The 217th New Jersey Legislature began on January 12, 2016 and ended on January 9, 2018, in the last two years of the Governorship of Chris Christie.

Background

The elections for the Assembly were held on November 3, 2015, while elections for the Senate, and Assembly were held on November 5, 2013 alongside the

2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election The 2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2013, to elect the governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Republican Governor Chris Christie ran for reelection to a second term in office. He faced Democratic nominee Barbara Buon ...

. In the 2015 Assembly elections Democrats gained four seats in the assembly giving them over 50 seats in the Assembly. The incumbents that lost re-election were

Sam Fiocchi Samuel L. Fiocchi (born October 1, 1952) is an American Republican politician who has represented the 1st Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from January 14, 2014 to January 12, 2016. He took office after he defeated Nelson ...

Mary Pat Angelini Mary Pat Angelini (born December 8, 1954) is an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly for the 11th legislative district from 2008 to 2016. Education Angelini graduated with a Bachelor of Social Wo ...

Caroline Casagrande Caroline Casagrande (born November 21, 1976) is a former American government official and political appointee in the administration of President Donald J. Trump who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Academic Programs at the U.S. ...

, and

Donna Simon Donna M. Simon (born March 25, 1960) is an American Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey New Jersey General Assembly, General Assembly, representing the New Jersey's 16th legislative distric ...

Party composition

Assembly

Senate

Leadership

Senate

Assembly

Speaker: Vincent Prieto Majority Leader:

Louis Greenwald Louis D. Greenwald (born March 11, 1967) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has represented the 6th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since taking office on January 9, 1996. He has served as the Assembly Majo ...

Minority Leader: Jon Bramnick

Members

Senate

The

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

has 40 members, one for each district.

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 ...

Accessed March 20, 2019 † First appointed to the seat

Former members from this term

¹ O'Toole had previously served in the Senate from 2001 to 2002

Committees and Committee Chairs, 2016-2017 Legislative Session

Committee chairs are: (All are Democrats)New Jersey Legislature Committees and Membership 2016-2017 Legislative Session
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Background

Party composition

Assembly

Senate

Leadership

Senate

Assembly

Members

Senate

Former members from this term

Committees and Committee Chairs, 2016-2017 Legislative Session

Assembly

Former members from this term

Vacancies

Senate

Assembly

See also

Notes

References