New Jersey General Assembly, 2020–21 Term
The 219th New Jersey Legislature began on January 14, 2020, following the 2019 elections for New Jersey General Assembly, Assembly, and one special election for New Jersey Senate, Senate. It ended on January 11, 2022. Background Elections will be held in November 2019 for all 80 seats in the Assembly and one Senate seat. After Senator Jeff Van Drew resigned to join The United States House of Representatives Assemblyman Bob Andrzejczak was appointed to fill his seat, creating a special election to be held in November 2019. Cumberland County Republican Chairman Mike Testa, and former Assemblyman Sam Fiocchi announced their intentions to run for the republican nomination for senate in the 1st Legislative District (New Jersey), 1st District. In the Assembly, as of March 30, 2019, Assemblymen David W. Wolfe, David Wolfe, Michael Patrick Carroll, and Assemblywomen Amy Handlin, Patricia Egan Jones have all announced their planned retirement from the Assembly. During the June primaries 8t ...
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New Jersey Legislature
The New Jersey Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of New Jersey. In its current form, as defined by the New Jersey Constitution of 1947, the Legislature consists of two houses: the General Assembly and the Senate. The Legislature meets in the New Jersey State House, in the state capital of Trenton. History Colonial period The New Jersey Legislature was established in 1702 upon the surrender by the Proprietors of East Jersey and those of West Jersey of the right of government to Queen Anne. Anne's government united the two colonies as the Province of New Jersey, a royal colony, establishing a new system of government. The instructions from Queen Anne to Viscount Cornbury, the first royal governor of New Jersey, outlined a fusion of powers system, which allowed for an overlap of executive, legislative and judicial authority. It provided for a bicameral legislature consisting of an appointed Council and an elected General Assembly. The ...
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