Democratic Party of New Jersey | |
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| President | Nicholas Scutari |
| Chairperson | LeRoy J. Jones Jr. |
| Spokesperson | Craig Coughlin |
| Governor | Phil Murphy |
| Senate Majority Leader | Teresa Ruiz |
| Deputy Majority Leader | Paul Sarlo |
| Assembly Majority Leader | Louis Greenwald |
| Headquarters | 194-196 West State Street Trenton, NJ |
| Membership (2021) |  2,536,962[1] |
| Ideology | Modern liberalism |
| National affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Colors | Blue |
| U.S. Senate seats | 2 / 2
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| U.S. House seats | 8 / 12
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| State Senate seats | 25 / 40
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| State General Assembly seats | 52 / 80
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| Website | |
| www.njdems.org | |
The New Jersey Democratic State Committee (NJDSC) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of New Jersey. LeRoy J. Jones Jr. is the chair and Peg Schaffer is the vice chair.[2] Its main rival is the New Jersey Republican State Committee.
It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling every statewide office, including both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and the governorship, as well as 7 out of 12 U.S. House seats and both chambers of the state legislature. Two Democratic representatives died in 2024.
- ^ Winger, Richard (28 March 2021). "March 2021 Ballot Access News Print Edition". Ballot Access News. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ "Somerset County's Peg Schaffer Appointed New Jersey Democratic State Committee Interim Vice Chair After Lizette Delgado-Polanco Steps Down from Position". 24 April 2019.