29th Legislative District (New Jersey)


's 29th Legislative District is one of 40 districts that make up the map for the New Jersey Legislature. It covers a portion of Essex County, specifically most of the east side of the city of Newark and all of the township of Belleville.

Demographic information

As of the 2010 United States Census, the district had a population of 206,523, of whom 157,173 were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 70,501 White, 87,532 African American, 1,231 Native American, 3,402 Asian, 81 Pacific Islander, 34,871 from some other race, and 8,905 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 79,183 of the population.
The district had 124,457 registered voters as of 2020, of whom 51,092 were registered as unaffiliated, 64,162 were registered as Democrats, 7,613 were registered as Republicans, and 1,590 were registered to other parties.

Political representation

The district is represented for the 2020–2021 Legislative Session in the State Senate by Teresa Ruiz and in the General Assembly by Eliana Pintor Marin and Shanique Speight.

District and election history

Since the creation of the 40-district legislative map in 1973, the 29th District has always been based in and around Newark. In the 1973 map, the 29th district consisted of most of the South and East Wards and a portion of the Central Ward. For the 1981 redistricting, the 29th became all of the South and East Wards and a larger part of the Central Ward. In the 1991 redistricting, the 29th continued encompassing the South and East Wards and part of the Central Ward; the district now crept into a part of the North Ward and entered a new municipality, Hillside in Union County. In the 2001 redistricting, Hillside remained in the district but now most of the area of Newark was contained in the 29th District. After the 2011 redistricting, Hillside was removed and Belleville was moved into the district; again, most of the area of the city remained in the 29th.
Because of its heavily urban nature, the district tends to favor Democrats strongly. The 29th District is one of the few districts in the state to have ever elected only one party to all Senate and Assembly seats in every election since 1973.

Election results

Senate

Assembly