James Beach

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James Beach
Image of James Beach
New Jersey State Senate District 6
Tenure

2009 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

16

Prior offices
Camden County Clerk

Compensation

Base salary

$49,000/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2023

Appointed

January 3, 2009

Education

Bachelor's

Midwestern College

Graduate

Rowan University

Personal
Profession
Property Damage Specialist
Contact

James Beach (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Jersey State Senate, representing District 6. He assumed office in 2009. His current term ends on January 11, 2028.

Beach (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Jersey State Senate to represent District 6. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.

Biography

Beach earned his B.S. in psychology from Midwestern College and his M.A. in personnel services from Rowan University. Beach also obtained a Doctoral Studies ABD in educational administration from Nova University.[1] His professional experience includes working as a property damage specialist at All Risk.[2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Beach was assigned to the following committees:

2020-2021

Beach was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Beach was assigned to the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Beach served on the following committees:

New Jersey committee assignments, 2015
Military and Veterans' Affairs, Chair
Commerce
Education

2014 legislative session

In the 2014 legislative session, Beach served on the following committees:

2012-2013

In the 2012-2013 legislative session, Beach served on the following committees:

2010-2011

In the 2010-2011 legislative session, Beach served on the following committees:


The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2023

See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2023

General election

General election for New Jersey State Senate District 6

Incumbent James Beach defeated Mark Doogan in the general election for New Jersey State Senate District 6 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of James Beach
James Beach (D)
 
70.0
 
34,911
Mark Doogan (R)
 
30.0
 
14,947

Total votes: 49,858
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 6

Incumbent James Beach advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 6 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of James Beach
James Beach
 
100.0
 
15,430

Total votes: 15,430
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 6

Lynn Lofland advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 6 on June 6, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Lynn Lofland (Write-in)
 
100.0
 
199

Total votes: 199
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Beach in this election.

2021

See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2021

General election

General election for New Jersey State Senate District 6

Incumbent James Beach defeated John Foley in the general election for New Jersey State Senate District 6 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of James Beach
James Beach (D)
 
64.9
 
48,508
Image of John Foley
John Foley (R)
 
35.1
 
26,292

Total votes: 74,800
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 6

Incumbent James Beach advanced from the Democratic primary for New Jersey State Senate District 6 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of James Beach
James Beach
 
100.0
 
17,758

Total votes: 17,758
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 6

John Foley advanced from the Republican primary for New Jersey State Senate District 6 on June 8, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Foley
John Foley
 
100.0
 
6,113

Total votes: 6,113
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2017

See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2017

General election

Elections for the New Jersey State Senate took place in 2017. All 40 seats were up for election. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on June 6, 2017. The filing deadline for the primary election was April 3, 2017.[3][4] Incumbent James Beach (D) defeated Robert Shapiro (R) in the New Jersey State Senate District 6 general election.[5][6]

New Jersey State Senate, District 6 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png James Beach Incumbent 69.39% 41,376
     Republican Robert Shapiro 30.61% 18,249
Total Votes 59,625
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Democratic primary election

Incumbent James Beach ran unopposed in the New Jersey State Senate District 6 Democratic primary election.[7]

Ballotpedia will publish vote totals here after they become available.
New Jersey State Senate, District 6 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png James Beach Incumbent
Source: New Jersey Department of State

Republican primary election

Robert Shapiro ran unopposed in the New Jersey State Senate District 6 Republican primary election.[7]

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New Jersey State Senate, District 6 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Robert Shapiro
Source: New Jersey Department of State

2013

See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2013

Beach won re-election in the 2013 election for New Jersey State Senate District 6. Beach was unopposed in the June 4 Democratic primary and defeated Sudhir Deshmukh (R) in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.[8][9][10][11]

New Jersey State Senate, District 6 General Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJames Beach Incumbent 63.4% 34,847
     Republican Sudhir Deshmukh 36.6% 20,080
Total Votes 54,927

Endorsements

In 2013, Beach's endorsements included the following:[12][13]

  • The New Jersey AFL-CIO
  • The Sierra Club

2011

See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2011

Beach won re-election to the District 6 Senate seat in the 2011 election. He was unopposed for the June 7 Democratic primary. Beach defeated Phil Mitsch (R) in the general election, which took place on November 8, 2011.[14]

New Jersey State Senate District 6 General Election, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJames Beach Incumbent 62.1% 25,297
     Republican Phil Mitsch 37.9% 15,415
Total Votes 40,712

2009

In 2009, Beach was elected to the New Jersey State Senate District 6 in a special election.[15]

Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2021

James Beach did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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James Beach campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023New Jersey State Senate District 6Won general$308,641 $0
2021New Jersey State Senate District 6Won general$346,215 $0
2017New Jersey State Senate District 6Won general$370,788 N/A**
2013New Jersey State Senate, District 6Won $251,821 N/A**
2011New Jersey State Senate, District 6Won $313,910 N/A**
Grand total$1,591,374 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2012

Personal

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Beach and his wife have two children and six grandchildren. They currently reside in Voorhees, New Jersey.

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named official
  2. Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed April 10, 2014
  3. New Jersey Secretary of State, "2017 Primary Election Timeline," accessed March 21, 2017
  4. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Official List, Candidate for State Senate for Primary Election, June 6, 2017," accessed April 13, 2017
  5. New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for State Senate for General Election 11/07/2017 Election," accessed September 14, 2017
  6. New Jersey Department of State, "2017 official general election results," accessed November 30, 2017
  7. 7.0 7.1 New Jersey Department of State, "Official Primary Results: State Senate," accessed July 14, 2017
  8. New Jersey Department of State, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed July 26, 2013
  9. New Jersey Department of State, "Official general election candidates," September 9, 2013
  10. Associated Press, "New Jersey - Summary Vote Results," November 6, 2013
  11. New Jersey Department of State, "2013 Official General Election results," accessed December 5, 2013
  12. PolitickerNJ.com, "AFL-CIO endorses candidates for elections," accessed September 3, 2013
  13. Sierra Club, New Jersey Chapter, "NJ Chapter's State Legislative Endorsements," accessed September 3, 2013
  14. New Jersey Department of State, "2011 Official State Senate Primary Candidate List," accessed April 10, 2014
  15. NJ.gov, "Special Election-State Senate 6th Legislative District," accessed April 20, 2017

Political offices
Preceded by
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New Jersey State Senate District 6
2009-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Camden County Clerk
1996-2008
Succeeded by
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