New Jersey's 3rd legislative district2011 apportionment the district covers the Cumberland County municipalities of Bridgeton , Deerfield Township and Upper Deerfield Township ; the Gloucester County municipalities of Clayton , East Greenwich Township , Elk Township , Franklin Township , Glassboro , Greenwich Township , Logan Township , National Park , Newfield , Paulsboro , South Harrison Township , Swedesboro , West Deptford Township , Woodbury Heights and Woolwich Township ; and all Salem County municipalities, including Alloway Township , Carneys Point Township , Elmer , Elsinboro Township , Lower Alloways Creek Township , Mannington Township , Oldmans Township , Penns Grove , Pennsville Township , Pilesgrove Township , Pittsgrove Township , Quinton Township , Salem , Upper Pittsgrove Township and Woodstown .[1]
Demographic characteristics [ edit ] As of the 2010 United States Census , the district had a population of 235,440, of whom 176,403 (74.9%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 179,956 (76.4%) White , 33,687 (14.3%) African American , 1,480 (0.6%) Native American , 3,547 (1.5%) Asian , 45 (0.0%) Pacific Islander , 10,833 (4.6%) from some other race , and 5,892 (2.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23,152 (9.8%) of the population.[2] unaffiliated , 54,020 (35.5%) were registered as Democrats , 34,715 (22.8%) were registered as Republicans , and 2,117 (1.4%) were registered to other parties.[3]
Political representation [ edit ] The district is represented for the 2020–2021 Legislative Session (Senate , General Assembly ) in the State Senate by Stephen M. Sweeney (D, West Deptford Township) and in the General Assembly by John J. Burzichelli (D, Paulsboro) and Adam Taliaferro (D, Woolwich Township).[4] [5]
It overlaps with New Jersey's 1st and 2nd congressional districts.
1965–1973 [ edit ] The 1964 Supreme Court decision in Reynolds v. Sims Camden County and elected two members to the Senate. In this case, Republican Frederick Scholz and Democrat A. Donald Bigley were sent to Trenton for a two-year term beginning in 1966.[6]
For the next three elections, the 3rd District became made up of all of Camden, Gloucester, and Salem counties and was further divided into four Assembly districts (Districts 3A, 3B, 3C, and 3D).[7] [8]
The members elected to the Senate from each district are as follows:[9] [10]
^ Removed from the Senate on June 28, 1973 after being convicted for conspiring to place drugs in Assemblyman Kenneth A. Gewertz 's home mailbox[11] [12]
^ Resigned November 29, 1973 to become a judge in the District Court in Camden County
The members elected to the Assembly from each district are as follows:[9] [13] [10]
^ Resigned July 1, 1971
^ Resigned March 9, 1971
District composition since 1973 [ edit ] Starting in 1973 with the creation of 40 equal-population districts statewide, the 3rd District was made up of all of Salem County and most of Gloucester County.[14] Delaware Bay were added.[15] Pitman and Glassboro were moved out.[16] Woodbury and the addition of Elk Township and Clayton borough.[17]
The 2011 apportionment added Franklin Township (from 4th District ), Glassboro (4th), Newfield (4th) and Woodbury Heights (5th ). Municipalities that had been in the 3rd District as part of the 2001 apportionment that were shifted out of the district are Commercial Township , Downe Township , Fairfield Township , Greenwich Township , Hopewell Township , Lawrence Township , Shiloh and Stow Creek Township (all to the 1st District ); and Harrison Township , Mantua Township and Wenonah (all to the 5th District).[17]
Election history [ edit ]
^ Switched parties on February 22, 2001
^ Resigned March 9, 2009 to become Secretary of Agriculture
^ Appointed March 19, 2009
^ Resigned January 2, 2015 to become Cumberland County Clerk
^ Appointed January 29, 2015
Election results, 1973–present [ edit ]
New Jersey general election, 2007[21]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic Stephen M. Sweeney 29,908
57.3
Republican
Mark Cimino
20,645
39.6
Get a Grip
William F. Mead
1,635
3.1
N/A
Total votes
'52,188'
'100.0'
New Jersey general election, 1991[27]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic Raymond J. Zane 31,648
60.9
Republican
G. Erwin Sheppard
16,600
32.0
No Party Deals
Frank L. Sorrentino
3,683
7.1
Total votes
51,931
100.0
Assembly [ edit ]
New Jersey general election, 1991[27]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Jack Collins 30,117
29.4
Republican Gary W. Stuhltrager 29,314
28.6
Democratic
Benjamin W. Timberman
20,241
19.8
Democratic
Nancy L. Sungenis
20,147
19.7
Populist
James H. Orr, Jr.
1,354
1.3
Populist
Albert S. Fogg, III
1,302
1.3
Total votes
102,475
100.0
Election results, 1965–1973 [ edit ] District 3 At-large [ edit ] District 3A [ edit ] District 3B [ edit ]
New Jersey general election, 1967[9]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Hugh A. Kelly
30,514
55.7
Democratic
Joseph M. Sandone
24,285
44.3
Total votes
54,799
100.0
District 3C [ edit ]
New Jersey general election, 1967[9]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican John L. Miller
29,483
61.5
Democratic
Richard S. Hyland
18,454
38.5
Total votes
47,937
100.0
District 3D [ edit ]
New Jersey general election, 1967[9]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Frank C. Italiano
18,735
52.6
Democratic
Alfred R. Pierce
16,690
46.9
Socialist Labor
Dominic W. Doganiero
171
0.5
Total votes
35,596
100.0
Assembly [ edit ] District 3A [ edit ]
New Jersey general election, 1969[13]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Joseph H. Enos
32,583
28.8
Republican Kenneth A. Black, Jr. 32,484
28.7
Democratic
Alvin G. Shpeen
24,359
21.5
Democratic
Norman Telsey
23,296
20.6
Independent Party
Tom Newman
181
0.2
Independent Party
Nicholas Halkias
154
0.1
Total votes
113,057
100.0
District 3B [ edit ] District 3C [ edit ] District 3D [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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