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

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...

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 Delawa ...

. LeRoy J. Jones Jr. 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 U.S. Senate since

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U.S. House of Representatives

Out of the 12 seats New Jersey is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, 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 Nicholas Paul Scutari (born November 18, 1968) is an American politician and attorney who is the 115th and current President of the New Jersey Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2004, represen ...

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

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** Deputy Majority Leader:

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* Speaker of the Assembly:

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** Majority Leader: Louis Greenwald ** 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 (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 Edward Joseph Hart (March 25, 1893, Jersey City, New Jersey – April 20, 1961, Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 14th congressional district in the United Stat ...

(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 (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 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 Joseph J. Roberts (born July 14, 1952) is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1987 to 2010, where he represented the 5th Legislative District. He was also Speaker of the Assembly (2006– ...

(2001–2002) * Bonnie Watson Coleman (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 ...

(2006–2010) *

John Wisniewski John Scott Wisniewski ( ; born June 28, 1962) is an American Democratic Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1996 to 2018, where he represented the 19th Legislative District. He was a Democratic candidate for Gove ...

(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