New Jersey Republican Party | |
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| Chairman | Bob Hugin |
| Senate Leader | Anthony M. Bucco |
| Assembly Leader | John DiMaio |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Headquarters | 150 West State Street, Suite 230 Trenton, NJ 08608 |
| Membership (2023) |  1,556,079[1] |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colors | Red |
| U.S. Senate seats | 0 / 2 |
| U.S. House seats | 3 / 12 |
| Seats in the New Jersey Senate | 15 / 40 |
| Seats in the New Jersey General Assembly | 34 / 80 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The New Jersey Republican Party (NJGOP) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in New Jersey. It was founded in 1880 and is currently led by Bob Hugin.
Current leadership
- Bob Hugin, Chairman[2]
- Darlene Shotmeyer, Vice Chairwoman[2]
- Irene Kim Asbury, Secretary[2]
- Shaun Van Doren, Treasurer[2]
- Bill Palatucci, National Committeeman[2]
- Virginia Haines, National Committeewoman[2]
- Christine Giordano Hanlon, Strategic Advisor to the Chairman[2]
- Tom Szymanski, Executive Director[2]
- Madi Holmes, Finance & Events Director[2]
- Alexandra Wilkes, Communications Director[2]
- Luke Ferrante, Political Director[2]
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. Clifford P. Case was the last Republican elected to represent New Jersey in the U.S. Senate in 1972. 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. Two Republicans have served interim appointments to the Senate since: Nicholas F. Brady and Jeffrey Chiesa. Neither ran for election to a full term.
U.S. House of Representatives
Out of the 12 seats New Jersey is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, three are held by Republicans:
| District | Member | Photo |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Jeff Van Drew |  |
| 4th | Chris Smith |  |
| 7th | Thomas Kean Jr. |  |
State officials
New Jersey Senate
- Jon Bramnick of Westfield
- Tony Bucco of Boonton Township
- Christopher J. Connors of Lacey
- Kristin Corrado of Totowa
- Michael J. Doherty of Washington Township (Warren)
- Edward Durr of Gloucester City
- James W. Holzapfel of Toms River
- Declan O'Scanlon of Little Silver
- Joseph Pennacchio of Montville
- Vince Polistina of Egg Harbor
- Holly Schepisi of River Vale
- Robert Singer of Lakewood
- Jean Stanfield of Westampton
- Mike Testa of Vineland
New Jersey Assembly
- Robert Auth of Old Tappan
- Christian Barranco of Jefferson Township
- Brian Bergen of Denville
- Robert D. Clifton of Matawan
- Ronald S. Dancer of Plumsted
- DeAnne DeFuccio of Upper Saddle River
- Christopher DePhillips of Wyckoff
- Aura Dunn of Mendham Township
- Kim Eulner of Shrewsbury
- Vicky Flynn of Holmdel
- DiAnne Gove of Long Beach
- Don Guardian of Atlantic City
- Sean T. Kean of Wall
- Michele Matsikoudis of New Providence
- Gregory P. McGuckin of Toms River
- Bethanne McCarthy Patrick of Mannington
- Nancy Munoz of Summit
- Marilyn Piperno of Colts Neck Township
- Erik Peterson of Franklin (Hunterdon)
- Kevin J. Rooney of Wyckoff
- Brian E. Rumpf of Little Egg Harbor
- Beth Sawyer of Woolwich Township
- Gerard Scharfenberger of Middletown
- Parker Space of Wantage
- Claire Swift of Margate City
- Ned Thomson of Wall
- Michael Torrissi of Hammonton
- Brandon Umba of Medford
- Jay Webber of Morris Plains
- Hal Wirths of Wantage
- John Catalano of Brick
Past elected officials
Vice President of the United States
- Garret Hobart (1897–99)
U.S. senators
- John C. Ten Eyck (1859–65)
- Richard Stockton Field (1862–63)
- Alexander G. Cattell (1866–71)
- Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1866–69, 1871-77)
- William Joyce Sewell (1881–87, 1895–1901)
- John Kean (1899–1911)
- John F. Dryden (1902–07)
- Frank O. Briggs (1907–13)
- Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (1917–23)
- David Baird (1918–19)
- Walter Evans Edge (1919–29)
- Hamilton Fish Kean (1929–35)
- David Baird, Jr. (1929–30)
- Dwight Morrow (1930–31)
- William Warren Barbour (1931–37, 1938–43)
- Albert W. Hawkes (1943–49)
- Howard Alexander Smith (1944–59)
- Robert C. Hendrickson (1949–55)
- Clifford P. Case (1955–79)
- Nicholas F. Brady (1982)
- Jeffrey Chiesa (2013)
U.S. representatives
1856–1874
- Isaiah D. Clawson (1857–59)
- George R. Robbins (1857–59)
- William Pennington (1859–61)
- John T. Nixon (1859–63)
- John L. N. Stratton (1859–63)
- John F. Starr (1863–67)
- William A. Newell (1865–67)
- George A. Halsey (1867–73)
- William Moore (1867–71)
