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New Jersey 2019 elections: State House • School boards • Municipal • Candidate ballot access
New Jersey elections, 2020
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New Jersey state politics
- New Jersey state executive offices
- New Jersey State Legislature (Assembly, Senate)
- Courts in New Jersey
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Local politics in New Jersey
- See also: Cities in New Jersey and Counties in New Jersey
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Policy issues in New Jersey
- Budget: Budget and finances • Taxes
- Civil liberties: Affirmative action • Campaign finance • Nonprofit regulation
- Education: Charter schools • Higher education • Public education • School choice
- Election: Ballot access requirements • Redistricting • Voting
- Energy: Energy information • Fracking
- Environment: Environmental information • Endangered species
- Finance: Financial regulation information
- Healthcare: Healthcare information • Medicaid spending • Effect of the Affordable Care Act
- Immigration: Immigration information
- Pensions: Public pensions
Influencers in New Jersey
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| State leadership[1] | |
| Capital: Trenton | |
| Motto: | Liberty and Prosperity |
| Land area of state: | 7,354 sq. mi. |
| Admitted to U.S.: | 1787 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ The legislative leaders on this list are current as of the most recent regular session of the state legislature. We will be regularly updating the list throughout the 2019 session. Know of an update we can make to this list? Email us to report a change.
