Bob Smith

Running for this seat

• Registered a campaign committee: New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission

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Background

State senator; attorney

Has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2002, after serving in the General Assembly from 1986 to 2001, according to his legislative biography. He chairs the Senate Environment and Energy Committee and serves on the Judiciary Committee. He was previously mayor of Piscataway Township (1981–86) and a member of its council. An attorney, he holds degrees from the University of Scranton and Rutgers University and a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law.

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 144 donors to their 2022 campaign for state Senate. DIME doesn't name donors: it places each one by everyone they give to, then places the candidate by their donors Source

Sources

• njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/53/senator-smith
• njleg.state.nj.us/api/legislatorData/legislatorBio/53

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