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The New Jersey Democratic State Committee (NJDSC) is the New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 state affiliate of the United States Democratic Party.

New Jersey Assemblyman
New Jersey General Assembly
The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.Since the election of 1967 , the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for a term of two years, each representing districts with average...

 John S. Wisniewski
John S. Wisniewski
John S. Wisniewski is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1996, where he represents the 19th Legislative District....

 is the Chairman and Camden
Camden, New Jersey
The city of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey. It is located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 77,344...

 Mayor Dana Redd
Dana Redd
Dana Redd is an American Democratic politician and is the current Mayor of Camden, New Jersey. Redd served in the New Jersey Senate from January 8, 2008 to January 5, 2010, representing the 5th legislative district.-Biography:...

 is the Vice-Chairwoman. They were elected on January 27, 2010.

Party structure

The NJDSC is the state affiliate of the U.S. Democratic Party with an executive committee composed of 13 state Democratic officials. In addition the party has Democratic County Chairs for each of the state's 21 counties.

Current elected officials

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 and seven of the state's thirteen U.S. House seats.

State
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Federal
  • U.S. Senate
    • Frank Lautenberg
      Frank Lautenberg
      Frank Raleigh Lautenberg is the senior United States Senator from New Jersey and a member of the Democratic Party. Previously, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Automatic Data Processing, Inc.-Early life, career, and family:...

    • Bob Menendez
  • U.S. House of Representatives
    • Rob Andrews
      Rob Andrews
      Robert Ernest "Rob" Andrews is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1990. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Camden County and parts of Burlington County and Gloucester County....

      , 1st District
      New Jersey's 1st congressional district
      New Jersey's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of New Jersey.The current U.S. Representative from the 1st district is Democrat Rob Andrews...

    • Frank Pallone
      Frank Pallone
      Frank Pallone, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously represented the 3rd district from 1988 to 1993.-Early life, education, and early political career:...

      , 6th District
      New Jersey's 6th congressional district
      New Jersey's Sixth Congressional District is currently represented by Democrat Frank Pallone. In the 2010 election, Pallone defeated Republican Anna C...

    • Bill Pascrell, 8th District
      New Jersey's 8th congressional district
      New Jersey's Eighth Congressional District is currently represented by Democrat Bill Pascrell.-Counties and municipalities in the district:For the 108th and successive Congresses , the district contains all, or portions of 2 counties and 21 municipalities.Essex County:Passaic County:2010...

    • Steve Rothman
      Steve Rothman
      Steven R. "Steve" Rothman is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:Rothman attended Washington University Law School...

      , 9th District
      New Jersey's 9th congressional district
      New Jersey's Ninth Congressional District is currently represented by Democrat Steve Rothman.-Counties and municipalities in the district:For the 108th and successive Congresses , the district contains all or portions of three counties and 37 municipalities:Bergen County:Hudson CountyPassaic...

    • Don Payne, 10th District
      New Jersey's 10th congressional district
      New Jersey's Tenth Congressional District is currently represented by Democrat Donald M. Payne.-Counties and municipalities in the district:For the 108th and successive Congresses , the district contains all or portions of 3 counties and 16 municipalities.Essex County:Hudson County:Union...

    • Rush D. Holt Jr.
      Rush D. Holt Jr.
      Rush Dew Holt, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is currently the only Quaker in Congress.-Early life and education :Rush D. Holt was born to Rush D...

      , 12th District
      New Jersey's 12th congressional district
      New Jersey's Twelfth Congressional district is currently represented by Democrat Rush D. Holt Jr. The district is known for its research centers and educational institutions such as Princeton University, Institute for Advanced Study, Johnson & Johnson and Bristol-Myers Squibb.-Voting trends:The...

    • Albio Sires
      Albio Sires
      Albio Sires is the U.S. Representative for , serving since a special election in 2006. The district includes most of Jersey City, as well as most of the Latino neighborhoods of Newark. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

      , 13th District
      New Jersey's 13th congressional district
      New Jersey's Thirteenth Congressional District was created starting with the 73rd United States Congress in 1933, based on redistricting following the United States Census, 1930. It is currently represented by Democrat Albio Sires...


Party financing

On January 19, 2006 the Star-Ledger published the findings of quarterly reports by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. The reports found that the NJDSC had raised almost $6 million and spent over $6 million in the 2005 election year. The organization representing Democratic Members of the Assembly, called the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee, had raised a little over $6.5 million and spent about $6.7 million. The organization representing Democratic State Senators, called the Senate Democratic Majority, had raised approximately $1.3 million and spent $1 million. In total the three State Democratic organizations had raised nearly $14 million and spent about $14.1 million in 2005.

In comparison the New Jersey Republican State Committee
New Jersey Republican State Committee
The New Jersey Republican State Committee is the affiliate of the Republican Party in New Jersey. The Committee was founded in 1880. The party is led by Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee Sam Raia of Saddle River, New Jersey.-Membership:...

