James K. "Jay" Webber^[1] (born February 29, 1972) is an American lawyer andRepublican politician, who has served in theNew Jersey General Assembly since January 8, 2008, where he represents the26th legislative district. Webber has served in the Assembly as the Minority Appropriations Officer since 2018.^[2]

Webber was born inTeaneck, New Jersey. Raised inClifton, he attendedSaint Joseph Regional High School.^[3] He received aB.A. in International Studies fromJohns Hopkins University, where he wasPhi Beta Kappa and a Second Team All-American in baseball.^[4][2] He served as Budget Staffer and District Director toWilliam J. Martini during his term inCongress.^[5] After leaving Congressman Martini's office, Webber was a staff member at theManhattan Institute.^[5] Webber earned aJ.D. fromHarvard Law School^[2] and clerked forNew Jersey Supreme Court justicePeter Verniero.^[6][7]

At age 30 in 2003, Webber ran in the Republicanprimary againstincumbentstate senatorRobert Martin by running to theright of the senator.^[6] Martin defeated Webber by approximately 1,900 votes or 15 percent.^[8]

In 2007, following Martin's retirement from the Senate and incumbent AssemblymanJoseph Pennacchio deciding to run for Martin's seat, Webber ran in the Republican primary for Pennacchio's Assembly seat. IncumbentAlex DeCroce took the most votes in the June primary (9,833 votes or 41.1%) while Webber advanced to the November general election by coming in second (7,679 votes, 32.2%) defeatingKinnelon councilman Larry Casha (6,369 votes, 26.7%).^[9][10] Webber was elected in the general election and has subsequently been re-elected every two years since then.

Committee assignments for the2024—2025 Legislative Session are:^[2]

• Appropriations
• Financial Institutions and Insurance

Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in theNew Jersey Senate and two members in theNew Jersey General Assembly.^[11] The representatives from the 26th District for the2024—2025 Legislative Session are:^[12]

• SenatorJoseph Pennacchio(R)
• AssemblymanBrian Bergen(R)
• Assemblyman Jay Webber(R)

On June 11, 2009, Republican gubernatorial candidateChris Christie announced his selection of Webber to succeedTom Wilson as chairman of theNew Jersey Republican State Committee.^[13] State Committee members unanimously supported the selection of Webber in a vote on June 17, 2009.^[14] Webber announced that he would be leaving the Chairman's post in January 2011, and was succeeded bySam Raia.^[15]

On February 3, 2018, Webber announced he would officially run for the U.S. House seat representingNew Jersey's 11th congressional district, after incumbentRodney Frelinghuysen announced on January 29 that he would not seek reelection. Webber received the Republican Party nomination in the June 6 primary election, defeating Anthony Ghee and Peter DeNeufville.^[16] He was defeated by Democratic nomineeMikie Sherrill in the November general election. Sherrill won 56.2% of the vote to Webber's 42.7%, defeating him by 13.5%, a 33 percentage-point shift in the vote share towards the Democrat compared to the last election. It was the largest partisan swing of any district in the 2018 House Elections.^[17]

He is married to Johanna, with whom he has eight children. He is a resident ofMorris Plains. He owns a law firm based inWhippany.

New Jersey general election, 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jay Webber	31,810	28.2	2.1
	Republican	BettyLou DeCroce	31,766	28.2	1.9
	Democratic	Joseph R. Raich	24,732	22.0	2.6
	Democratic	E. William Edge	24,362	21.6	2.8
Total votes			'112,670'	'100.0'

New Jersey general election, 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jay Webber	13,739	30.3	2.3
	Republican	BettyLou DeCroce	13,666	30.1	2.8
	Democratic	Avery Hart	8,805	19.4	2.0
	Democratic	Wayne B. Marek	8,525	18.8	1.7
	Green	Jimmy D. Brash	666	1.5	N/A
Total votes			'45,401'	'100.0'

New Jersey general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	BettyLou DeCroce	35,352	32.9	0.9
	Republican	Jay Webber	35,028	32.6	1.2
	Democratic	Elliot Isibor	18,720	17.4	0.6
	Democratic	Joseph Raich	18,379	17.1	0.5
Total votes			'107,479'	'100.0'

New Jersey general election, 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Alex DeCroce	43,647	34.7	2.6
	Republican	Jay Webber	42,077	33.4	2.6
	Democratic	Wayne B. Marek	20,107	16.0	0.9
	Democratic	Douglas Herbert	20,015	15.9	1.2
Total votes			'125,846'	'100.0'

New Jersey general election, 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Alex DeCroce	25,342	32.1	1.9
	Republican	Jay Webber	24,307	30.8	1.7
	Democratic	David Modrak	13,488	17.1	3.0
	Democratic	Wayne Marek	13,308	16.9	2.5
	Green	Michael Spector	971	1.2	N/A
	Green	Matthew Norton	935	1.2	N/A
	Libertarian	Kenneth Kaplan	577	0.7	0.1
Total votes			'78,928'	'100.0'

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