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 U.S. 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 (If the cycle were not put into place, then the boundaries would sometimes be four years out of date before being used for Senate elections. Rather, with the varied term, the boundaries are only two years out of date.) Currently there are 22 Democratic Senators, and 18 Republican Senators.

Leadership

President of the Senate: Richard J. Codey

President Pro Tempore: Shirley Turner

Majority Leader: Bernard Kenny

Asst. Majority Leader: Sharpe James & Paul Sarlo

Minority Leader: Leonard Lance

Asst. Minority Leader: Thomas Kean Jr

List of New Jersey State Senators (by District)

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 M. 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 Lesinak (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 J. 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: Byron Baer (D)

District 38: Joseph Coniglio (D)

District 39: Gerald Cardinale (R)

District 40: Henry McNamara (R)

Links

• New Jersey Legislature Homepage
• New Jersey Senate Bill Search
• Senate Democratic Office
• Senate Republican Office