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Democratic Party of New Jersey
President	Nicholas Scutari
Chairperson	LeRoy J. Jones Jr.
Spokesperson	Craig Coughlin
Governor	Phil Murphy
Senate Majority Leader	Teresa Ruiz
Deputy Majority Leader	Paul Sarlo
Assembly Majority Leader	Louis Greenwald
Headquarters	194-196 West State Street Trenton, NJ
Membership (2021)	2,536,962
Ideology	Modern liberalism
National affiliation	Democratic Party
Colors	Blue
U.S. Senate seats	2 / 2
U.S. House seats	7 / 12
State Senate seats	25 / 40
State General Assembly seats	52 / 80
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Website
www.njdems.org
Politics of New Jersey Elections

The New Jersey Democratic State Committee (NJDSC) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of New Jersey. LeRoy J. Jones Jr. is the chair and Peg Schaffer is the vice chair. Its main rival is the New Jersey Republican State Committee.

It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling every statewide office, including both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and the governorship, as well as 7 out of 12 U.S. House seats and both chambers of the state legislature. Two Democratic representatives died in 2024.

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, 7 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 U.S. Senate since 2013:

• Senior U.S. Senator Cory Booker
• Junior U.S. Senator Andy Kim

U.S. House of Representatives

Out of the 12 seats New Jersey is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, 7 are held by Democrats, with one vacancy due to the death of an incumbent and another due to Andy Kim's resignation to become a Senator:

District	Member	Photo
1st	Donald Norcross
5th	Josh Gottheimer
6th	Frank Pallone
8th	Rob Menendez
10th	LaMonica McIver
11th	Mikie Sherrill
12th	Bonnie Watson Coleman

Statewide officials

Democrats control the New Jersey governorship and the lieutenant governorship.

• Governor Phil Murphy
• Lieutenant Governor Tahesha Way

State legislative leaders

• President of the Senate: Nicholas Scutari
  • Majority Leader: Teresa Ruiz
  • President Pro Tempore: Sandra Bolden Cunningham
  • Deputy Majority Leader: Paul Sarlo
• Speaker of the Assembly: Craig Coughlin
  • Majority Leader: Louis Greenwald
  • Speaker Pro Tempore: Benjie E. Wimberly

State representatives

New Jersey Senate

New Jersey Assembly

Mayors

• Newark: Ras Baraka (1)
• Jersey City: Steven Fulop (2)
• Paterson: Andre Sayegh (3)
• Elizabeth: J. Christian Bollwage (4)
• Woodbridge Township: John McCormac
• Union City: Brian P. Stack

List of chairmen and chairwomen

• James R. Nugent (1908–1911)
• Edward Everett Grosscup (1911–1919)
• Charles F. McDonald (1919–1922)
• Harry Heher (1922–1932)
• Mary Teresa Norton (1932–1935)
• William H. Kelly (1935–1938)
• David Theodore Wilentz (1938)
• Crawford Jamieson (1939)
• Mary Teresa Norton (1940–1944)
• Edward J. Hart (1944–1953)
• Charles R. Howell (1953–1954)
• George E. Brunner (1954–1961)
• Thorn Lord (1961–1965)
• Robert J. Burkhardt (1965–1969)
• Salvatore A. Bontempo (1969–1973)
• James P. Dugan (1973–1977)
• Richard J. Coffee (1977–1981)
• James F. Maloney (1981–1985)
• Raymond M. Durkin (1985–1990)
• Philip M. Keegan (1990–1992)
• Raymond Lesniak (1992–1994)
• Tom Byrne (1994–1997)
• Thomas P. Giblin (1997–2001)
• Joseph J. Roberts (2001–2002)
• Bonnie Watson Coleman (2002–2006)
• Joseph Cryan (2006–2010)
• John Wisniewski (2010–2013)
• John Currie (2013–2021)
• LeRoy J. Jones, Jr. (2021–present)

References

1. Winger, Richard (28 March 2021). "March 2021 Ballot Access News Print Edition". Ballot Access News. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
2. "Somerset County's Peg Schaffer Appointed New Jersey Democratic State Committee Interim Vice Chair After Lizette Delgado-Polanco Steps Down from Position". 24 April 2019.

External links

• New Jersey Democratic State Committee

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Former	Natural Law Reform (1995-2000)
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