McKnightJersey City2016District 32Angelica M. JimenezWest New York2012Pedro MejiaSecaucus2018District 33Annette ChaparroHoboken2016Raj MukherjiJersey City2014District 34Thomas P. GiblinMontclair2006Britnee TimberlakeEast Orange2018District 35Shavonda E. SumterPaterson2012Al AbdelazizPaterson2025District 36Clinton CalabreseCliffside Park2018Gary SchaerPassaic2006District 37Shama HaiderTenafly2022Ellen ParkEnglewood Cliffs2022District 38Lisa SwainFair Lawn2018Chris TullyBergenfield2018

Mayors Newark: Ras Baraka (1) Jersey City: Steven Fulop (2) Paterson: Andre Sayegh (3) Elizabeth: J. Christian Bollwage (4) Woodbridge Township: John McCormac Union City: Brian P. Stack

List of chairmen and chairwomen

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

External links New Jersey Democratic State Committee