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New Jersey has two primary political parties: The Republican Party and The Democrat Party. But there are other political parties, as well. Each is exclusive to any other, meaning voters declaring affiliation with one cannot vote in the June Primary election of any other. Anyone can vote for ANY candidate in a November General Election.
GOP National Platform 2016
New Jersey GOP Platform 2018?
Note: The Republican State Committee has not adopted any Platform document for decades. Neither has the NJ-GOP endorsed or adopted the GOP National Platform of 2012 or 2016. Current State Chairman Douglas Steinhart has pledged to develop a platform soon. See NJGOP.org
County Committees:
See below and County Committee page for information
Membership on
NJ Republican STATE Committee
NJ Democrat STATE Committee
Members, representing each county on the respective state political party, are elected positions. They will next be up for election in 2021, for 4-year terms. To run, you must submit nominating petitions to your County Clerk by the deadline for the June 2021 Primary Election.
Candidates for State (political party) Committee are NOT SUBJECT to filing reports with the NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission. see: NJ ELEC website
You can obtain Nominating Petitions from the "Elections" section of your County Clerk's office.
NJ Republican State Committee - Home Bylaws & Const.
Title 19 Revisions - County Political Party Committees (P.L. 2009, Ch. 135 [S930] )
NJ Republican State Committee - Home Bylaws & Const.
NJ Democratic State Committee -Home Bylaws Constitution
Other Republican Organizations
Other Democrat Organizations, structure
New Jersey Conservative Party - Illions becomes Director
NJ Conservative Party now part of Conservative Party USA
R.S. Title 19, Revised Statutes: Election Law
Title 19 Revisions - County Political Party Committees (P.L. 2009, Ch. 135 [S930] )
Morris County: GOP Committee Democrat Committee
Sussex County: GOP Committee Democrat Committee
Warren County: GOP Committee Democrat Committee
Passaic County: GOP Committee Democrat Committee
Union County: GOP Committee Democrat Committee
Essex County: GOP Committee Democrat Committee
Hunterdon County: GOP Committee Democrat Committee
Somerset County: GOP Committee Democrat Committee
Ocean County: GOP Committee Democrat Committee
Morris County - [ Clerk ] [ Elections ]
Sussex County - [ Clerk ] [ Elections ]
Warren County - [ Clerk ] [ Elections ]
Passaic County - [ Clerk ] [ Elections ]
Union County - [ Clerk ] [ Elections ]
Essex County - [ Clerk ] [ Elections ]
Hunterdon County [ Clerk ] [ Elections ]
Somerset County [ Clerk ] [ Elections ]
There are several levels of leadership in the NJ Republican and Democrat Parties. The top policy maker is typically a governor, but the structural policy-setting organization is the New Jersey (Republican or Democrat) State Committee. The NJRSC is composed of 42 people: one male and one female representative elected to represent each of the state's 21 counties, plus a Chairman that the Committee elects.
*DELEGATES: NJ REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE
Deadline for filing with Municipal Clerks
= 64 days prior to the Primary Election
(The term of office for members of the county committee varies by county - see your county's Bylaws for the County Committee. Many links appear in the column at left.)
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DO ELECTION REPORTING RULES APPLY?
ANSWER: NO. According to the Compliance Manual for Candidates of the ELEC, "Persons running for political party positions (county committee member, state committee member or delegates to national party conventions) are NOT required to file reports with the NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission."
[source: http://www.elec.state.nj.us]
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What is the Law on County Committees?
Ans: Not what some municipal or county chairmen think !!
EVERY COUNTY COMMITTEE PERSON SHOULD KNOW THE RULES: CLICK HERE
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HOW DO YOU RUN FOR ELECTION TO COUNTY COMMITTEE? - Each county organization determines WHEN elections will be held, but elections ALWAYS occur at the Primary Election (in 2019, on June 3), and the deadline to submit Nominating Petitions is 54 days earlier.
Morris, Essex and Passaic county elections (and others) occur this year.
TO OBTAIN A NOMINATING PETITION - Visit your municipal clerk's office. While there, ask if the Clerk will Notarize your petition, ask how many valid signatures are required in your town, and ask for the Roster of current county committee members.
Your municipal clerk can tell you how many VALID signatures you need (typically 10)(get twice that number, for safety). You must turn the Petition into your municipal clerk before 3 p.m. on the due date. It must be NOTARIZED - ASK: some clerks will Notarize the petition when you deliver it to them (more directions below). Note that the only signatures that will count will be those of REGISTERED voters from the political party whose Committee you are seeking election to, who live in YOUR voting district. You will want to gather about twice as many signatures as you need, because some people will say they are registered who are not, and their signatures will be disqualified.
1) Fill in top of petition form ("PO Address" means City, State, Zip).
2) Put your SIGNATURE and written name on Line 1, then your address - so the Notary can recognize YOU as the petitioner.
3) Get the signatures of registered Republicans who vote in your voting district.
4) When you turn petition in, it must be Notarized - generally the clerk can notarize it for you without cost.
LINKS:
NJ State Legislature Website - Central Resource
REPUBLICAN RESOURCES:
** 2016 RNC PLATFORM | [PDF download] **
** 2012 RNC PLATFORM **
** 2008 RNC PLATFORM **
Senate Republican Leadership Site
Republican National Conservative Caucus
NJ Republican State Committee home page
NJ Republican State Committee - Constitution & Bylaws
NJ Republican State Committee - Leadership & Members - OFFICIAL LIST or [PDF] or [HTML]
DEMOCRAT RESOURCES:
Hunterdon County Democrat Newspaper
NON-PARTISAN RESEARCH:
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