New Jersey Democratic State Committee

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New Jersey Democratic State Committee




Party Chairman	Joseph Cryan
Senate Leader	Stephen Sweeney
Assembly Leader	Bonnie Watson Coleman


Political ideology	American Liberalism Progressivism Center-left
Political position
National affiliation	Democratic Party
Color(s)	Blue

The New Jersey Democratic State Committee or the NJDSC is the New Jersey state affiliate of the United States Democratic Party.

New Jersey Assemblyman Joseph Cryan is the current Chairman and State Senator-elect Dana Redd is the current Vice-Chairwoman. Both were elected on February 25, 2006.

1 Party structure
2 Party financing
3 Chairmen and chairwomen
4 External links

[edit] Party structure

The NJDSC is the state affiliate of the U.S Democratic Party with an executive committee composed of 13 state Democratic officials. In addition the party has Democratic County Chairs for each of the state's 21 counties.

[edit] Party financing

On January 19, 2006 the Star-Ledger published the findings of quarterly reports by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. The reports found that the NJDSC had raised almost $6 million dollars and spent over $6 million in the 2005 election year. The organization representing Democratic Members of the Assembly, called the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee, had raised a little over $6.5 million and spent about $6.7 million. The organization representing Democratic State Senators, called the Senate Democratic Majority, had raised approximately $1.3 million dollars and spent $1 million dollars. In total the three State Democratic organizations had raised nearly $14 million dollars and spent about $14.1 million dollars in 2005.

In comparison the New Jersey Republican State Committee, the state affiliate of the Republican Party, had raised about $2.2 million dollars and spent $2.1 million. The organization representing Republican Assemblymen called the Assembly Republican Victory had raised $2.2 million and spent $2.4 million. The organization representing the Republican State Senators called the Senate Republican Majority had raised a little more than $700,000 and spent about $640,000. In total the three State Republican organizations had raised $5.2 million dollars and spent around $5.2 million. [1] [2]