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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate; State General Assembly; State delegation to the U.S. Senate; State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives; For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
In 2006, the Supreme Court of New Jersey ordered the state to provide the rights and benefits of marriage to gay and lesbian couples. The following year, New Jersey became the third state in the U.S. (after Connecticut and Vermont) to offer civil unions to same-sex couples. In 2013, the state supreme court ruled that New Jersey must allow same ...
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 9 out of 12 U.S. House seats and both chambers of the state legislature.
Sep 17, 2024; Wayne, NJ, USA; (from left) Melissa Chalhoub, Alinne Ramirez, and Isabell Elliot register to vote during New Jersey’s Ballot Bowl Kick-Off at William Paterson University.
New Jersey's 28th legislative district is one of 40 in the New Jersey Legislature. The district includes the Essex County municipalities of Maplewood , Irvington and South Orange , along with portions of Newark (which is also part of the 29th district ); and the Union County municipality of Hillside .
Renee C. Burgess is a Democratic Party politician who was selected in September 2022 to fill the seat in the New Jersey Senate representing New Jersey's 28th legislative district that had been held by Ronald Rice until he left office due to health issues after serving 35 years in office.
The well-connected wife of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy dropped her bid to succeed Menendez, who had said days before that he wouldn’t seek another term as a Democrat, in the blue-tilting state.
Re-elected, but resigned on election to New Jersey State Senate. Nellie Pou: Democratic: 9th: 2025 – present Elected in 2024. Incumbent. D. Lane Powers: Republican: 4th: 1933 – 1945 Elected in 1932. Resigned to become a member of the Public Utilities Commission of New Jersey Le Gage Pratt: Democratic: 8th: 1907 – 1909 Elected in 1906 ...