New Jersey Senate

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The New Jersey Senate is the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature. It consists of 40 Senators, who are elected in a "2-4-4" cycle. The "2-4-4" cycle was put into place so that Senate elections can reflect the changes made to the district boundaries on the basis of the decennial United States Census. (If the cycle were not put into place, then the boundaries would sometimes be four years out of date before being used for Senate elections. Rather, with the varied term, the boundaries are only two years out of date). Thus elections for Senate seats take place in years ending with a "1", "3" or "7" (e.g., 2001, 2003 and 2007 this decade).

Interim appointments are made to fill vacant legislative seats by the county committee or committees of the party of the vacating person. The office is on the ballot for the next general election (regardless if all other Senate seats are up in that year, such as in years ending with a "5" or "9", such as 2005 and 2009 this decade), unless the vacancy occurred within 51 days of the election. Then the appointment stands until the following general election.

Currently there are 22 Democratic Senators, and 18 Republican Senators.

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*	Democrats: 22
*	Republicans: 18

Leadership

The leadership for the 212th legislative session, which started on January 10, 2006, is as follows:

President of the Senate: Richard J. Codey (District 27)
President Pro Tempore: Shirley Turner (District 15)
Majority Leader: Bernard Kenny (District 33)
Minority Leader: Leonard Lance (District 23)
Conference Leader: Martha W. Bark (District 8)
Deputy Minority Leaders: Diane B. Allen (District 7) and Peter Inverso (District 14)
Minority Whip: Thomas Kean, Jr. (District 21)
Budget Officer: Robert Littell (District 24)
Assistant Budget Officer: Walter Kavanaugh (District 16)

List of New Jersey State Senators (by District)

District map (2001 redistricting) colored by 2004 to 2007 term Senator party

District 1: Nicholas Asselta (R)
District 2: William Gormley (R)
District 3: Stephen M. Sweeney (D)
District 4: Fred H. Madden (D)
District 5: Wayne R. Bryant (D)
District 6: John H. Adler (D)
District 7: Diane B. Allen (R)
District 8: Martha W. Bark (R)
District 9: Leonard T. Connors (R)
District 10: Andrew R. Ciesla (R)
District 11: Joseph A. Palaia (R)
District 12: Ellen Karcher (D)
District 13: Joseph M. Kyrillos (R)
District 14: Peter Inverso (R)
District 15: Shirley Turner (D)
District 16: Walter Kavanaugh (R)
District 17: Bob Smith (D)
District 18: Barbara Buono (D)
District 19: Joseph Vitale (D)
District 20: Raymond Lesniak (D)
District 21: Thomas Kean, Jr. (R)
District 22: Nicholas Scutari (D)
District 23: Leonard Lance (R)
District 24: Robert Littell (R)
District 25: Anthony Bucco (R)
District 26: Robert Martin (R)
District 27: Richard Codey (D)
District 28: Ronald Rice (D)
District 29: Sharpe James (D)
District 30: Robert Singer (R)
District 31: Joseph Doria (D)
District 32: Nicholas Sacco (D)
District 33: Bernard Kenny (D)
District 34: Nia Gill (D)
District 35: John Girgenti (D)
District 36: Paul Sarlo (D)
District 37: Loretta Weinberg (D)
District 38: Joseph Coniglio (D)
District 39: Gerald Cardinale (R)
District 40: Henry McNamara (R)

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