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Of f i c e o f L E G I S L AT I V E S E R V I C E SNew Jersey Legislature

DISTRICT 1 All of Cape May and parts of Atlantic and Cumberland Counties

AssemblymanErik K. Simonsen (R)

Senator Michael L. Testa, Jr. (R)

Assemblyman Antwan L. McClellan (R)

DISTRICT 2 Part of Atlantic County

Senator Chris A. Brown (R)

Deputy Conference Leader

Assemblyman John P. Armato (D)

Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo (D)

DISTRICT 3 All of Salem and parts of Cumberland and Gloucester Counties

Senator Stephen M. Sweeney (D)

Senate President

Assemblyman John J. Burzichelli (D)

Deputy Speaker/Appropriations Chair

Assemblyman Adam J. Taliaferro (D)Deputy Parliamentarian

DISTRICT 5 Parts of Camden and Gloucester Counties

Senator Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D)

Assemblyman William W. Spearman (D)

Deputy Whip

Assemblyman William F. Moen, Jr. (D)

DISTRICT 6 Parts of Burlington and Camden Counties

Senator James Beach (D)

Assistant Majority Leader

Assemblyman Louis D. Greenwald (D)

Majority Leader

Assemblywoman Pamela R. Lampitt (D)

Deputy Speaker

DISTRICT 4 Parts of Camden and Gloucester Counties

Senator Fred H. Madden, Jr. (D)

Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty (D)

Assemblywoman Gabriela M. Mosquera (D)

DISTRICT 7 Parts of Burlington County

Senator Troy Singleton (D)

Assemblyman Herb Conaway, Jr. (D)

Assemblywoman Carol A. Murphy (D)

Deputy Majority Leader

DISTRICT 8 Parts of Atlantic, Burlington and Camden Counties

Senator Dawn Marie Addiego (D)

Assemblywoman Jean Stanfield (R)

Assemblyman Ryan E. Peters (R)

DISTRICT 9 Parts of Atlantic, Burlington and Ocean Counties

Senator Christopher J. Connors (R)

Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove (R)

Policy Co-Chair

Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf (R)

Policy Co-Chair

DISTRICT 11 Part of Monmouth County

Senator Vin Gopal (D)

Majority Conference Leader

Assemblywoman Joann Downey (D)

Parliamentarian

Assemblyman Eric Houghtaling (D)Deputy Majority Leader

DISTRICT 12 Parts of Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean Counties

Senator Samuel D. Thompson (R)

Assemblyman Robert D. Clifton (R)

Assemblyman Ronald S. Dancer (R)

Deputy Republican Leader

DISTRICT 10 Part of Ocean County

Senator James W. Holzapfel (R)

Assemblyman John Catalano (R)

Assemblyman Gregory P. McGuckin (R)

DISTRICT 13 Part of Monmouth County

Senator Declan J. O’Scanlon, Jr. (R)

Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R)

Deputy Republican Whip

Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger, Ph.D. (R)

DISTRICT 14 Parts of Mercer and Middlesex Counties

Senator Linda R. Greenstein (D)Assistant Majority Leader

Assemblyman Daniel R. Benson (D)

Deputy Conference Leader

Assemblyman Wayne P. DeAngelo (D)

Deputy Speaker

DISTRICT 15 Parts of Hunterdon and Mercer Counties

Senator Shirley K. Turner (D)

Assemblyman Anthony S. Verrelli (D)

Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)

Deputy Majority Leader

DISTRICT 17 Parts of Middlesex and Somerset Counties

Senator Bob Smith (D)

Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D)

Deputy Whip

Assemblyman Joseph V. Egan (D)

Deputy Majority Leader

DISTRICT 18 Part of Middlesex County

Senator Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. (D)

Assemblyman Robert J. Karabinchak (D)

Assemblywoman Nancy J. Pinkin (D)

Deputy Speaker Pro Tempore

DISTRICT 16 Parts of Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset Counties

Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R)

Deputy Whip

Assemblyman Roy Freiman (D)

Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (D)

DISTRICT 19 Part of Middlesex County

Senator Joseph F. Vitale (D)

Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin (D)

Assembly Speaker

Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez (D)

DISTRICT 20 Part of Union County

Senator Joseph Cryan (D)

Assemblyman Jamel C. Holley (D)

Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D)

Majority Conference Leader

DISTRICT 21 Parts of Morris, Somerset and Union Counties

Senator Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R)

Republican Leader

Assemblyman Jon M. Bramnick (R)

Republican Leader

Assemblywoman Nancy F. Munoz (R)

