216th New Jersey Legislature
216th New Jersey Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | New Jersey Legislature | ||||
Jurisdiction | New Jersey, United States | ||||
Term | January 14, 2014 – January 12, 2016 | ||||
New Jersey Senate | |||||
Members | 40 | ||||
President | Stephen M. Sweeney | ||||
Minority Leader | Thomas Kean Jr. | ||||
Party control | Democratic Party | ||||
New Jersey General Assembly | |||||
Members | 80 | ||||
Speaker | Vincent Prieto | ||||
Minority Leader | Jon Bramnick | ||||
Party control | Democratic Party |
The 216th New Jersey Legislature began on January 14, 2014 at the end of Chris Christie's first term as Governor of New Jersey, and ended on January 12, 2016 half way through Chris Christie's second term as Governor.
Background
The elections for the 216th Legislature were held on November 5, 2013 alongside Chris Christie's landslide re-election. In the Assembly the composition didn't change while in the Senate the composition did not change either.
Composition
Assembly
Affiliation | Members | |
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style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Democratic Party | 48 |
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Republican Party | 32 |
Total | 80 |
Senate
Affiliation | Members | |
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style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | Democratic Party | 24 |
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | | 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 |
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5th | Donald Norcross[2] | Democratic Party | November 12, 2014 – December 15, 2014 | Nilsa Cruz-Perez | Democratic Party |
Assembly
District | Original | Party | Period of vacancy | Appointee | Party of Appointee |
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17th | Upendra J. Chivukula [3] | Democratic Party | September 30, 2014 – October 16, 2014 | Joseph Danielsen | Democratic Party |
3rd | Celeste Riley [4] | Democratic Party | January 1, 2015 – January 15, 2015 | Adam Taliaferro | Democratic Party |
20th | Joseph Cryan[5] | Democratic Party | January 4, 2015 – January 29, 2015 | Jamel Holley | Democratic Party |
15th | Bonnie Watson Coleman [6] | Democratic Party | January 3, 2015 – February 5, 2015 | Elizabeth Maher Muoio | Democratic Party |
5th | Angel Fuentes[7] | Democratic Party | June 30, 2015 – November 9, 2015 | Patricia Egan Jones | Democratic Party |
24th | Alison Littell McHose[8] | Republican Party | October 17, 2015 – December 3, 2015 | Gail Phoebus | Republican Party |
5th | Gilbert "Whip" Wilson[9] | Democratic Party | December 2, 2015 – January 12, 2016 | Successor not seated in session | None |
See also
References
- ^ "Legislative Roster". njleg.state.us. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ Gaudiano, Nicole (November 12, 2014). "Norcross being sworn in today". Courier-Post. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- ^ "Commissioner Chivukula". New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- ^ Kov, Daniel J. (January 7, 2015). "New county clerk officially sworn in". The Daily Journal. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- ^ Brush, Chase (January 4, 2015). "Cryan steps into sheriff role at Union County reorganization". Politicker NJ. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- ^ Davis, Mike (January 6, 2015). "U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman sworn into Congress, holds ceremony for supporters". The Times. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- ^ Friedman, Matt (June 23, 2015). "South Jersey assemblyman resigns to take Camden County job". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- ^ Jennings, Rob (October 16, 2015). "McHose resigns from Assembly". New Jersey Herald. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- ^ Friedman, Matt (December 2, 2015). "Democratic assemblyman abruptly resigns". Politico New Jersey. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
Wilson resigned because of a 1971 law that requires sheriffs to take their oaths of office within 30 days of their elections, and because a more recent law that bans dual elected office-holding, according to Wilson attorney Bill Tambussi.