Shanique Speight

Candidate for New Jersey General Assembly, District 29 (Democratic). The election is November 2, 2027 (expected).

Running for this seat

Not on the ballot yet: the official list comes from New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). How we list candidates.

Background

Assemblywoman; officer, Essex County Sheriff’s Office

Has represented District 29 in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2018 and has served as Deputy Speaker since 2024, according to her legislative biography. She is an officer with the Essex County Sheriff's Office and earlier was vice chair of the Newark Public Schools Advisory Board and an aide to Senator M. Teresa Ruiz. She chairs the Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee, is vice-chair of the Health Infrastructure Committee and serves on the Regulated Professions Committee.

Holds this office now.

Left–right placement

Moderately left, from the giving patterns of their campaign donors (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford). Based on the 49 donors to their 2022 campaign for state House. DIME doesn't name donors: it places each one by everyone they give to, then places the candidate by their donors Source

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