Teresa Ruiz

Candidate for New Jersey State Senate, 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

State senator; Senate Majority Leader

Has represented the 29th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate since 2008 and has been Senate Majority Leader since 2022, after serving as President Pro Tempore (2018–2021) and Assistant Majority Leader. Her official biography lists her occupation as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Essex County Executive and a B.A. in English from Drew University. She is vice-chair of the Legislative Oversight Committee and serves on Budget and Appropriations.

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 116 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

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