- John Hill (1867–73, 1881–83)
- John W. Hazelton (1871–75)
- Amos Clark, Jr. of Elizabeth (1873–75)
- William W. Phelps (1873–75, 1883–89)
- Isaac W. Scudder (1873–75)
- Marcus Lawrence Ward (1873–75)
- Samuel A. Dobbins (1873–77)
1875–1899
- Clement H. Sinnickson (1875–79)
- Thomas B. Peddie (1877–79)
- John H. Pugh (1877–79)
- John L. Blake (1879–81)
- Lewis A. Brigham (1879–81)
- Charles H. Voorhis (1879–81)
- George M. Robeson (1879–83)
- Phineas Jones (1881–83)
- John H. Brewer (1881–85)
- Benjamin F. Howey (1883–85)
- John Kean of Elizabeth (1883–85, 1887–89)
- George Hires (1885–89)
- Herman Lehlbach (1885–91)
- James Buchanan of Trenton (1885–93)
- Charles D. Beckwith (1889–91)
- Christopher A. Bergen (1889–93)
- Henry C. Loudenslager (1893–1911)
- John J. Gardner (1893–1913)
- Thomas McEwan, Jr. (1895–99)
- Mahlon Pitney (1895–99)
- Charles N. Fowler (1895–1911)
- Richard W. Parker (1895–1911, 1914–19, 1921–23)
- James F. Stewart (1895–1903)
- Benjamin F. Howell (1895–1911)
1900–1924
- William M. Lanning (1903–04)
- William H. Wiley (1903–07, 1909–11)
- Ira W. Wood (1904–13)
- Henry C. Allen (1905–07)
- Marshall Van Winkle (1905–07)
- William J. Browning (1911–20)
- Dow H. Drukker (1914–19)
- John Henry Capstick (1915–18)
- Edward W. Gray (1915–19)
- Elijah C. Hutchinson (1915–23)
- Frederick R. Lehlbach (1915–37)
- Isaac Bacharach (1915–37)
- John R. Ramsey (1917–21)
- William F. Birch (1918–19)
- Amos H. Radcliffe (1919–23)
- Ernest R. Ackerman (1919–31)
- Francis F. Patterson, Jr. (1920–27)
- Theodore F. Appleby (1921–23)
- Archibald E. Olpp (1921–23)
- Herbert W. Taylor (1921–23, 1925–27)
- Randolph Perkins (1921–36)
- George N. Seger (1923–40)
1925–1949
- Stewart H. Appleby of Asbury Park (1925–27)
- Franklin W. Fort of East Orange (1925–31)
- Charles A. Eaton of Plainfield (1925–53)
- Harold G. Hoffman of South Amboy (1927–31)
- Charles A. Wolverton of Camden (1927–59)
- Fred A. Hartley, Jr. of Kearney (1929–49)
- Peter A. Cavicchia of Newark (1931–37)
- Donald H. McLean (1933–45)
- D. Lane Powers of Trenton (1933–45)
- J. Parnell Thomas of Allendale (1937–50)
- Walter S. Jeffries (1939–41)
- Frank C. Osmers, Jr. of Englewood (1939–43, 1951–65)
- Albert L. Vreeland of East Orange (1939–43)
- Robert W. Kean of Livingston (1939–59)
- Gordon Canfield of Paterson (1941–61)
- Frank L. Sundstrom of East Orange (1943–49)
- Harry Lancaster Towe of Tenafly (1943–51)
- James C. Auchincloss of Rumson (1943–65)
- Frank A. Mathews, Jr. (1945–49)
- Clifford P. Case of Rahway (1945–53)
- Thomas M. Hand (1945–56)
1950–1974
- William B. Widnall of Ridgewood (1950–74)
- Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. of Morristown (1953–75)
- Milton W. Glenn of Margate City (1957–65)
- Florence P. Dwyer of Elizabeth (1957–73)
- George M. Wallhauser of Maplewood (1959–65)
- William T. Cahill of Collingswood (1959–70)
- John E. Hunt of Pitman (1967–75)
- Charles W. Sandman, Jr. of Cape May Court House (1967–75)
- Edwin B. Forsythe of Moorestown (1970–84)
- Joseph J. Maraziti of Boonton (1973–75)
- Matthew J. Rinaldo of Union (1973–83)
1975–present
- Millicent H. Fenwick of Bernardsville (1975–83)
- Harold C. Hollenbeck of East Rutherford (1977–83)
- James A. Courter of Hackettstown (1979–91)
- Marge Roukema of Ridgewood (1981–2003)
- Jim Saxton of Mount Holly (1984–2009)
- Dean A. Gallo of Morris Plains (1985–94)
- Richard Zimmer of Flemington (1991–97)
- Bob Franks of Union (1993–2001)
- Rodney Frelinghuysen of Morristown (1995–2019)
- Frank LoBiondo of Ventnor City (1995–2019)
- William J. Martini of Clifton (1995–97)
- Michael J. Pappas of Franklin Township (1997–99)
- Michael A. Ferguson of Warren Township (2001–09)
- Scott Garrett of Sussex (2003–17)
- Leonard Lance of Lebanon (2009–19)
- Jon Runyan of Mount Laurel (2011–15)
- Tom MacArthur of Toms River (2015–19)
Governors
- William A. Newell (1857–60)
- Charles Smith Olden (1860–63)
- Marcus Lawrence Ward (1866–69)
- John W. Griggs (1896–98)
- Foster McGowan Voorhees (1899–1902)
- Franklin Murphy (1902–05)
- Edward C. Stokes (1905–08)
- John Franklin Fort (1908–11)
- Walter Evans Edge (1917–19, 1944–47)
- Morgan Foster Larson (1929–32)
- Harold G. Hoffman (1935–38)
- Alfred E. Driscoll (1947–54)
- William T. Cahill (1970–74)
- Thomas Kean (1982–90)
- Christine Todd Whitman (1994–2001)
- Donald DiFrancesco (2001–02)
- Chris Christie (2010–18)
Party chairmen
See also
References
External links
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This page was last edited on 2 December 2023, at 20:59