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Republican Senators and Assemblywomen
2024-2025 Session
Senator Holly T. Schepesi
Legislative District 39
Conference Leader
Senator Kristin M. Corrado
Legislative District 40
Ranking Member
Judiciary Committee
DISTRICT OFFICE ADDRESSES: 28 West Grand Avenue Suite 15 Montvale, NJ 07645 (201) 666-0881 Fax: (201) 666-5255 EDUCATION: B.A. The Catholic University of America (Politics/Psychology) J.D. Fordham University School of Law OCCUPATION: Attorney ​ PUBLIC/PARTY SERVICE Borough of Oakland Public Defender 2012-14; Township of River Vale Attorney 2007-11; Borough of Old Tappan Alternate Prosecutor 2010-11; and, Borough of Westwood Alternate Prosecutor 2002-11 ​ LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Senate 2021-present, Deputy Conference Leader 2022-present; General Assembly 2012-2021, Deputy Republican Leader 2020-2021; and, Assistant Republican Leader 2018-2019 ​ COMMITTEES: Joint Committee on Housing Affordability, Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity, Community and Urban Affairs , Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
DISTRICT OFFICE ADDRESSES: 999 Riverview Dr., Suite 350 Totowa, NJ 07512 (973) 237-1360 EDUCATION: B.A. East Stroudsburg (Political Science) J.D. Seton Hall University OCCUPATION: Attorney ​ PUBLIC/PARTY SERVICE Passaic County Clerk 2010-17 ​ LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Senate 2017-present, Conference Leader 2020-present, Deputy Republican Whip 2018-2019 ​ COMMITTEES: Economic Growth, Judiciary, Education
Assemblywoman Victoria A. Flynn
Legislative District 13
Assemblywoman Nancy F. Munoz
Legislative District 21
DISTRICT OFFICE ADDRESS: 1715 Highway 35 North, Suite 307 Middletown, NJ 07748 (609) 667-7360 EDUCATION: B.A. Rutgers University (Political Science) J.D. Seton Hall University School of Law OCCUPATION: Lawyer, Law Office of Victoria A. Flynn LLC PUBLIC/PARTY SERVICE: Holmdel Township School District Board of Education 2016-21, President 2018-21 Nutley Board of Education 2011-13, Vice President 2012-13 LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Deputy Minority Conference leader 2024-present, General Assembly 2020-2021 COMMITTEES: Financial Institutions and Insurance, Housing, Judiciary, Joint Committee on the Public Schools
DISTRICT OFFICE ADDRESS: 57 Union Place, Suite 310 Summit, New Jersey 07901 (908) 918-0414 EDUCATION: B.S. Skidmore College (Nursing) M.S. Hunter College (Clinical Nurse Specialist) OCCUPATION: Legislator ​ PUBLIC/PARTY SERVICE: Borough of New Providence Council 2019-21 ​ LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: •General Assembly 2009-present, Minority Budget Officer 2024-present, Deputy Minority Leader 2022-2023, Conference Leader 2019-2021, Republican Whip 2017-2019, Deputy Conference Leader 2016-2017, Deputy Republican Leader 2014-15, Deputy Republican Whip 2013, Policy Co-Chair 2012-13 COMMITTEES: Budget (ABU) Health (AHE) Joint Budget Oversight (JBOC)
Assemblywoman
Aura K. Dunn
Legislative District 25
Assistant Minority Whip
Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia
Legislative District 24
DISTRICT OFFICE ADDRESS: 60 Washington Street, Suite 303 Morristown, NJ 07960 (973) 206-1876 Fax: (973) 206-1879 EDUCATION: B.A. State University of New York at Buffalo (Sociology) M.P.A. The George Washington University OCCUPATION: Legislator PUBLIC/PARTY SERVICE: U.S. House of Representatives, District Director 2016-2019 •U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, Budget Analyst 1999-2001 •U.S. House of Representatives, Professional Staff 1995-1997 LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: General Assembly 2020-present, 2019, Assistant Minority Whip 2024-present COMMITTEES: Budget; Children, Families and Food Security
DISTRICT OFFICE ADDRESS: One Wilson Drive, Suite 2B Sparta, New Jersey 07871 (973) 300-0200 Fax: (973) 300-1744 191 Main Street, Suite C Chester, New Jersey 07930 (908) 955-7429 EDUCATION: B.A. Davis & Elkins College (Theatre/Communications) M.S.Ed. Capella University (Educational Leadership) OCCUPATION: Public Charter School Administrator, Bergen Arts and Science Charter School ​ PUBLIC/PARTY SERVICE: •Sussex County Freeholder/County Commissioner, 2019-2024 •Franklin Borough Councilwoman 2016-2018, Planning Board 2018, Economic Development Committee 2014-2016, Zoning Board 2014-2016 ​ LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: General Assembly 2024-present COMMITTEES: Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture (ACE) Education (AED) Aging and Human Services (AHU)
WOMEN IN NEW JERSEY GOVERNMENT
2022 Center for American Women and Politics, C.A.W.P., Rutgers University
WOMEN IN NEW JERSEY GOVERNMENT
2022 Center for American Women and Politics, C.A.W.P., Rutgers University
CONGRESS
New Jersey has sent a total of seven women (4D, 3R) to the U.S. House of Representatives and no women to the U.S. Senate. The New Jersey congresswomen: Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) 2014-current, Mikie Sherrill (D) 2018-current, Florence Price Dwyer (R), 1957-1973, Millicent Fenwick (R), 1975-1983, Marge Roukema (R), 1981-2003. Two women currently serving represent 14.3% of 14 seats.
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STATEWIDE
In 2018, Sheila Oliver (D) took office as New Jersey's second lieutenant governor. She is the first woman of color and the first Black woman elected to statewide office in NJ. In New Jersey, the governor and lieutenant governor, elected together, are the only statewide elected officials. Christine Todd Whitman, New Jersey’s first (and to date, only) woman governor, served from 1994-2001. In 2010, Kim Guadagno (R) took office as New Jersey's first lieutenant governor, a newly-created position. She was re-elected in 2013.
STATE LEGISLATURE
In 2022, 41 women (27D 14R) serve in New Jersey’s state legislature, holding 34.2% of the 120 available seats.
LEGISLATURE
Nationally women hold 28.7% of all state legislative seats; New Jersey ranks 17th among the 50 states in the proportion of women serving in its legislature. Women of color make up 53.7% of all women in the New Jersey legislature: 60% of women in the Senate and 51.6% of women in the Assembly
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NJ SENATE
In 2022, of the 40 (24D, 16R) seats in the New Jersey State Senate, 10 are held by women (25.0%). Seven are Democrats and Three are Republican.
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NJ ASSEMBLY
In 2022, of the 80 (46D, 34R) members of the State Assembly, 27, or 33.8%, are women. Twenty are Democrats, and Eleven are Republicans.
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COUNTY EXECUTIVE
In 2022, among the five counties in NJ that elect executives, no woman holds that title.