American legislative district
New Jersey's 13th legislative districtMonmouth County municipalities ofAberdeen Township ,Atlantic Highlands ,Hazlet ,Highlands ,Holmdel Township ,Keansburg ,Keyport ,Little Silver ,Marlboro Township ,Middletown Township ,Monmouth Beach ,Oceanport ,Rumson ,Sea Bright ,Union Beach andWest Long Branch .[ 1]
Demographic characteristics [ edit ] As of the2020 United States census , the district had a population of 227,695, of whom 178,696 (78.5%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 181,986 (79.9%)White , 6,158 (2.7%)African American , 355 (0.2%)Native American , 17,581 (7.7%)Asian , 40 (0.0%)Pacific Islander , 5,858 (2.6%) fromsome other race , and 15,717 (6.9%) from two or more races.[ 2] [ 3] Hispanic orLatino of any race were 19,915 (8.7%) of the population.[ 4]
The district had 183,388 registered voters as of December 1, 2021, of whom 74,386 (40.6%) were registered asunaffiliated , 56,393 (30.8%) were registered asRepublicans , 50,499 (27.5%) were registered asDemocrats , and 2,110 (1.1%) were registered to other parties.[ 5]
Political representation [ edit ] For the2024-2025 session , the13th legislative district of theNew Jersey Legislature is represented in theNew Jersey Senate byDeclan O'Scanlon (R ,Little Silver ) and in theGeneral Assembly byVicky Flynn (R,Holmdel Township ) andGerard Scharfenberger (R,Middletown Township ).[ 6]
The legislative district overlaps withNew Jersey's 4th and6th congressional districts.
In the interim period between the 1964Supreme Court decisionReynolds v. Sims Bergen County . Senators were electedat-large from the entire county (four members in the 1965 election, five in the 1967 and 1971 elections) while the district was split into five Assembly districts that each elected two members.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
The members elected to the Senate from this district are as follows:[ 7] [ 10] [ 11]
^ Resigned November 29, 1973 to become a Bergen County Prosecutor ^ Resigned November 29, 1973 to become a Bergen County judge The members elected to the Assembly from each district are as follows:[ 10] [ 12] [ 11]
^ Resigned September 1, 1971 ^ Resigned April 30, 1973 to become personal counsel to Gov.William T. Cahill District composition since 1973 [ edit ] When the 40-district legislative map was created in 1973, the 13th district was located in the capital region of the state, only includingTrenton andHamilton Township inMercer County .[ 13] Matawan ) andOld Bridge Township inMiddlesex County .[ 14] Spotswood in Middlesex County was added to the 13th.[ 15] 2001 with the exception of the addition of Holmdel.[ 16] 2011 redistricting , the 13th district was located entirely in Monmouth County by removing Old Bridge and adding some of boroughs in the northeast corner of the county including Atlantic Highlands, Highlands, Monmouth Beach, and Oceanport. West Long Branch was added in 2023, whileFair Haven, New Jersey was shifted to the11th legislative district .[ 1] [ 17]
Helen Chiarello Szabo took office in a November 1976 special election to succeedS. Howard Woodson , who resigned in September 1976 to head theNew Jersey Civil Service Commission . In turn, Szabo stepped down in September 1978 to become the superintendent of elections inMercer County and was succeeded in a November 1978 special election byGerald R. Stockman .[ 18]
^ Resigned September 27, 1976 to become head of New Jersey Civil Service Commission ^ Elected in November 1976 special election, sworn in on November 8, 1976 ^ Resigned September 25, 1978 to become Mercer County elections superintendent ^ Elected in November 1978 special election, sworn in November 13, 1978 ^ Resigned July 19, 1991 to take a job at theSports and Exposition Authority ^ Appointed to the Senate on July 29, 1991 [ edit ] [ edit ] 1965 New Jersey general election [ 7] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Ned J. Parsekian 174,438 14.1 Democratic Matthew Feldman 159,236 12.9 Democratic Jeremiah F. O'Connor 156,888 12.7 Democratic Alfred W. Kiefer 152,844 12.4 Republican Peter Moraites 148,092 12.0 Republican Marion West Higgins 148,035 12.0 Republican Arthur W. Vervaet 144,890 11.7 Republican Nelson G. Gross 143,532 11.6 Conservative Thomas J. Moriarty 4,408 0.4 Fusion Louis Berns 1,256 0.1 Total votes 1,233,619 100.0
1967 New Jersey general election [ 10] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Fairleigh Dickinson, Jr. 191,260 13.1 Republican Joseph C. Woodcock, Jr. 177,982 12.2 Republican Alfred D. Schiaffo 172,420 11.8 Republican Garrett W. Hagedorn 171,596 11.8 Republican Willard B. Knowlton 167,379 11.5 Democratic Ned J. Parsekian 117,609 8.1 Democratic Matthew Feldman 114,760 7.9 Democratic Jeremiah F. O'Connor 113,888 7.8 Democratic Gerald A. Calabrese 105,450 7.2 Democratic Alfred W. Kiefer 104,869 7.2 Conservative William Craig Kennedy 4,950 0.3 Conservative Thomas J. Moriarty 4,724 0.3 Conservative John J. Murray 4,402 0.3 Conservative Irving F. Kent 4,172 0.3 Conservative Frank Monte 4,154 0.3 Total votes 1,459,615 100.0
1971 New Jersey general election [ 11] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Harold C. Hollenbeck 158,615 11.3 Republican Joseph C. Woodcock, Jr. 157,280 11.2 Republican Garrett W. Hagedorn 153,203 10.9 Republican Alfred D. Schiaffo 151,806 10.8 Republican Frederick E. Wendel 150,962 10.8 Democratic John J. McCarthy 128,109 9.1 Democratic Raymond Garramone 125,154 8.9 Democratic Alfred W. Kiefer 124,083 8.8 Democratic Sidney Aglow 123,857 8.8 Democratic Lee M. Carlton 119,262 8.5 Nobody’s Rubber Stamp Willard B. Knowlton 11,668 0.8 Total votes 1,403,999 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1969[ 12] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Richard J. Vander Plaat 36,155 29.0 Republican William M. Crane 35,098 28.1 Democratic John A. Conte 26,735 21.4 Democratic Clifford G. Steele 26,002 20.9 National Conservative Gertrude E. Unsel 713 0.6 Total votes 124,703 100.0
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