Jean Stanfield is an American politician who has served in the

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from the 8th Legislative District since 2022. She previously served in the

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, representing the 8th Legislative District from 2020 to 2022. Stanfield served as Sheriff of Burlington County from 2002 to 2019.Senator Jean Stanfield (R)

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. Accessed May 7, 2023.

Burlington County Sheriff

First elected Sheriff in 2001, Stanfield was re-elected five times as Sheriff. On February 22, 2019, she announced she would not run for a seventh term in 2019 and would resign as Sheriff on May 1 of that year.

New Jersey Assembly

After the 8th District's Senator

Dawn Addiego Dawn Marie Addiego (born October 20, 1962) is an American politician who represented the New Jersey's 8th legislative district in the New Jersey Senate from 2010 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the General Ass ...

switched her party from Republican to Democrat in early 2019, one of the district's sitting Assemblyman Joe Howarth reportedly attempted to do the same. The Burlington County Republican Party dropped support for Howarth, choosing to instead support former Burlington County Sheriff Stanfield to run with incumbent Ryan Peters. In the primary election Howarth heavily tied himself to President

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, however Stanfield and Peters beat Howarth. Stanfield, a resident of Westampton Township, and Peters faced off against Democrats Mark Natale and Gina LaPlaca in the general election. Peters and Stanfield won by a little over 1,100 votes.

New Jersey Senate

In the 2021 general election, Stanfield ran for the

New Jersey State Senate The New Jersey Senate was established as the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature by the Constitution of 1844, replacing the Legislative Council. There are 40 legislative districts, representing districts with an average population of 232, ...

against incumbent Democrat

, who had long served in public office as a Republican but switched to the Democratic Party in January 2019. With two weeks left before election day, the race for the three seats in the legislature had already attracted $3 million in spending by the candidates and outside groups. Addiego had a 12-1 fundraising margin over Stanfield. In spite of Addiego's financial advantage, Stanfield won in a close election. On January 11, 2023, Stanfield announced that she would not be a candidate for reelection. Wildstein, David
"Stanfield won’t seek re-election to State Senate seat; Freshman Republican retiring after one term"
''

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'', January 11, 2023. "State Sen. Jean Stanfield (R-Westampton) will not seek re-election to a second term this year, setting up a race for an open seat in one of the state’s most competitive legislative districts."

Committees

Committee assignments for the 2022—23 Legislative Session are: *Environment and Energy *Law and Public Safety

Electoral history

Assembly

Sheriff

References

External links

Legislative webpage
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