New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...
's 30th legislative district is one of 40 districts that make up the map for the
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 ...
. It covers the
Monmouth County
Monmouth County () is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is bordered to its west by Mercer and Middlesex Counties, to its south by Ocean County, to its east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to its north by ...
municipalities of
Avon-by-the-Sea,
Belmar,
Farmingdale,
Howell Township,
Lake Como
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, and
Wall Township and the
Ocean County
Ocean County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the southernmost county in the New York metropolitan area. The county borders the Atlantic Ocean on the east and in terms of total area is the state's largest county. Its co ...
municipality of
Lakewood Township.
Demographic information
As of the
2020 United States census, the district had a population of 269,949, of whom 179,028 (66.3%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 226,943 (84.1%)
White
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, 6,638 (2.5%)
African American
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, 988 (0.4%)
Native American, 4,395 (1.6%)
Asian, 62 (0.0%)
Pacific Islander
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, 15,059 (5.6%) from
some other race, and 15,864 (5.9%) from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race were 28,506 (10.6%) of the population.
The district had 168,561 registered voters , of whom 68,776 (40.8%) were registered as
unaffiliated, 63,444 (37.6%) were registered as
Republicans
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, 34,659 (20.6%) were registered as
Democrats, and 1,682 (1.0%) were registered to other parties.
Political representation
The legislative district is entirely within
4th
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congressional district.
During the
221st Legislature, this is one of two legislative districts in the state (along with the 8th) where both parties hold at least one seat.
Apportionment history
When the 40-district legislative map was created in 1973, the 30th district was based in
Essex
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and
Hudson
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counties. It consisted of the
Ironbound
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neighborhood and a part of the North Ward of
Newark and
Belleville in Essex County, and
Harrison
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Australia
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Canada
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,
East Newark,
Kearny, and
Secaucus
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in Hudson County.
[ This district elected one of the few independents ever elected to the Legislature when in 1973, controversial Newark activist ]Anthony Imperiale
Anthony M. Imperiale Sr. (July 10, 1931 – December 27, 1999) was a member of the New Jersey Legislature from Newark, New Jersey.
Early life
Anthony Michael Imperiale, Sr. was born on July 10, 1931, in Newark, New Jersey. He later served in th ...
won a term in the Senate in 1973, though he would later serve in the Assembly from the district as a Republican.Verona
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, and Cedar Grove, entirely in Essex County.[
As the population began to shift away from the immediate suburbs of New Jersey cities in the 1980s, the 1991 Apportionment Commission using data collected from the 1990 census eliminated the 30th district as it existed in Essex County and shifted it to the fast-growing areas of Burlington, Monmouth, and Ocean counties.]Borough
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History
...
and Township
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, Eastampton Township, Florence Township, Bordentown City
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and Township
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, the four panhandle
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municipalities of Monmouth County (Allentown Allentown may refer to:
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, Upper Freehold Township, Roosevelt, and Millstone Township), and Ocean County's Plumsted, Jackson
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, and Lakewood townships.[ Though unaffiliated voters make up most of the district, they tended to vote for the Republican candidates in this area and no Democrat had been elected to the 30th since it was shifted to this area until 2023.][ The 2011 redistricting compacted the district to Lakewood, Wall, and Howell townships, and other shoreline boroughs.][ As a result of the district shift, incumbent Assemblyman Joseph R. Malone announced his retirement and incumbent 11th district Senator Sean T. Kean dropped down to running for an Assembly seat to avoid a ]primary
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Work ...
fight with Senator Robert Singer.New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control
The New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (Division of ABC or, simply, ABC) is an agency of the government of the state of New Jersey that regulates commerce in alcoholic beverages in that state.
The 21st Amendment to the United Stat ...
. Former Wall Township Mayor Ned Thomson
Edward H. Thomson III (born 1953) is an American Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician who represented the New Jersey's 30th legislative district, 30th Legislative District in the New Jersey New Jersey General Assembly, G ...
was selected by local Republican committee members as a replacement from a ballot of three candidates, and was sworn in on August 24.
Election history
Election results
Senate
General Assembly
References
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Ocean County, New Jersey
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