New Jersey Democratic State Committee

Democratic Party of New Jersey
Chairperson	LeRoy J. Jones Jr.
Governor	Phil Murphy
Lt. Governor	Sheila Oliver
Senate Majority Leader	Loretta Weinberg
Deputy Majority Leader	Paul Sarlo
Assembly Majority Leader	Louis Greenwald
Headquarters	194-196 West State Street Trenton, NJ
Membership (2021)	2,536,962[1]
Ideology	Centrism Conservatism Modern liberalism Progressivism
Political position	Center to center-left
National affiliation	Democratic Party
Colors	Blue
U.S. Senate seats	2 / 2
U.S. House seats	10 / 12
State Senate seats	25 / 40
State General Assembly seats	52 / 80
Website
www.njdems.org
Politics of New Jersey Elections

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[]

U.S. Senator Cory Booker

U.S. Representative Mikie Sherrill

Governor Phil Murphy

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:

• Class I: Bob Menendez (Senior Senator, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
• Class II: Cory Booker (Junior Senator)

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:

• NJ-01: Donald Norcross
• NJ-03: Andy Kim
• NJ-05: Josh Gottheimer
• NJ-06: Frank Pallone
• NJ-07: Tom Malinowski
• NJ-08: Albio Sires
• NJ-09: Bill Pascrell
• NJ-10: Donald Payne Jr.
• NJ-11: Mikie Sherrill
• NJ-12: Bonnie Watson Coleman

Statewide officials[]

Democrats control both of the elected statewide offices:

• Governor: Phil Murphy
• Lieutenant Governor: Sheila Oliver

State legislative leaders[]

• President of the Senate: Stephen M. Sweeney
  • Majority Leader: Loretta Weinberg
  • President Pro Tempore: Teresa Ruiz
  • Deputy Majority Leader: Paul Sarlo
• Speaker of the Assembly: Craig Coughlin
  • Majority Leader: Louis Greenwald
  • Speaker Pro Tempore: Gordon M. Johnson

State Representatives[]

New Jersey Senate[]

New Jersey Assembly[]

List of chairmen and chairwomen[]

Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States (1913–1921)

• 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