Everything about The New Jersey Senate totally explained
The
New Jersey Senate is the
upper house of the
New Jersey Legislature. It consists of 40 Senators, who are elected in a "2-4-4" cycle, representing districts with average populations of 210,359 (2000 figures). The "2-4-4" cycle was put into place so that Senate elections can reflect the changes made to the district boundaries on the basis of the decennial
United States Census. (If the cycle were not put into place, then the boundaries would sometimes be four years out of date before being used for Senate elections. Rather, with the varied term, the boundaries are only two years out of date). Thus elections for Senate seats take place in years ending with a "1", "3" or "7" (for example, 2001, 2003 and 2007 this decade).
Interim appointments are made to fill vacant legislative seats by the county committee or committees of the party of the vacating person. The office is on the ballot for the next general election (regardless if all other Senate seats are up in that year, such as in years ending with a "5" or "9", such as 2005 and 2009 this decade), unless the vacancy occurred within 51 days of the election. Then the appointment stands until the following general election.
Currently there are 23
Democratic Senators, and 17
Republican Senators.
Senatorial courtesy
Senatorial courtesy is a Senate tradition that allows home county legislators to intercede to prevent consideration of a local resident nominated by the Governor for a position that requires Senate confirmation. Shortly after the nomination, two members of the Senate from
Essex County, where Rabner resides, blocked consideration of his confirmation by invoking senatorial courtesy. State Senator
Ronald Rice had initially blocked the nomination, but relented on
June 15,
2007, after a meeting with the governor.
Nia Gill dropped her block on
June 19,
2007, but didn't explain the nature of her concerns, though anonymous lawmakers cited in
The New York Times indicated that the objection was due to Rabner's race and Governor Corzine's failure to consider a minority candidate for the post.
Also in June 2007,
Loretta Weinberg used senatorial courtesy privileges to hold up consideration of a new term in office for Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli.
Leadership
The leadership for the 213th legislative session, which started on
January 8,
2008, is as follows:
List of New Jersey State Senators (by District)
District 1: Jeff Van Drew (D)
District 2: Jim Whelan (D)
District 3: Stephen M. Sweeney (D)
District 4: Fred H. Madden (D)
District 5: Dana Redd (D)
District 6: John Adler (D)
District 7: Diane Allen (R)
District 8: Phil Haines (R)
District 9: Christopher J. Connors (R)
District 10: Andrew R. Ciesla (R)
District 11: Sean T. Kean (R)
District 12: Jennifer Beck (R)
District 13: Joseph M. Kyrillos (R)
District 14: Bill Baroni (R)
District 15: Shirley Turner (D)
District 16: Christopher Bateman (R)
District 17: Bob Smith (D)
District 18: Barbara Buono (D)
District 19: Joseph Vitale (D)
District 20: Raymond Lesniak (D)
District 21: Thomas Kean, Jr. (R)
District 22: Nicholas Scutari (D)
District 23: Leonard Lance (R)
District 24: Steve Oroho (R)
District 25: Anthony Bucco (R)
District 26: Joseph Pennacchio (R)
District 27: Richard Codey (D)
District 28: Ronald Rice (D)
District 29: Teresa Ruiz (D)
District 30: Robert Singer (R)
District 31: Sandra Bolden Cunningham (D)
District 32: Nicholas Sacco (D)
District 33: Brian P. Stack (D)
District 34: Nia Gill (D)
District 35: John Girgenti (D)
District 36: Paul Sarlo (D)
District 37: Loretta Weinberg (D)
District 38: Robert M. Gordon (D)
District 39: Gerald Cardinale (R)
District 40: Kevin J. O'Toole (R) Further Information
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