36th Legislative District (New Jersey)


's 36th Legislative District is one of 40 districts that make up the map for the New Jersey Legislature. It encompasses the Bergen County municipalities of Carlstadt, Cliffside Park, East Rutherford, Little Ferry, Lyndhurst, Moonachie, North Arlington, Ridgefield, Ridgefield Park, Rutherford, South Hackensack, Teterboro, Wallington, and Wood-Ridge and the city of Passaic in Passaic County.

Demographic information

As of the 2010 United States Census, the district had a population of 219,354, of whom 166,974 were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 151,926 White, 12,247 African American, 1,063 Native American, 14,663 Asian, 50 Pacific Islander, 31,864 from some other race, and 7,541 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 77,816 of the population.
The district had 128,720 registered voters as of 2020, of whom 53,666 were registered as unaffiliated, 51,403 were registered as Democrats, 21,866 were registered as Republicans, and 1,785 were registered to other parties.

Political representation

The district is represented for the 2020–2021 Legislative Session in the State Senate by Paul Sarlo and in the General Assembly by Gary Schaer and Clinton Calabrese.

District history

When the 40-district legislative map was created in 1973, the 36th District consisted of southern Bergen County starting at the south end in North Arlington then north along the Passaic River to Garfield and a spur to Bogota via Carlstadt, Moonachie, Ridgefield, Fairview, Palisades Park, and Ridgefield Park. In the 1981 redistricting, the city of Passaic joined the district as did Wood-Ridge, Teterboro, and South Hackensack; Fairview, Palisades Park, Ridgefield Park, and Bogota were moved to other districts during this time. The Bergen County portion of the district was shrunken in the 1991 redistricting leaving only municipalities south of Wallington and Carlstadt in the district; in addition to Passaic remaining, Essex County's Nutley and Belleville were added to the district. Garfield, Wood-Ridge, and Moonachie were reintroduced to the district in the 2001 redistricting though Belleville was moved to the 28th District at this point.

Election history

In December 2017, Marlene Caride was nominated by incoming Governor Phil Murphy to head the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, a cabinet-level position; she resigned January 16, 2018 to take the position on an acting basis and was confirmed to the post on June 7. Democratic committee members in Bergen and Passaic Counties unanimously selected Clinton Calabrese as her replacement; he was sworn in on February 8.

Election results

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Assembly