New Jersey Democratic State Committee

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.^[3] Its main rival is the New Jersey Republican Party.

Democratic Party of New Jersey
Chairperson	LeRoy J. Jones Jr.
Headquarters	194-196 West State Street Trenton, NJ
Membership (2025)	2,535,498[1]
Ideology	Modern liberalism[2]
Political position	Center-left[2]
National affiliation	Democratic Party
Colors	Blue
U.S. Senate seats	2 / 2
U.S. House seats	9 / 12
State Senate seats	25 / 40
State General Assembly seats	52 / 80
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Website
www.njdems.org
Politics of New Jersey Elections

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:

• 
  Senior U.S. Senator Cory Booker
• 
  Junior U.S. Senator Andy Kim

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:

District	Member	Photo
1st	Donald Norcross
3rd	Herb Conaway
5th	Josh Gottheimer
6th	Frank Pallone
8th	Rob Menendez
9th	Nellie Pou
10th	LaMonica McIver
11th	Mikie Sherrill
12th	Bonnie Watson Coleman

Statewide officials

Democrats control the New Jersey governorship and the lieutenant governorship.

• 
  Governor Phil Murphy
• 
  Lieutenant Governor Tahesha Way

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

District	Name	Residence	First served
District 3	John Burzichelli	Paulsboro	2024
District 4	Paul D. Moriarty	Washington Township (Gloucester)	2024
District 5	Nilsa Cruz-Perez	Barrington	2014
District 6	James Beach	Voorhees Township	2009
District 7	Troy Singleton	Palmyra	2018
District 11	Vin Gopal	Long Branch	2018
District 14	Linda R. Greenstein	Plainsboro Township	2010
District 15	Shirley Turner	Lawrence Township (Mercer)	1998
District 16	Andrew Zwicker	South Brunswick	2022
District 17	Bob Smith	Piscataway	2002
District 18	Patrick J. Diegnan	South Plainfield	2016
District 19	Joe Vitale	Woodbridge Township	1998
District 20	Joseph Cryan	Union Township (Union)	2018
District 22	Nicholas Scutari	Linden	2004
District 27	John F. McKeon	West Orange	2024
District 28	Renee Burgess	Irvington	1986
District 29	Teresa Ruiz	Newark	2008
District 31	Angela V. McKnight	Jersey City	2024
District 32	Raj Mukherji	Jersey City	2024
District 33	Brian P. Stack	Union City	2008
District 34	Britnee Timberlake	East Orange	2024
District 35	Benjie Wimberly	Paterson	2015
District 36	Paul Sarlo	Wood-Ridge	2003
District 37	Gordon M. Johnson	Englewood	2022
District 38	Joseph Lagana	Paramus	2018

New Jersey Assembly

District	Name	Residence	First served
District 4	Dan Hutchison	Gloucester Township	2024
	Cody Miller	Monroe Township	2024
District 5	William F. Moen Jr.	Runnemede	2020
	William Spearman	Camden	2018
District 6	Louis Greenwald	Voorhees Township	1996
	Melinda Kane	Cherry Hill	2025
District 7	Balvir Singh	Burlington Township	2025
	Carol A. Murphy	Mount Laurel	2018
District 8	Andrea Katz	Chesterfield Township	2024
District 14	Daniel R. Benson	Hamilton Township (Mercer)	2011
	Wayne DeAngelo	Hamilton Township (Mercer)	2008
District 15	Verlina Reynolds-Jackson	Trenton	2018
	Anthony Verrelli	Hopewell Township (Mercer)	2018
District 16	Roy Freiman	Hillsborough Township	2018
	Sadaf Jaffer	Montgomery Township	2022
District 17	Joseph Danielsen	Franklin Township (Somerset)	2014
	Joseph V. Egan	New Brunswick	2002
District 18	Robert Karabinchak	Edison	2016
	Nancy Pinkin	East Brunswick	2014
District 19	Craig Coughlin	Woodbridge Township	2010
	Yvonne Lopez	Perth Amboy	2018
District 20	Reginald Atkins	Roselle	2022
	Annette Quijano	Elizabeth	2008
District 22	Linda Carter	Plainfield	2018
	James J. Kennedy	Rahway	2016
District 27	Mila Jasey	South Orange	2007
	John F. McKeon	West Orange	2002
District 28	Jackie Yustein	Glen Ridge	2008
	Cleopatra Tucker	Newark	2008
District 29	Eliana Pintor Marin	Newark	2013
	Shanique Speight	Newark	2018
District 30	Avi Schnall	Lakewood Township	2024
District 31	William Sampson	Bayonne	2022
	Angela V. McKnight	Jersey City	2016
District 32	Angelica M. Jimenez	West New York	2012
	Pedro Mejia	Secaucus	2018
District 33	Annette Chaparro	Hoboken	2016
	Raj Mukherji	Jersey City	2014
District 34	Thomas P. Giblin	Montclair	2006
	Britnee Timberlake	East Orange	2018
District 35	Shavonda E. Sumter	Paterson	2012
	Al Abdelaziz	Paterson	2025
District 36	Clinton Calabrese	Cliffside Park	2018
	Gary Schaer	Passaic	2006
District 37	Shama Haider	Tenafly	2022
	Ellen Park	Englewood Cliffs	2022
District 38	Lisa Swain	Fair Lawn	2018
	Chris Tully	Bergenfield	2018

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

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)