American legislative district
New Jersey 's35th legislative district is one of 40 districts that make up the map for theNew Jersey Legislature . It encompasses theBergen County municipalities ofElmwood Park andGarfield and thePassaic County municipalities ofHaledon ,North Haledon ,Paterson , andProspect Park .[ 1]
Demographic information [ edit ] As of the2020 United States census , the district had a population of 238,160, of whom 179,831 (75.5%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 64,563 (27.1%)White , 46,103 (19.4%)African American , 2,962 (1.2%)Native American , 12,901 (5.4%)Asian , 96 (0.0%)Pacific Islander , 79,289 (33.3%) fromsome other race , and 32,246 (13.5%) from two or more races.[ 2] [ 3] Hispanic orLatino of any race were 126,899 (53.3%) of the population.[ 4]
The district had 132,960 registered voters as of December 1, 2023[update] , of whom 62,260 (46.8%) were registered asDemocrats , 51,875 (39.0%) were registered asunaffiliated , 16,560 (12.5%) were registered asRepublicans , and 2,265 (1.7%) were registered to other parties.[ 5]
Political representation [ edit ] For the2024-2025 session , the35th legislative district of theNew Jersey Legislature is represented in theGeneral Assembly byShavonda E. Sumter (D,Paterson ) andAl Abdelaziz (D, Paterson). The 35th district is represented byBenjie Wimberly (D, Paterson) in theState Senate .[ 6]
The legislative district is located entirely withinNew Jersey's 9th congressional district congressional district.
Apportionment history [ edit ] The 35th district has been based around Paterson since its creation in 1973. The 1973 through 1981 version of the district included Paterson, Prospect Park,Hawthorne , and North Haledon.[ 7] A slight shift in the district occurred in the 1981 redistricting when North Haledon was removed, and Haledon andElmwood Park were added.[ 8] West Paterson was added and North Haledon was re-added to the district in the 1991 redistricting.[ 9] In the2001 redistricting , West Paterson swapped places withTotowa andBergen County boroughGlen Rock was added.[ 10]
^ Died March 4, 1990 ^a b Appointed to the Senate on April 5, 1990, elected to remainder of unexpired term in November 1990 ^ Appointed to the Assembly on May 17, 1990, defeated in November 1990 special election ^ Elected November 1990 special election and sworn into the Assembly shortly thereafter ^ Resigned on September 23, 1994 to become director ofDivision of Gaming Enforcement ^ Appointed to the Assembly in 1994 ^ Resigned on January 3, 1997 after being elected toCongress ^ Appointed to the Assembly on January 29, 1997 ^ Resigned on September 10, 2007 ^ Appointed to the Assembly on November 9, 2007 New Jersey general election, 1993[ 19] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic William J. Pascrell, Jr. 21,698 31.4 2.6Republican Frank Catania 17,657 25.5 0.8Democratic Alfred Steele 15,745 22.8 0.8Republican Harvey Nutter 10,999 15.9 7.0Unified Independents Anna N. Taliaferro 1,568 2.3 N/A Time for Change James A. Davis, Jr. 1,531 2.2 N/A Total votes 69,198 100.0
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