Conference Leader

DISTRICT 23 Parts of Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren Counties

Senator Michael J. Doherty (R)

Assemblyman John DiMaio (R)

Co-Conference Leader

Assemblyman Erik Peterson (R)

Parliamentarian

DISTRICT 24 All of Sussex County and parts of Morris and Warren Counties

Senator Steven V. Oroho (R)

Republican Budget Officer

Assemblyman Parker Space (R)

Assemblyman Harold “Hal” Wirths (R)

Budget Officer

DISTRICT 22 Parts of Middlesex, Somerset and Union Counties

Senator Nicholas P. Scutari (D)

Majority Whip

Assemblyman James J. Kennedy (D)

AssemblywomanLinda S. Carter (D)

Deputy Whip

DISTRICT 25 Parts of Morris and Somerset Counties

Senator Anthony M. Bucco (R)

Assemblywoman Aura K. Dunn (R)

Assemblyman Brian Bergen (R)

DISTRICT 26 Parts of Essex, Morris and Passaic Counties

Senator Joseph Pennacchio (R)

Republican Whip

Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce (R)

Assemblyman Jay Webber (R)

Appropriations Officer

DISTRICT 27 Parts of Essex and Morris Counties

Senator Richard J. Codey (D)

Assemblywoman Mila M. Jasey (D)

Deputy Speaker

Assemblyman John F. McKeon (D)

DISTRICT 29 Part of Essex County

Senator M. Teresa Ruiz (D)

Senate President Pro Tempore

Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor Marin (D)

Budget Chair

Assemblywoman Shanique Speight (D)

DISTRICT 30 Parts of Monmouth and Ocean Counties

Senator Robert W. Singer (R)Deputy Minority Leader

Assemblyman Sean T. Kean (R)

Assemblyman Edward H. Thomson (R)

Republican Whip

DISTRICT 28 Part of Essex County

Senator Ronald L. Rice (D)

Assemblyman Ralph R. Caputo (D)

Assemblywoman Cleopatra G. Tucker (D)

DISTRICT 31 Part of Hudson County

Senator Sandra B. Cunningham (D)

Deputy Majority Leader

Assemblyman Nicholas A. Chiaravalloti (D)

Majority Whip

Assemblywoman Angela V. McKnight (D)

DISTRICT 32 Parts of Bergen and Hudson Counties

Senator Nicholas J. Sacco (D)

Assemblywoman Angelica M. Jimenez (D)

Deputy Speaker

AssemblymanPedro Mejia (D)

DISTRICT 33 Part of Hudson County

Senator Brian P. Stack (D)

Assemblywoman Annette Chaparro (D)

Assemblyman Raj Mukherji (D)

Deputy Speaker Pro Tempore

DISTRICT 35 Parts of Bergen and Passaic Counties

Senator Nellie Pou (D)

Assemblywoman Shavonda E. Sumter (D)

Assemblyman Benjie E. Wimberly (D)

Deputy Speaker

DISTRICT 36 Parts of Bergen and Passaic Counties

Senator Paul A. Sarlo (D)

Deputy Majority Leader

Assemblyman Gary S. Schaer (D)

Policy Chair/Deputy Speaker

Assemblyman Clinton Calabrese (D)

Senator Nia H. Gill (D)

Assemblyman Thomas P. Giblin (D)Deputy Majority Leader

Assemblywoman Britnee N. Timberlake (D)

DISTRICT 34 Parts of Essex and Passaic Counties

DISTRICT 37 Part of Bergen County

Senator Loretta Weinberg (D)Senate Majority Leader

Assemblyman Gordon M. Johnson (D)

Speaker Pro Tempore

Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D)

Deputy Speaker

DISTRICT 38 Parts of Bergen and Passaic Counties

SenatorJoseph A. Lagana (D)

DISTRICT 39 Parts of Bergen and Passaic Counties

Senator Gerald Cardinale (R)

Assemblyman Robert Auth (R)

Assemblywoman Holly T. Schepisi (R)

Deputy Republican Leader

AssemblywomanLisa Swain (D)

Assemblyman P. Christopher Tully (D)

Deputy Majority Leader

SENATE MEMBERS with District Number

Addiego, Dawn Marie ......................................8Bateman, Christopher “Kip” ...........................16Beach, James ..................................................6Brown, Chris A. ...............................................2Bucco, Anthony M. ........................................25Cardinale, Gerald ...........................................39Codey, Richard J. ...........................................27Connors, Christopher J. ...................................9Corrado, Kristin M. ........................................40Cruz-Perez, Nilsa .............................................5Cryan, Joseph ................................................20Cunningham, Sandra B. ................................31Diegnan, Patrick J., Jr. ...................................18Doherty, Michael J. .......................................23Gill, Nia H. .....................................................34Gopal, Vin ......................................................11Greenstein, Linda R. ......................................14Holzapfel, James W. ......................................10Kean, Thomas H., Jr. ......................................21 Lagana, Joseph A. .........................................38

