Nilsa Cruz-Perez

Candidate for New Jersey State Senate, District 5 (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

Has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2014, after serving in the General Assembly from 1995 to 2010, where she was Deputy Majority Leader and Assistant Majority Leader, according to her legislative biography. She chairs the Senate Economic Growth Committee, is vice-chair of the Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee and serves on the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Her biography lists service in the U.S. Army from 1981 to 1987 and studies at the University of Puerto Rico and the University of Maryland.

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 92 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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