New Jersey politics

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New Jersey politics encompasses the governmental processes, political culture, and power dynamics within the state of New Jersey, including its elections, parties, and public policy debates.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political system ⓘ
state-level politics ⓘ
allowsInitiativeOrReferendumStatewide no (only legislatively referred questions) ⓘ
assemblyMemberTermLength 2 years ⓘ
campaignFinanceRegulator New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) ⓘ
congressionalRedistrictingBody New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countyCount 21 ⓘ
currentConstitutionAdopted 1947 ⓘ
currentGovernor Phil Murphy ⓘ
currentGovernorParty Democratic Party ⓘ
currentLieutenantGovernor Tahesha Way ⓘ
dominantParties Democratic Party ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
generalAssemblyMembersCount 80 ⓘ
governorTermLength 4 years ⓘ
governorTermLimit two consecutive terms ⓘ
hasBranch executive branch of New Jersey ⓘ
judicial branch of New Jersey ⓘ
legislative branch of New Jersey ⓘ
hasCapitalCity Trenton ⓘ
hasGubernatorialElectionCycle odd-numbered years ⓘ
hasLegislativeElectionCycle odd-numbered years ⓘ
hasLieutenantGovernor yes ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentUnits counties ⓘ
municipalities ⓘ
hasPrimaryElectionType closed primary (with party registration) ⓘ
hasStateConstitution Constitution of New Jersey ⓘ
hasStatewideBallotQuestions public questions on constitutional amendments and statutes ⓘ
hasUSHouseDistrictsCount 12 ⓘ
hasUSSenatorsCount 2 ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Governor of New Jersey ⓘ
highestCourt New Jersey Supreme Court ⓘ
isKnownFor influence of county party ballot design (the line) ⓘ
machine politics in some urban counties ⓘ
strong county party organizations ⓘ
judgesAppointmentMethod appointed by governor with Senate confirmation ⓘ
judgesInitialTermLength 7 years ⓘ
judgesTenureAfterReappointment until mandatory retirement age ⓘ
judicialMandatoryRetirementAge 70 ⓘ
laborInfluence influence of building trades unions ⓘ
strong public sector unions ⓘ
legislatureName New Jersey Legislature ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
lieutenantGovernorRole succeeds governor and holds cabinet responsibilities ⓘ
locatedIn New Jersey ⓘ
lowerHouseName New Jersey General Assembly ⓘ
majorSuburbanPoliticalRegions Bergen County ⓘ
Middlesex County ⓘ
Monmouth County ⓘ
Morris County ⓘ
majorUrbanPoliticalCenters Camden ⓘ
Jersey City ⓘ
Newark ⓘ
Paterson ⓘ
municipalityCount over 560 ⓘ
notablePoliticalCultureTraits highly localized municipal politics ⓘ
pragmatic and transactional politics ⓘ
strong role of county party chairs ⓘ
notableReformArea ethics and campaign finance regulation ⓘ
public corruption prosecutions ⓘ
numberOfLegislativeDistricts 40 ⓘ
policyDebateTopics affordable housing and Mount Laurel doctrine ⓘ
casino and gambling regulation ⓘ
environmental regulation and coastal protection ⓘ
gun control ⓘ
marijuana legalization and regulation ⓘ
property taxes ⓘ
public sector pensions and benefits ⓘ
school funding ⓘ
transportation infrastructure and NJ Transit ⓘ
presidentialElectionTrend reliably Democratic since 1992 ⓘ
redistrictingBody New Jersey Apportionment Commission ⓘ
senateMembersCount 40 ⓘ
senatorTermLength 4 years (with 2-year term in first decade cycle) ⓘ
statewideOfficesElected Attorney General (historically appointed, not elected) ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General

Governor ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor ⓘ
upperHouseName New Jersey Senate ⓘ
usesGovernmentType federal presidential constitutional republic (within U.S. framework) ⓘ
voterRegistrationTends Democratic-leaning statewide in recent years ⓘ

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William E. Schluter → sphereOfActivity → New Jersey politics ⓘ
subject linked to: William E. "Bill" Schluter
Rush Holt Jr. → areaOfInfluence → New Jersey politics ⓘ
Kean political family → regionOfInfluence → New Jersey politics ⓘ
Brian P. Stack → electedIn → New Jersey state elections ⓘ
linked to: New Jersey politics
Chris Smith → areaOfActivity → New Jersey politics ⓘ
Mary Jo Codey → politicalSphereActivity → New Jersey state politics ⓘ
linked to: New Jersey politics