Madden, Fred H., Jr. ........................................4Oroho, Steven V. ............................................24O’Scanlon, Declan J., Jr. .................................13Pennacchio, Joseph .......................................26Pou, Nellie .....................................................35Rice, Ronald L. ..............................................28Ruiz, M. Teresa ..............................................29Sacco, Nicholas J. ..........................................32Sarlo, Paul A. ................................................36Scutari, Nicholas P. ........................................22Singer, Robert W. ..........................................30Singleton, Troy .................................................7Smith, Bob ....................................................17Stack, Brian P. ...............................................33Sweeney, Stephen M. .....................................3Testa, Michael L. Jr. .........................................1Thompson, Samuel D. ...................................12Turner, Shirley K. ...........................................15Vitale, Joseph F. ............................................19Weinberg, Loretta .........................................37

Democrats: 25 Republicans: 15

DISTRICT 40 Parts of Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic Counties

Senator Kristin M. Corrado (R)

Conference Leader

Assemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)

Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney (R)

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Armato, John P. ...............................................2Auth, Robert .................................................39Benson, Daniel R. ..........................................14Bergen, Brian ................................................25Bramnick, Jon M. ..........................................21Burzichelli, John J. ..........................................3Calabrese, Clinton .........................................36Caputo, Ralph R. ...........................................28Carter, Linda S. ..............................................22Catalano, John ...............................................10Chaparro, Annette ........................................33Chiaravalloti, Nicholas A. ..............................31Clifton, Robert D. ..........................................12Conaway, Herb, Jr. ...........................................7Coughlin, Craig J. ..........................................19Dancer, Ronald S. ..........................................12Danielsen, Joe ...............................................17DeAngelo, Wayne P. ......................................14DeCroce, BettyLou .........................................26DePhillips, Christopher P. ..............................40DiMaio, John .................................................23DiMaso, Serena .............................................13Downey, Joann ..............................................11Dunn, Aura K. ...............................................25Egan, Joseph V. .............................................17Freiman, Roy .................................................16Giblin, Thomas P. ...........................................34Gove, DiAnne C. ..............................................9Greenwald, Louis D. ........................................6Holley, Jamel C. .............................................20Houghtaling, Eric ..........................................11Jasey, Mila M. ...............................................27Jimenez, Angelica M. ....................................32Johnson, Gordon M. ......................................37Karabinchak, Robert J. ..................................18Kean, Sean T. .................................................30Kennedy, James J. .........................................22Lampitt, Pamela R. .........................................6Lopez, Yvonne ...............................................19Mazzeo, Vincent ..............................................2

McGuckin, Gregory P. ....................................10McKeon, John F. ............................................27McKnight, Angela V. ......................................31McClellan, Antwan L. ......................................1Mejia, Pedro ..................................................32Moen, William F., Jr. ........................................5Moriarty, Paul D. .............................................4Mosquera, Gabriela M. ....................................4Mukherji, Raj .................................................33Munoz, Nancy F. ............................................21Murphy, Carol A. .............................................7Peters, Ryan E. ................................................8Peterson, Erik ................................................23Pinkin, Nancy J. ............................................18Pintor Marin, Eliana.......................................29Quijano, Annette ...........................................20Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina .............................15Rooney, Kevin J. ............................................40Rumpf, Brian E. ...............................................9Schaer, Gary S. ..............................................36Scharfenberger, Gerry, Ph.D. .........................13Schepisi, Holly T. ...........................................39Simonsen, Erik K. ............................................1Space, Parker .................................................24Spearman, William W. .....................................5Speight, Shanique .........................................29Stanfield, Jean ................................................8Swain, Lisa ....................................................38Sumter, Shavonda E. .....................................35Taliaferro, Adam J. ..........................................3Timberlake, Britnee N. ..................................34Thomson, Edward H. .....................................30Tucker, Cleopatra G. ......................................28Tully, P. Christopher .......................................38Vainieri Huttle, Valerie...................................37Verrelli, Anthony S. .......................................15Webber, Jay ...................................................26Wimberly, Benjie E. .......................................35Wirths, Harold “Hal” ......................................24Zwicker, Andrew............................................16

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