Gary Schaer

Candidate for New Jersey General Assembly, District 36 (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

Assemblyman; Passaic City Council member

Has represented the 36th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2006, serving as Deputy Speaker since 2012 and Policy Chair since 2020; he chaired the Budget Committee from 2014 to 2017. His official biography lists service on the City of Passaic Council since 1994, including as acting mayor in 2008, and as an Urban Enterprise Zone director. He studied political science at American University.

Holds this office now.

Left–right placement

Slightly left, from the giving patterns of their campaign donors (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford). Based on the 263 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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