217th New Jersey Legislature

The 217th New Jersey Legislature began on January 12, 2016 and ended on January 9, 2018, in the last two years of the Governorship of Chris Christie.

217th New Jersey Legislature
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New Jersey State House north panorama, 2012
Overview
Legislative bodyNew Jersey Legislature
JurisdictionNew Jersey, United States
TermJanuary 12, 2016 – January 9, 2018
New Jersey Senate
Members40
PresidentStephen M. Sweeney
Minority LeaderThomas Kean Jr.
Party controlDemocratic Party
New Jersey General Assembly
Members80
SpeakerVincent Prieto
Minority LeaderJon Bramnick
Party controlDemocratic Party

Background

The elections for the Assembly where held on November 3, 2015, while elections for the Senate, and Assembly were held on November 5, 2013 alongside the 2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election. In the 2015 Assembly elections Democrats gained four seats in the assembly giving them over 50 seats in the Assembly. The incumbents that lost re-election where Sam Fiocchi, Mary Pat Angelini, Caroline Casagrande, and Donna Simon.

Party Composition

Assembly
New Jersey Assembly Partisan Breakdown, 2016-2018
Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 52
  Republican Party 28
Total 80

Senate
New Jersey Senate Partisan Breakdown, 2016-2018
Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 24
  Republican Party 16
Total 40

Leadership

Senate

Senate President: Stephen M. Sweeney

President Pro Temp.: Nia Gill

Majority Leader: Loretta Weinberg

Minority Leader: Thomas Kean Jr.

Assembly

Spaeker: Vincent Prieto

Majority Leader: Louis Greenwald

Minority Leader: Jon Bramnick

Members

Senate

The Senate has 40 members, one for each district [1]

Assembly

The Assembly has 80 members, two for each district.

Vacancies

Senate
District Original Party Period of vacancy Appointee Party of Appointee
18th Peter J. Barnes III [2] Democratic Party April 25, 2016 – May 9, 2016 Patrick J. Diegnan Democratic Party
40th Kevin J. O'Toole [3] Republican Party July 1, 2017 – October 5, 2017 Kristin Corrado Republican Party
2nd Jim Whelan[4] Democratic Party August 22, 2017 – October 5, 2017 Colin Bell Democratic Party

Assembly
District Original Party Period of vacancy Appointee Party of Appointee
18th Patrick J. Diegnan [5] Democratic Party May 9, 2016 – May 26, 2016 Robert Karabinchak Democratic Party
29th L. Grace Spencer [6] Democratic Party June 30, 2016 – July 21, 2016 Blonnie R. Watson Democratic Party
40th Scott Rumana[7] Republican Party October 20, 2016-??? Kevin J. Rooney Republican Party
30th Dave Rible [8] Republican Party July 17, 2017 – August 24, 2017 Ned Thomson Republican Party

See also

References
  1. , New Jersey Legislature. Accessed March 20, 2019.
  2. Johnson, Brent. "N.J. Senate confirms colleague to become state judge", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 25, 2016. Accessed March 20, 2019.
  3. Cowen, Richard (July 26, 2017). "Corrado tapped to replace O'Toole in state Senate". NorthJersey.com. Retrieved March 20, 2019. Republicans in the 40th District on Wednesday selected Kristin Corrado to finish the unexpired Senate term of Kevin O'Toole, who resigned on July 1.
  4. Jackson, Vincent; Huba, Nicholas (August 23, 2017). "Sen. Jim Whelan suffered heart attack at Atlantic City home". The Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  5. Johnson, Brent. "Meet the newest member of the N.J. Legislature", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 26, 2016. Accessed March 20, 2019. "Robert Karabinchak, a Democrat, was appointed to represent Middlesex County's 18th District in the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. He replaces Patrick Diegnan, a Democrat who recently moved across the Statehouse to replace Patrick [sic] Barnes III in the state Senate after Barnes was appointed as a state Superior Court judge in Middlesex County."
  6. Johnson, Brent. "N.J. Assemblywoman becomes judge, leaves seat open", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 1, 2016. Accessed March 20, 2019. "Grace Spencer, who has represented New Jersey's largest city for eight years in the state Assembly, has been confirmed to become a state Superior Court judge in Essex County.... Gov. Chris Christie nominated Spencer (D-Essex) — whose legislative district includes Newark, the most populous municipality in the state — to the bench last month. She was confirmed by the state Senate on Thursday."
  7. Ensslin, John C. "Assembly regulates ride-hailing services, votes on more than 100 bills", Asbury Park Press, October 20, 2016. Accessed March 20, 2019. "Assembly members also gave a standing ovation to Rumana, who took part in his final session as a legislator after learning that the Senate had confirmed his appointment to a judgeship. The former Wayne mayor, is following in the footsteps of his father, who also was a Superior Court judge in Passaic County."
  8. Johnson, Brent (July 18, 2017). "Christie appoints top Republican lawmaker to state post". NJ.com. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
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