Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

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U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Legislative Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

NJ Scorecard 2022-2023

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the New Jersey Legislature in 2022-2023 and ranks their assemblymen and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

The selected votes may not be representative of legislators’ overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

Senate

General Assembly

1. Affirmative Action Farmer Registry

Good Vote: No

S773 Affirmative Action Farmer Registry (Passed 74 to 4 on June 29, 2022). Establishes a New Jersey Minority, Women, and Underserved Farmer Registry.

2. $5.2 Billion Debt Defeasance Fund

Good Vote: No

S2944 $5.2 Billion Debt Defeasance Fund (Passed 46 to 34 on 6/29/2022). Moves almost 5.2 billion dollars to the "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund."

3. $45 Million Electric School Bus Program

Good Vote: No

A1282 $45 Million Electric School Bus Program (Passed 47 to 31 on 5/26/2022). Would allocate 45 million dollars over three years to the purchase and maintenance of electric school busses.

4. Mandatory Implicit Bias Training

Good Vote: No

A1719 Mandatory Implicit Bias Training (passed 58 to 18 on 2/28/2022). Mandates that individuals who serve in the legislature must undergo implicit bias and cultural competency training.

5. Attacking Gun Rights

Good Vote: No

A509 Attacking Gun Rights (Passed 50 to 28 on 6/29/2022). Changes the minimum eligible age from 18 to 21 that an individual must be to purchase firearms.

6. Ballooning Budget

Good Vote: No

Ballooning Budget (Passed 48 to 30 on 6/29/2022). Appropriates $50,640,229,000 in State funds and $24,082,639,850 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2022-2023.

Legislator Scores

[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote

Name	Party	District	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6
Reginald Atkins	D	HD-020	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Auth	R	HD-039	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Christian Barranco	R	HD-026	80%	-	.	+	+	+	+
Daniel Benson	D	HD-014	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Bergen	R	HD-025	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Clinton Calabrese	D	HD-036	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Caputo	D	HD-028	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Linda Carter	D	HD-022	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Catalano	R	HD-010	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Annette Chaparro	D	HD-033	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Clifton	R	HD-012	60%	-	.	-	+	+	+
Herbert Conaway	D	HD-007	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Coughlin	D	HD-019	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ronald Dancer	R	HD-012	NA	.	.	.	-	.	.
Joe Danielsen	D	HD-017	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wayne DeAngelo	D	HD-014	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAnne DeFuccio	R	HD-039	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Christopher DePhillips	R	HD-040	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
John DiMaio	R	HD-023	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Aura Dunn	R	HD-025	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Joseph Egan	D	HD-017	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kim Eulner	R	HD-011	50%	-	+	+	-	-	+
Victoria Flynn	R	HD-013	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Roy Freiman	D	HD-016	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thomas Giblin	D	HD-034	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
DiAnne Gove	R	HD-009	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Louis Greenwald	D	HD-006	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Guardian	R	HD-002	50%	-	+	+	-	+	-
Shama Haider	D	HD-037	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sadaf Jaffer	D	HD-016	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mila Jasey	D	HD-027	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Angelica Jimenez	D	HD-032	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Karabinchak	D	HD-018	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sean Kean	R	HD-030	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
James Kennedy	D	HD-022	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pamela Lampitt	D	HD-006	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yvonne Lopez	D	HD-019	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eliana Marin	D	HD-029	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michele Matsikoudis	R	HD-021	50%	-	+	+	-	-	+
Bethanne McCarthy Patrick	R	HD-003	67%	-	-	+	+	+	+
Antwan McClellan	R	HD-001	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Gregory McGuckin	R	HD-010	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
John McKeon	D	HD-027	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Angela Mcknight	D	HD-031	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pedro Mejia	D	HD-032	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
William Moen	D	HD-005	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Moriarty	D	HD-004	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gabriela Mosquera	D	HD-004	0%	-	-	-	.	-	-
Raj Mukherji	D	HD-033	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nancy Munoz	R	HD-021	50%	-	+	+	-	-	+
Carol Murphy	D	HD-007	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ellen Park	D	HD-037	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Erik Peterson	R	HD-023	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Marilyn Piperno	R	HD-011	50%	-	+	+	-	-	+
Annette Quijano	D	HD-020	0%	-	-	-	.	-	-
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson	D	HD-015	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Rooney	R	HD-040	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Brian Rumpf	R	HD-009	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
William Sampson	D	HD-031	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Sauickie	R	HD-012	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Beth Sawyer	R	HD-003	50%	-	-	+	-	+	+
Gary Schaer	D	HD-036	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerard Scharfenberger	R	HD-013	80%	-	+	.	+	+	+
Erik Simonsen	R	HD-001	NA	.	.	+	-	.	.
Parker Space	R	HD-024	100%	+	+	+	.	+	+
William Spearman	D	HD-005	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shanique Speight	D	HD-029	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sterley Stanley	D	HD-018	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shavonda Sumter	D	HD-035	0%	-	-	-	.	-	-
Lisa Swain	D	HD-038	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Claire Swift	R	HD-002	50%	-	+	+	-	+	-
Edward Thomson	R	HD-030	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Britnee Timberlake	D	HD-034	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Torrissi	R	HD-008	67%	-	-	+	+	+	+
Cleopatra Tucker	D	HD-028	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Christopher Tully	D	HD-038	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Umba	R	HD-008	50%	-	-	+	-	+	+
Anthony Verrelli	D	HD-015	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jay Webber	R	HD-026	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Benjie Wimberly	D	HD-035	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Harold Wirths	R	HD-024	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	0%
Republican	72.5%

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A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution