New Jersey Democratic State Committee

Political party

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.^[2] 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, 9 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:

• 
  Junior U.S. Senator Cory Booker

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 two vacancies due to the deaths of incumbents:

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

Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States (1913–1921)

• 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