The New Jersey Democratic State Committee (NJDSC) is the affiliate of the

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in the

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New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

LeRoy J. Jones Jr. LeRoy J. Jones Jr. (born September 5, 1957) is an American politician who served four terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 27th Legislative District. He currently serves as Chair of the New Jersey Democratic Party, a ...

is the chair and Peg Schaffer is the vice chair.

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, 10 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

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since

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: File:Robert Menendez official Senate portrait.jpg, Senior U.S. Senator File:Cory Booker, official portrait, 114th Congress.jpg, Junior U.S. Senator

U.S. House of Representatives

Out of the 12 seats New Jersey is apportioned in the

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, 10 are held by Democrats:

Statewide officials

Democrats control both of the elected statewide offices: File:Phil Murphy for Governor (33782680673) (cropped) (cropped).jpg,

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State legislative leaders

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: Nicholas Scutari ** Majority Leader: Teresa Ruiz ** President Pro Tempore:

Sandra Bolden Cunningham Sandra Bolden Cunningham (born September 4, 1950) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2007, where she represents the 31st Legislative District. She was sworn into office on Novem ...

** Deputy Majority Leader:

Paul Sarlo Paul Anthony Sarlo (born August 31, 1968) is an American construction industry executive and Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 2003, where he represents the 36th Legislative District. Sarlo is a ...

* Speaker of the Assembly:

Craig Coughlin Craig John Coughlin (born January 31, 1958) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has represented the 19th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2010. He has served as the Speaker of the New Jersey General Ass ...

** 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 ...

** Speaker Pro Tempore: Benjie E. Wimberly

State Representatives

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List of chairmen and chairwomen

* James R. Nugent (1908–1911) *

Edward Everett Grosscup Edward Everett Grosscup (August 2, 1860 – December 16, 1933) was chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee from 1911 to 1919 and Treasurer of the State of New Jersey from 1913 to 1915. In 1916 he became the New Jersey state purchas ...

(1911–1919) * Charles F. McDonald (1919–1922) * Harry Heher (1922–1932) *

Mary Teresa Norton Mary Teresa Norton (née Hopkins; March 7, 1875 – August 2, 1959) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented Jersey City and Bayonne in the United States House of Representatives from 1925 to 1951. She was the first woman ...

(1932–1935) * William H. Kelly (1935–1938) *

David Theodore Wilentz David Theodore Wilentz (December 21, 1894 – July 6, 1988) was the Attorney General of New Jersey from 1934 to 1944. In 1935 he successfully prosecuted Bruno Hauptmann in the Lindbergh kidnapping trial. He was the father of Robert Wilentz, Ch ...

(1938) * Crawford Jamieson (1939) *

(1940–1944) * Edward J. Hart (1944–1953) *

Charles R. Howell Charles Robert Howell (April 23, 1904 in Trenton, New Jersey – July 5, 1973 in Trenton, New Jersey) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives for three terms from 1949 to 1955. ...

(1953–1954) * George E. Brunner (1954–1961) *

Thorn Lord Balfour Bowen Thorn Lord (August 24, 1906 – June 16, 1965) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from New Jersey. Biography Lord was born on August 24, 1906 in Plainfield, New Jersey to Carroll P. Lord, a New England cotton merchant ...

(1961–1965) *

Robert J. Burkhardt Robert James Burkhardt (June 10, 1916 – December 30, 1999) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as Secretary of State of New Jersey and chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee. Biography Burkardt was born in ...

(1965–1969) * Salvatore A. Bontempo (1969–1973) * James P. Dugan (1973–1977) *

Richard J. Coffee Richard J. Coffee (February 14, 1925 – February 19, 2017) was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who served in the New Jersey Senate and as chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee. Biography Coffee was born in ...

(1977–1981) * James F. Maloney (1981–1985) * Raymond M. Durkin (1985–1990) * Philip M. Keegan (1990–1992) *

Raymond Lesniak Raymond J. "Ray" Lesniak (born May 7, 1946) is an American Democratic Party politician, who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1983 to 2018, where he represented the 20th Legislative District. Before entering New Jersey's upper house, t ...

(1992–1994) * Tom Byrne (1994–1997) * Thomas P. Giblin (1997–2001) * Joseph J. Roberts (2001–2002) *

Bonnie Watson Coleman Bonnie M. Watson Coleman (born February 6, 1945) is an American politician. She has served as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district since 2015. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Watson Coleman served in th ...

(2002–2006) *

Joseph Cryan Joseph P. Cryan (born September 1, 1961 in East Orange, New Jersey) is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2018, representing the 20th Legislative District. He previously served in the New Je ...

(2006–2010) * John Wisniewski (2010–2013) * John Currie (2013–2021) * LeRoy J. Jones, Jr. (2021–present)

References

External links

New Jersey Democratic State Committee
{{U.S. Democratic Party state parties Democratic Party (United States) by state Democratic State Committee