, the state affiliate of the Republican Party, had raised about $2.2 million and spent $2.1 million. The organization representing Republican Assemblymen called the Assembly Republican Victory had raised $2.2 million and spent $2.4 million. The organization representing the Republican State Senators called the Senate Republican Majority had raised a little more than $700,000 and spent about $640,000. In total the three State Republican organizations had raised $5.2 million and spent around $5.2 million. http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1137650110316870.xml&coll=1 http://www.elec.state.nj.us/index.html

List of chairmen and chairwomen

  • James R. Nugent (1908 – 1911)
  • Edward E. Grosscup (1911 – 1919)
  • Charles F. McDonald (1919 – 1922)
  • Harry Heher
    Harry Heher
    Harry Heher was a New Jersey Supreme Court Justice and Democratic Party leader.He was born in 1889 in Trenton, New Jersey to John and Anne Heher. He attended the Cathedral School and Trenton High School, graduating in 1907. As was the practice at the time, he read law with a Trenton lawyer...

     (1922 – 1932)
  • Mary Teresa Norton
    Mary Teresa Norton
    Mary Teresa Norton was an American politician. The sixth woman in the United States Congress, she was the first from an Eastern state , and the first non-Republican ....

     (1932 – 1935)
  • William H. Kelly (1935 – 1938)
  • David T. Wilentz
    David T. Wilentz
    David Theodore Wilentz was the Attorney General of New Jersey from 1934 to 1944. In 1935 he successfully prosecuted Bruno Hauptmann in the Lindbergh kidnapping trial...

     (1938)
  • Crawford Jamieson (1939)
  • Mary Teresa Norton
    Mary Teresa Norton
    Mary Teresa Norton was an American politician. The sixth woman in the United States Congress, she was the first from an Eastern state , and the first non-Republican ....

     (1940 – 1944)
  • Edward J. Hart
    Edward J. Hart
    Edward Joseph Hart was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 14th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1935-1955.-Early years and education:Hart was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on March 25, 1893, where he...

     (1944 – 1953)
  • Charles R. Howell
    Charles R. Howell
    Charles Robert Howell was an American Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1955....

     (1953 – 1954)
  • George E. Brunner
    George E. Brunner
    George Edward Brunner was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who served as the Mayor of Camden, New Jersey from 1936 to 1959.-Biography:...

     (1954 – 1961)
  • Thorn Lord
    Thorn Lord
    Balfour Bowen Thorn Lord was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from New Jersey.-Biography:Lord was born in 1906 in Plainfield, New Jersey to Carroll P. Lord, a New England cotton merchant, and Frances E. Troy of Asheville, North Carolina. The family moved South two years later...

     (1961 – 1965)
  • Robert J. Burkhardt
    Robert J. Burkhardt
    Robert James Burkhardt was an American Democratic Party politician who served as Secretary of State of New Jersey and chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee....

     (1965 – 1969)
  • Salvatore A. Bontempo
    Salvatore A. Bontempo
    Salvatore A. Bontempo was an American Democratic Party politician who served as chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee.Bontempo was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1909...

     (1969 – 1973)
  • James P. Dugan
    James P. Dugan
    James P. Dugan is an American Democratic Party lawyer and politician who served in the New Jersey Senate and as chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee....

     (1973 – 1977)
  • Richard J. Coffee
    Richard J. Coffee
    Richard J. Coffee is an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who served in the New Jersey Senate and as chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee.-Biography:...

     (1977 – 1981)
  • James F. Maloney (1981 – 1985)
  • Raymond M. Durkin
    Raymond M. Durkin
    Raymond M. 'Ray' Durkin is an American Democratic party politician from New Jersey who has served as chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee as well as the Essex County Democratic Committee....

     (1985 – 1990)
  • Philip M. Keegan (1990 – 1992)
  • Raymond Lesniak
    Raymond Lesniak
    Raymond J. "Ray" Lesniak is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1983, where he represents the 20th Legislative District. Before entering New Jersey's upper house, the Senate, Lesniak served in the General Assembly from 1978 to 1983...

     (1992 – 1994)
  • Tom Byrne (1994 – 1997)
  • Thomas P. Giblin
    Thomas P. Giblin
    Thomas P. Giblin is an American Democratic Party politician, who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly where he represents the 34th legislative district, having taken office on January 10, 2006...

     (1997 – 2001)
  • Joseph J. Roberts (2001 – 2002)
  • Bonnie Watson Coleman
    Bonnie Watson Coleman
    Bonnie Watson Coleman is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1998, where she represents the 15th Legislative District....

     (2002 – 2006)
  • Joseph Cryan
    Joseph Cryan
    Joseph Cryan is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2002, where he represents the 20th Legislative District...

     (2006 – 2010)
  • John S. Wisniewski
    John S. Wisniewski
    John S. Wisniewski is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1996, where he represents the 19th Legislative District....

    (2010 – present)

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