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Out of the 12 seats New Jersey is apportioned in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]], two are held by Republicans:
Out of the 12 seats New Jersey is apportioned in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]], two are held by Republicans:

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===State officials===
===State officials===

Revision as of 11:09, 28 September 2021

Republican Party of New Jersey
ChairpersonBob Hugin
Senate LeaderThomas Kean Jr.
Assembly LeaderJon Bramnick
Founded1880
Headquarters150 West State Street, Suite 230
Trenton, NJ 08608
Membership (2021)Increase1,457,910[1]
IdeologyConservatism
Fiscal conservatism
Social conservatism
Trumpism
Political positionRight-wing
Colours  Red
U.S. Senate seats
0 / 2
U.S. House seats
2 / 12
Seats in the New Jersey Senate
15 / 40
Seats in the New Jersey General Assembly
28 / 80
Website
www.njgop.org

The New Jersey Republican State Committee (NJGOP) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in New Jersey. It was founded in 1880 and is currently led by Michael Lavery.[2]

Current leadership

  • Bob Hugin, Chairman
  • Lynda A. Pagliughli, Vice Chairwoman
  • Irene Kim Asbury, Secretary
  • April Bengivenga, Treasurer
  • Bill Palatucci, National Committeeman
  • Virginia Haines, National Committeewoman
  • Phil Valenziano, Executive Director

Current elected officials

The New Jersey Republican Party holds a minority in both the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate.

Members of Congress

U.S. Senate

  • None

Both of New Jersey's U.S. Senate seats have held by Democrats since 2013. Jeffrey Chiesa was the last Republican to represent New Jersey in the U.S. Senate. Appointed in 2012 by then Governor Chris Christie after the death of Senator Frank Lautenberg, Chiesa opted not to run in the special election to determine who would serve the remainder of the term. Steve Lonegan instead ran and was subsequently defeated by Democratic challenger Cory Booker. Clifford P. Case was the last Republican elected to represent New Jersey in the U.S. Senate in 1972. First elected in 1954, Case served four consecutive terms before losing the Republican primary in 1978 to Jeff Bell who himself lost the General election to Democratic challenger Bill Bradley.

U.S. House of Representatives

Out of the 12 seats New Jersey is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, two are held by Republicans:

District Member Photo
2nd Jeff Van Drew
4th Chris Smith

State officials

New Jersey Senate

New Jersey Assembly

Past elected officials

Vice President of the United States

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

1856–1874

1875–1899

1900–1924

1925–1949

1950–1974

1975–present

Governors

Notable past party members

  • Garret Hobart: First party chairman serving from 1880 till 1891. Was the 24th Vice President of the United States. Sixth Vice President to die in office.
  • Nelson G. Gross: Party chairman from 1969 till 1970. Gross was arrested and sentenced to two years for five counts of tax fraud and perjury. Gross was kidnapped and murdered on September 17, 1997.

See also

References

  1. ^ Winger, Richard. "March 2021 Ballot Access News Print Edition". Ballot Access News. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "Lavery wins race for Republican State Chairman". New Jersey Globe. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2020-12-16.

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