32nd Legislative District (New Jersey)


's 32nd Legislative District is one of 40 districts that make up the map for the New Jersey Legislature. It encompasses the Bergen County boroughs of Edgewater and Fairview and the Hudson County municipalities of East Newark, Guttenberg, Harrison, Kearny, North Bergen, Secaucus, and West New York.

Demographic information

As of the 2010 United States Census, the district had a population of 208,639, of whom 164,180 were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 125,815 White, 13,001 African American, 1,336 Native American, 25,317 Asian, 140 Pacific Islander, 33,608 from some other race, and 9,422 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 101,723 of the population.
The district had 121,623 registered voters as of 2020, of whom 39,581 were registered as unaffiliated, 67,137 were registered as Democrats, 13,071 were registered as Republicans, and 1,834 were registered to other parties.

Political representation

The district is represented for the 2020–2021 Legislative Session in the State Senate by Nicholas Sacco and in the General Assembly by Angelica M. Jimenez and Pedro Mejia.

District history

When the 40-district map was created in 1973, the 32nd District consisted of most of northern Jersey City and North Bergen. For the 1981 redistricting, again a northern section of Jersey City was included as well as North Bergen, Secaucus, Kearny, East Newark, and Harrison. No major changes occurred in the 1991 redistricting though a narrower portion of Jersey City made up a part of the 32nd District and Fairview and Edgewater were added to the district for the first time. In the 2001 redistricting, Edgewater was removed and the Jersey City portion of the district was relegated to just the northern corner of the city. All of Jersey City was removed in the 2011 redistricting, but Edgewater was re-added and Guttenberg and West New York were added to the district for the first time.

Election history

In February 2018, Assemblyman and former Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto was selected to head the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and subsequently resigned his seat. Democratic committee members in Bergen and Hudson Counties selected Pedro Mejia as his replacement; he was sworn in on April 12.

Election results

Senate

Assembly