Democratic Party of New Jersey
Chairperson	LeRoy J. Jones Jr.
Headquarters	194-196 West State StreetTrenton, NJ
Membership(2025)	2,535,498[1]
National affiliation	Democratic Party
Colors	Blue
U.S. Senate seats	2 / 2
U.S. House seats	9 / 12
State Senate seats	25 / 40
State General Assembly seats	52 / 80
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Website
www.njdems.org
Politics of New Jersey Elections

TheNew Jersey Democratic State Committee (NJDSC) is the affiliate of theDemocratic Party in theU.S. state ofNew Jersey.LeRoy J. Jones Jr. is the chair and Peg Schaffer is the vice chair.^[2] Its main rival is theNew Jersey Republican Party.

It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling every statewide office, including both of the state'sU.S. Senate seats and thegovernorship, as well as 9 out of 12U.S. House seats and both chambers of thestate legislature.

The NJDSC has a 13-member executive committee. The party also has a county chair for each of the state's 21 counties.

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, 7 of the state's 12 U.S. House seats, and the governor's and lieutenant governor's offices.

Democrats have controlled both of New Jersey's seats in theU.S. Senate since2013:

• 
  Senior U.S. SenatorCory Booker
• 
  Junior U.S. SenatorAndy Kim

Out of the 12 seats New Jersey is apportioned in theU.S. House of Representatives, 9 are held by Democrats:

District	Member	Photo
1st	Donald Norcross
3rd	Herb Conaway
5th	Josh Gottheimer
6th	Frank Pallone
8th	Rob Menendez
9th	Nellie Pou
10th	LaMonica McIver
11th	Mikie Sherrill
12th	Bonnie Watson Coleman

Democrats control the New Jersey governorship and the lieutenant governorship.

• 
  GovernorPhil Murphy
• 
  Lieutenant GovernorTahesha Way

• President of the Senate:Nicholas Scutari
  • Majority Leader:Teresa Ruiz
  • President Pro Tempore:Shirley Turner
  • Deputy Majority Leader:Paul Sarlo
• Speaker of the Assembly:Craig Coughlin
  • Majority Leader:Louis Greenwald
  • Speaker Pro Tempore:Annette Quijano

• 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

• 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)

• New Jersey Democratic State Committee

• New Jersey Democratic State Committee
• Democratic Party (United States) by state
• Political parties in New Jersey

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